CURRICULUM VITAE BIANCA BENJAMIN

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE OF BIANCA BENJAMIN

2 Personal Details: Surname: Benjamin Full Names: Bianca Lucille ID number: Date of Birth: 12 October 1980 Nationality: South African Postal Address: 190 Fairview Golf Village St Andrew s Drive Gordon s Bay 7140 Residential Address: 190 Fairview Golf Village St Andrew s Drive Gordon s Bay 7140 Cell Number: Home Number: Address: [email protected] Marital Status: Married Language: English and Afrikaans (Both fluent) Health: Excellent Drivers Licence: Code 08 Education: Tertiary: Secondary: Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Life Science, Natural Science) University of the Western Cape in 2013 B. Complementary Medicine (Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture) University of the Western Cape in 2007 B.Sc (Complementary Health Science) University of the Western Cape in 2004 Matric Schoonspruit Senior Secondary School, Malmesbury in 1998 Work Experience: Jan Dec 2012: Full-Time Associate Lecturer at the School of Natural Medicine (SoNM) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) 1 st year Undergraduate Coordinator for SoNM

3 Subjects lectured: Principles of Natural Healing, Introduction to Philosophy of Care, Cupping, Acupressure and Acupuncture. Oversee the registration process for SoNM Assist with selection of prospective new students for the school Assist with queries regarding registration of students Deal with queries of 1 st year students Deal with queries related to all 1 st year subjects across different faculties Preparing Class notes Lecturing including theory and practical components 2008-current: In part-time Private Practice Specializing in Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Registered with the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA) Registration no: A10527 Practice no: Nov Dec2010: Administrative Officer in Quality Assurance and Managing Information Systems (QA/MIS) Department at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) Telephonic enquiries Filing, typing, copying of documents Diary management as well as arranging meetings Data capturing, checking subject codes Creating modules and Streams and maintaining those modules on SASI (Student Administration System) Assisting with Institutional Audit of 2009 Occasional assistance at the Rector s Office Extracting Information from HEMIS (Higher Education Managing Information Systems) April-August 2010: Part-Time Lecturer at the School of Natural Medicine, UWC Preparing notes for Acupuncture and Acupressure lectures Lecturing Theory and Practical classes for Naturopathy 4 th and 5 th year students Includes Chinese Medicine theory, Acupuncture theory and point location.

4 : Student assistant at the International Relations Office at UWC Administrative assistant (Filing, Typing and relaying telephonic enquiries) Taking international visitors on campus tours Orientation of International Exchange students Assisting with ceremonies and conferences (Golden key, UWC-UM 20 Year celebrations, IEASA) 2004 Dec: Secretary in the International Relations Office, UWC All secretarial duties expected 2003/2004 Sept: Research assistant for Nutritional Health in the Dietetics department at UWC For one week in every year at primary schools in Ceres; Anthropometry and Biochemistry Visiting the children s parents to determine their daily diet 2003 Jan-Feb: Peer Facilitator for the Community and Health Science Faculty at UWC Orientation and registration of First year students 2002 Jan-Feb: Faculty Coordinator for the Science Faculty at UWC Overseeing all facilitators during orientation and registration as well as acting as link between facilitators and faculty members 2001 Jan-Feb: Peer Facilitator for the Science Faculty at UWC Orientation and registration of First year students 2001 Jan-Dec: Research Assistant for Mathematics project: Enhancing Public Numeracy Translation of questionnaire from English to Afrikaans Distribution and collection of questionnaires Basic calculations of results before interpretation Feb-Dec: Tutor for Physics Practicals at UWC Set up of practicals Assisting students with the practical and interpretation : Geard Pharmacy Sales assistant Cashier Unpacking and pricing of merchandise

5 Recent training/workshops: 25 Oct 2013: First Aid Level One Training (Expiry date: 25 Oct 2016) 28 Jan -21 June 2013: HIV & Teaching Practice Attributes and Abilities: Friendly Discreet Team Worker Adaptable Hard Working Diligent Referees: Dr Melissa Brown Naturopathic Coordinator School of Natural Medicine University of the Western Cape Cell Number: Address: Mr Vincent Morta Director of Quality Assurance and Managing Information Systems QA/MIS, UWC Office Number: (021) Cell Number: Address: