WORK EXPERIENCE: Vintage clothing is a cut above jumble sale items

9:40am Saturday 13th April 2013

VINTAGE fan and Argus reporter KEILIGH BAKER entered preloved heaven when she volunteered for the day at Abergavenny's first social enterprise, Vintage Vision.

WORK EXPERIENCE: Our man fences with the Gwent Sword Club

RIGHT, I’M READY: Reporter Will Bain salutes as he prepares to try his hand at being a fencing coach with the Gwent Sword Club

2:40pm Friday 25th January 2013

REPORTER WILL BAIN swashes his buckle and tries his hand at being a fencing coach, with the Gwent Sword Club.

WORK EXPERIENCE: Argus man tries life as Newport County mascot

DOGGED DETERMINATION: Reporter Will Bain tries his hand at being Spytty the Dog, Newport County AFC’s mascot

11:30am Friday 16th November 2012

It’s a dog’s life for reporter WILL BAIN as he tries his hand at being Newport County’s trusty mascot, Spytty.

Beekeeping - let's see what the buzz is all about

Andy learns how to build a hive

11:00am Friday 2nd November 2012

AN everyday tale of pouring rain, grumpy bees, a blowtorch and a close and painful encounter with a hammer.

WORK EXPERIENCE: Our man tries ice sculpting

ICE MAN: Reporter Charles Booth tries his hand at ice sculpting, shaving ice to make a reindeer

4:20pm Friday 26th October 2012

AN ice sculpture is a great talking point at events, but who makes them and how? Charles Booth finds out what it takes to sculpt ice into a piece of art while working in a freezer in minus ten degrees.

WORK EXPERIENCE: Getting the low down on life at the Big Pit

TOURIST HUB: David Deans surveys the scene at Big Pit which is visited by tens of thousands of trippers every year

2:41pm Friday 19th October 2012

GETTING the low down on life at the Big Pit Big Pit is a big draw to the Gwent valleys attracting tens of thousands of visitors a year.

WORK EXPERIENCE: It’s a Tour de Farce for our wannabe Wiggins

NEED FOR SPEED: Will gets to grips with the velodrome and looks the part as track cyclist

1:13pm Friday 12th October 2012

YOU may think you have what it takes to be a professional cyclist like Bradley Wiggins, Laura Trott and Geraint Thomas. But WILL BAIN found out that behind a few minutes of glory are countless hours of hard work.

WORK EXPERIENCE: Our man joins the Severn Area Rescue Association lifeboat

ALL ABOARD: David, right, with crew members, from left, Mark Carwardine, coxswain, Kevin Caster, Ian Blaney and Richard Dainty

4:30pm Friday 7th September 2012

MANNED by volunteers, the Severn Area Rescue Association helps the emergency services rescue people across the Severn Estuary.

WORK EXPERIENCE: Pots of fun to be had at the wheel

WORK EXPERIENCE: Pots of fun to be had at the wheel

8:50am Friday 31st August 2012

WE sent reporter EMMA MACKINTOSH to Chepstow for pots of fun learning how to make ceramics.

WORK EXPERIENCE: Our reporter finds a blooming marvellous job

Emma Mackintosh gets to grips with the mower

4:15pm Monday 27th August 2012

THEY are the workers who keep Newport looking blooming marvellous - and everything was coming up roses when we sent EMMA MACKINTOSH out with the city council gardens team.

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