“I’ve learned a lot of things about this job; it’s really great for me because I can learn more and more!”
Since starting out with Alsco Uniforms back in 2019, Lusila’s career has gone from strength to strength! After working in production for two years, she was promoted to the Production Team Member Coordinator and hasn’t looked back since. Way to go, Lusila!
Over her time with the business, she’s learned a tonne of professional skills, forged positive relationships with all her coworkers, and developed a much deeper understanding of the business. In short, she’s been building the skillset she needs to continue advancing in the business, and Alsco Uniforms is behind her every step of the way!
Tune in to Lucila’s interview for her exclusive insights on:
- Who Alsco Uniforms are and what makes them so special
- The (many) skills she’s learned while in her current role
- What the day-to-day routine of a Production Team Member Coordinator looks like
- Why she loves working with the passionate team at Alsco Uniforms so much
And much, much more!
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Alsco Uniforms has been providing Kiwis with professional textile rentals and super-friendly service since 1910 (that’s right, they’ve been an Aotearoa staple for over 100 years now)! With that in mind, it’s no wonder that they’ve become such a trusted name and established staple in the manufacturing and production landscape.
However, Alsco Uniforms are more than just a textile rental company, they’re also a top-choice employer who consistently prioritises the growth and support of their passionate team members. With tonnes of unbeatable benefits such as flexible hours, a long service leave and awards program and boundless career opportunities, it’s no wonder that employees like Lusila stay with the organisation for such a long time!
To start your journey with Alsco Uniforms, simply visit their dedicated employer profile today. Trust us, you won’t regret it!
Interview Transcript
I learned a lot of thing about this job, so it’s really great for me because I like it so I can learn more and more.
Hello, I’m Lusila Kalolo and I’m working for Alsco Uniform as a production team leader coordinator.
Alsco is the textiles rental service and they also has a consumable.
They sell first aid supply, sanitiser supply, just anything with the cleaning in term of the consumable with the business.
But the main part of Alsco is the uniform and textiles.
I started at Alsco in 2019 and I worked production for two years and then I was promoted as a production team leader coordinator in a flat working area in July for 2021.
So it’s getting some more responsibility for me and what duty I was doing, which is has great because it’s a push all of career pushes and help for me as well.
So I learned a lot of different way at the business and different information and different like a lot of things that I learned from Alsco.
So it’s really responsibility for me to work here so I can learn more about this company. So it’s great.
What I do on the day-to-day basically is that every morning I start at 7:00, come in the morning, have a meeting with the team, just give them updates, what’s happening the day before and what are we going to do for today’s pack out and stuff like that and give them about updates with the health.
They say make sure if there any discomfort from from people or any ask the team if they’re OK and then after meeting and just quickly exercise, just probably like 5 minute exercise with the team.
Just stretch their body before they go on the machine.
As well I’m just helping with the team about the back help and day by day I learned like different stuff is great for me as well.
It’s great for the team that they be here to work.
I learned a lot of thing about this job, so it’s really great for me because I like it so I can learn more and more about this.
The second is my favourite part of the job is to with the people, to work with the people, talk with the people, to make people happy, like make me happy as well.
So that like my favourite parts come in of this job.
And the other thing is my production manager is the great guy to work with because he’s always put a smile in my face and everyone’s face.
Even our branch manager is our good person as well to work with.
So it’s great to work with those kind of people so that like make you to like come to work every day and to make like you look forward to come to work because of those kind of people that make you happier work.
My advice was someone there looking to work at Alsco uniform. I think it’s a lot even the people in our head office, they were work start.
They work from the laundry as well.
So look at the beginning where we are with Alsco. It’s so different.
It takes so many people. I’ve been there with the business, they will start like a production job or deliver position.
They work their way up to the manager position.
You will know if you come to work with us and we will pass all of the real with you and we work with you as well.
So you may be the our next production manager, but you never know create a opportunity for you as well to come to work with us.
This business I’ve been working for probably like five year now.
I’ve been learn a lot and a lot every day, every day.
I learn different ways from different people as well.
