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Career level · Module 3: Planning, Time and Task Management · Lesson 2 of 3

Keeping a Daily Work Log

Record what you do each day so your reports, portfolio and CV are built on facts.

In this lesson you will

  • Keep a consistent daily work log
  • Use the log for reflection and reporting

Key concepts

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The lesson

A daily work log records the date, the tasks you worked on, the time spent, the result and anything you learned or need help with. Five minutes at the end of each day is enough.

The log is your evidence. It feeds weekly check-ins, the final report and future CV entries, and it shows your supervisor what you actually did.

Use a simple spreadsheet or notebook. Be specific: 'Replaced keyboard on HP laptop, tested all keys' is useful; 'did repairs' is not.

Step by step

  1. Set up a log with date, task, time, result and notes columns.
  2. Record a practice day's work.
  3. Review the week's entries.
  4. Write a short weekly reflection.

Practice activity

Keep a work log for one week of course practice tasks and write a weekly reflection from it.

Expected result: Five specific daily entries and a weekly reflection.

Check your understanding

  1. Why should log entries be specific?

    Show answer

    Specific entries are useful evidence for reports, check-ins and CVs; vague entries prove nothing.

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