On Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 I had made the trek out to Claysville to meet Mrs. Cambruzzi and go over some things for class. One of my assignments is to tag along and observe what happens during an SAE visit. We traveled to Heather and Andy Roam's Smoky Valley Feed Store at 1176 Finley Road, West Finley PA, 15377 to visit Ashley Tremel and her SAE project at around 1:00pm. Ashley's SAE project is a placement/internship, where she is employed.
Some background information of Smoky Valley Feed Store is that it has been opened for 3 years so far, and Ashley has just started her job this Spring. She gave us her usual schedule of work 2-7pm on Monday, Thursday and Friday, 2-5pm on Wednesdays, and then from 10am to 2pm on Saturdays.
Mrs. Cambruzzi and I walked in, and Ashley was standing behind the desk working on some banking. We asked her what she does in a typical day, which her answer included doing banking and making deposits, cleaning around the office and store, pricing items and shelves, acting as a cashier and checking customers out, filing paperwork, making displays for any local fairs, keeping inventory and also helping load and unload trucks when needed. 
Once we had some discussion, Ashely gave us a tour of the area. Their facility included areas for different types of feeds, shavings, equine, bovine and small animal care sections. They also had a medicine area for fixing veterinarian problems. While on the tour, Mrs. Cambruzzi asked Ashley questions like, "What do you do in a typical day?", "How do you do inventory?", "What have you learned or what are you learning?", and then finally "Do you enjoy your job?". This wasn't Ashley's first SAE visit, so she was fairly confident. Another thing that we did, was that Ashley didn't know we were coming, we did somewhat of a surprise visit!
At the end of our visit, Mrs. Cambruzzi filled out a form specifically for SAE visits, and she put that in her file. She told me that she typically looks for that if the students show up to work, are they actually working, do they have pay stubs to prove it, and is it life applicable for them?
I enjoyed my visit to the feed store and learning more about the placement/internship SAE that Ashley was completing!
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