New job worries

[phoenix1973]

I started a new job on Monday and I'm concerned.
It's part time in a different area to my usual roles.
I'm excited to learn the job, do well and stay put.
However, I'm feeling really overwhelmed.
The role will have 2 people, both new, myself and a full timer with the same job title and description.
I've started but my counterpart starts mid April.
The job is also new to her.
The 2 people who exist in post are retiring VERY soon.
There really is an overwhelming amount of systems, software, calculations and processes to get to grips with. Now, I relish a challenge (my usual jobs are DULL and easy).
I'm really pleased for this opportunity but I cannot see myself getting much before they retire. My ft counterpart will have had 1.5 days training when she starts mid April.
Any ideas how I can do it?

Lots and lots and lots of notes. Write down everything they say even if sounds like nonsense at first. At some point it will (hopefully) make sense.

Also, use the print screen function more often than you think you need when they are showing you things on a computer.

Take photocopies of examples of documents, and scribble notes along side the bits that you have to input yourself, eg where the data comes from, what style of wording, if there's special formatting etc.

At the end of every day (and possibly at points throughout the day) go through your papers, sort them, make additional notes, use post it notes to jot down questions on things you're unsure of. Different colour post it notes for different types of questions could be useful. Don't throw away the unwanted notes/pages at that point, just shove them to them back in plastic sleeves labelled with what they're from, in case you later realise you culled a bit too thoroughly.

If they're not self conscious and allow you to, on particularly difficult technical things you could ask to record their explanations, then you can listen to the explanation as you attempt to do the task yourself.

Good luck!

I recently did this. I got 4 weeks with the then current staff. They left. I was on my own for 5 weeks. I trained the newbie.

It was hard work. But a few months on its ok but my newbie isn't so great. We work on it but as they are "never wrong" it's hard work moving forward. .

Kinda blame myself as i trained them. I do wonder if I'll stay tbh