My name is Kumudu Perera. I was born with a learning disability which resulted from an early age, during this period until I left secondary school I didn't have any type of qualifications. Once I left school I went to the college of further education and did for 2 years a special vocational education course. subjects were pottery, typing, basic motor vechicle maintenance, Basic english and maths. After that course I did a further 2 years at the same college doing a Youth Training course which prepares you and trains you for the world of work. with the Yts scheme I did my NVQ qualification in Level 1 catering which is the basic level.
After Leaving the College of Further Education I went onto D'overbroeck's college in Oxford. Which my parents arranged for me a private tutor there. From then on I got a kitchen porters job at Lincoln college here in Oxford. The job invloved washing up, basic food preparation like peeling potatoes ready for making mash potato. I also helped with cooked breakfasts which was bacon, eggs, toast etc. I did this job part time from september 1994 until mid March 2000.
Come mid march 2000 I decide to move on and leave my kitchen porters job to find something better for myself. So for one year I went to the Pitman training Centre here in Oxford. My Parents help me to pay for this course which I worked extremly hard at. And got typing keyboard skills in. In September 2001 office angels helped me get a job. Which I was extremley grateful for. The company I worked for was Grant Thornton the accountacy firm which was based in Botley here in Oxford. I was working for the Archiving department which involved preparation of files for scanning. This involved taking out paper clips, staples and other objects which could damage the scanning machine. I did other duties around the office as well which was preparing the boardrooms for functions and meetings, made sure the office had enough supplies like paper for various machines.
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