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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Hudson" data-source="post: 465575" data-attributes="member: 1607"><p>I think you have made a wise choice, this forum has had lots of posts asking very similar types of question over many years. Which would suggest even if you did pay the money and pass the courses, and if there were some decent jobs out there, you would be up against a lot of stiff completion for any jobs that are going. And when you are in that situation it is more often than not experience and who you know rather than what qualifications you have attained. It would not be impossible to make the career change that you want to do, but it would not be quick, cheap or an easy step. Plus if you then wanted to set up your own business that would be another long period of hard work, long hours, periods of little or no income while you get established. Statistics suggest that two thirds of new businesses fail within the first five years, which typically means that after the initial honeymoon start-up you are going to be waiting six or more years before you know you have genuinely got a reasonably stable business and customer base. What the training companies claim is not a direct lie, but it would not be attainable by the bulk of the students on their courses. They are at the end of the day just another business trying to sell their products in a very competitive market place.</p><p></p><p>Doc H.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Hudson, post: 465575, member: 1607"] I think you have made a wise choice, this forum has had lots of posts asking very similar types of question over many years. Which would suggest even if you did pay the money and pass the courses, and if there were some decent jobs out there, you would be up against a lot of stiff completion for any jobs that are going. And when you are in that situation it is more often than not experience and who you know rather than what qualifications you have attained. It would not be impossible to make the career change that you want to do, but it would not be quick, cheap or an easy step. Plus if you then wanted to set up your own business that would be another long period of hard work, long hours, periods of little or no income while you get established. Statistics suggest that two thirds of new businesses fail within the first five years, which typically means that after the initial honeymoon start-up you are going to be waiting six or more years before you know you have genuinely got a reasonably stable business and customer base. What the training companies claim is not a direct lie, but it would not be attainable by the bulk of the students on their courses. They are at the end of the day just another business trying to sell their products in a very competitive market place. Doc H. [/QUOTE]
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