Blog 23

1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

I was able to engage each one of the class in the activities, they stated were unique. The research I conducted was also extended as well as my mentor ship, with the stories I conducted with my team topic

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?

AE

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

P         

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

everything went well

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?

Nothing I truly felt I did everything that was required for this topic

(5) Finding Value

Finding, as far as research was at first difficult because most secuitry officers make a lot of mistakes, however I decide to learn from there mistakes of the security officers and correct through my mentor ships

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples. I feel my topic taught me of what different people come to life at night as far as the night clubs goes. This has made me appreciate more of my school and I'm not like these people going to club abusing their lives so freely. Overall this has disciplined me and set responsibilities to me, through awareness and preparation. I know I'm constantly analyzing any kind of difficult surrounding I'm in. I'm looking presentable to have some type of pride what you doing. 

Exit interview

Content:

(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why? My essential question is what best qualifies a security officer. Three of the answer I have learn from what I was taught this year from my mentors and cited sources was three impotent answers. The first one was awareness, meaning a security officer officiant enough to be aware of the surroundings that they are projecting. My second answer was confidence or to have the ability to be remained your ground as a security officer. This mean you have the belief in yourself you will be you do your job and you know what you are doing. My third and Final answer is a security officer will always best think before the actions her or she does. I know this the most important because there are case I'm at my mentorship and I must best use my intuition to know most of my surroundings. The book the gift of fear brought up a veiled point in the before when it came to when it came to situations that occurred like that. Other cited sources would explain the mistakes they have done and meanly went over then not thinking upon acting.

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer?  Through my mentorship I believe I found part of my answer and learning from my the minor errors I would deal with as a security officer. Most of the cited sources would explain that the issues they dealt with or the mistakes they made. 

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them? As security officer I had that when dealing with some situations especially with hotel guest it's important to best keep there safety as well as there's. To best do that I know think before reacting to what you are going to do will best keep not only yourself safe but others as well. 

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why? I feel as if these sources really sure what it means what a security officers does and what security goes over in there head of what to do.

"Public Sector Security Purchases and Monetary Dominance in a Monetary Union without a Fiscal Union." ECB:. Public Sector Security Purchases, n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2015. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2015/html/sp150311_1.en.html

"Hotel Security Officer Job Description." - Hcareers. Http://www.hcareers.com, 2 Feb. 2015. Web. 03 Apr. 2015http://www.hcareers.com/us/resourcecenter/tabid/306/articleid/625/default.aspx

April post

This month what I learned from security is you have competent and people and you have incompetent people. For example working as a security officer I rely much on the front desk agents to pass down information of any events occurring. It is my job to ensure those in wanted guest come again. Take for example a guest who does not obey the rules of the hotel because he did not obey the rules of the hotel, it Is my job to ensure he or she does not come back again at least for the night. But when information is not passed down, just like that can easily come in still tell without anyone knowing.  

There are some times when the front desk will do things that there not supposed to which makes our jobs as security officers tougher than they should be. And when I mean by that is that sometime it will checking people without authorizing a stay from the information log. When that occurs you could have guessed getting mad asking for a refund, And the front desk agents can't do anything about it because they are not either in the system or they're not registered guests in the booking  list. sometimes we get to Tour guest and the Front Desk agent doesn't plan ahead for housekeeping or maintenance to prepare for breakfast. so usually it would be my duty  to the prayer breakfast for these tour guess that stay here because there's no one taking care of these guest. 

I know when I do with people that are not reliable for their job and then it is my job to report any issues I deal with to the manager or the owner of the company sometimes. Usually an owner or manager would talk to the person who is not completing the task or perhaps even give them a warning. However we recently had some new owners come to the hotel, and they do not know what pacifically happens here on the properties. So they are more fair to the people who do not know what you're doing. But at the same Time  makes our job a little more challenge.

Even though these are challenges that I face a security officer. I see them as a great opportunity of experience to know ahead that I will be doing with these people in the future. Also that in the event these issues occur I know well enough to step up my game. I'm not complaining or calling out the employees I work with, I'm just saying that working with if you have a job just do it or ask for ask. I know that this would better serve their workplace and committee they are dealing with 

Inedependent component

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Independent Component 1

Content:

(a) Write: “I, Armando Michael Rivera Jr., affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 48 hours of work.”

(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.

 "Online Security Guard Training and Career Center." SECURITY GUARD TRAINING

"Security Guard Equipment – Everything You Need On The Job." Security Guard Information RSS. The Security Guard Information, 4 July 2013. Web. 9 Sept. 2014

These articles I had helped me out the most I found my entrance into security through these articles plus more.

(c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.

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(d) Explain what you completed.

Well doing security I had done in valet for the property of hotel. The ballet was necessary because there had been a club right next to the Area of the hotel. I was to ensure the safety of the owners of the hotel also to ensure that none of the people from the club would disrupt or disturb the renters of hotel.

Block 12 mentor ships 10 hours check

Content:

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship? 

I am doing my mentorship hours at a Security company, known as SPP(sector private patrol) security at A hotel property, which is Hilltop inn. with my supervisor and other employers. 

2.   Who is your contact?

My supervisor and any other employees I happen to be on the field with.

3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?

I have done a total of  46 hours, every month out of the week I go 2 days for eight hours. I am being taught on the field with my supervisor. He goes over everything that must be done in a hotel properly, Plus any other of the employees I meet for security have told me first hand of what to do for security. The 46 hours does not include my 10 hours I did for summer.

4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did. 

The 10 hours I had did over winter break was interesting. 

I was with my supervisor on New Year's eve and Christmas eve. This was on my decision to experience how security was done on the holidays. And, during the holidays security is enforced especially on New Year's Eve. I had kept close watch out for any suspicious activities going on in the hotel property. Fortunately for me, my supervisor and the other security guards nothing major it happen that day. however, I was constantly on my toes. Suspicious activity I was looking for was anybody under the influence or anybody that was having a party in the room. If at all I had seen any of these activities take place I was to report it immediately to my supervisor. In the event if there was a party room on that day, me and my supervisor would asked for the gas quietly to keep it down and give them a warning for any gifts that need to go to sleep. 

Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

For the break I had sent The majority of my time working on my mentor ship service hours with my mentor. I saw my mentor three times of the week for eight hours. we had worked upon the study of security and discipline. 

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

In my opinion One of the important ways of security I had learned was how it is structured during the holidays. For example, for New Year's eve there was and extra security officer had worked with, to look out for any suspicious activities. Suspicious activities include the following; party rooms, people under the influence, disputed fights, unappropriate behavior and anything that would follow in law enforcement standards. Fortunately I did not deal with anything major. However what I learned was that enforcement of security is needed around some holidays days. The reasoning I say some, is because Christmas eve and Christmas day nothing major happened. It is more than likely it is because during that specific holiday people are out with their families. 

3.  If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers for your EQ, who would you talk to and why? 

I think above all else the people I can most go to is the people I co-work with. The employers of the hotel would know more how structure is brought to security. If not that my security supervisor is a great source to go to. My Security Supervisor is the head of The security company. He is the one that sends reports and reads them for the owners of who he works for. He would be a great source to go with you to know great informational value of his past experience or any experience at all.