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Team Leader - Early Education
Hi, I’m Arancha. I went to university and studied teaching. I have also taken many courses in different
areas. Right now, I work at Accelera, a Plant which is in Guadalajara, a city in Spain. A “plant” is actually a factory! We call these factories “plants” because that is where machines work together to create finished products, exactly how plants create flowers and fruits. So, it is a way of saying that a factory is a place where things are made and "grow" into something useful, like toys, cars and tools.
Here at Accelera, I work as a team leader. The team I lead creates electrolyzers, special machines that
help make clean energy out of water! As a team leader my job is to make sure everyone knows what to do, how to do it safely, and in a correct way.
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My job involves guiding, helping, and teaching a team that builds electrolyzers. An electrolyzer is a very good machine that works with electricity. What electrolyzers do is take water and break it into two parts: one called hydrogen, and one called oxygen. Imagine water is made of tiny building blocks. The electrolyzer “shakes” the water with electricity, and the water splits into two invisible gases, hydrogen and oxygen. We then use hydrogen to create energy that does not harm the environment.
This work combines science (we have to understand how water and gases work), technology (we use
tools to understand machines), engineering (we build machines), and math (we need to take
measurements and understand numbers). All these are STEM skills, which are essential to produce
electrolyzers that are safe, work well and help create energy that does not harm the environment.
To make sure that everything works well and in a correct way we use different tools like books with
instructions that include right positions, measurements, details and step-by-step actions. This is similar to what you have to do when you follow instructions with pictures to build a robot or a machine with legos.
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Skills
Listening
"I am listening carefully to what the people I work with, and my team have to say.”
Social Skills
“I work with many people, and I try to respect them. That means that I try to behave in a friendly way and make them feel nice.”
Leadership
“I check how things work and if my team needs help with anything.”
Thinking in a smart way
“I solve problems in a fast and fair way.”
Motivation
“I try to make my team feel motivated and interested in what we do. I also thank them for the work they do well and for trying hard.”
Collaboration
“I work with many people, and I try to help them in a nice way when they need it.”
Advice to take away
My advice to students is to choose what you study and work on activities you find interesting and that motivate you. Keep exploring all the areas that interest you and try to improve a little bit every day, without getting angry or sad when you find things difficult. With interest, motivation, and perseverance, anyone can reach their goals, no matter how big.
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