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My son is 16 and wants to leave his 6th form and do a course in automotive mechanics. He has always had a passion for cars in fact anything with wheels. I have no idea how to go about finding a good course to start him off. I do not want him to go into an apprenticeship until he is 18. I have seen some 1 year vocational courses at City of Westminster College or Kingston but have no idea if they are any good but its important to me that I help him make a good decision if he is going to leave his school.
Any help or advice would be gratefully received.
My son is 16 and wants to leave his 6th form and do a course in automotive mechanics. He has always had a passion for cars in fact anything with wheels. I have no idea how to go about finding a good course to start him off. I do not want him to go into an apprenticeship until he is 18. I have seen some 1 year vocational courses at City of Westminster College or Kingston but have no idea if they are any good but its important to me that I help him make a good decision if he is going to leave his school.
Any help or advice would be gratefully received.
visit the career website of various car manufacturers, the all have apprentice technician vacancies and if your son was bright enough to get to 6th form he may well stand out in a sea of illiterates.
not sure what your issue is with waiting until he is 18, he can start now, get some proper training and experience and work his way up the ladder.
not sure what your issue is with waiting until he is 18, he can start now, get some proper training and experience and work his way up the ladder.
I qualified as a technician, although about 10 years ago now, completing an apprenticeship with a Ford main dealer and gained NVQ level 2+3 which as far as I know is the standard recognised qualification needed to work at main dealers etc.
Unless the colleges are offering NVQ qualifications then any others are pretty useless, prior to my apprenticeship for a few months I was at a college studying for a national diploma which would of been a 2 year course and honestly would of been a waste of time, obviously it would give you the upper hand when applying for apprenticeships having a relevant certificate but he will still have to start at the bottom again so you might aswell go straight in on an apprenticeship!
And a bit of advice. if he has a passion for cars, engines etc maybe look at more involved careers in automotive engineering and going to uni? It’ll be a MUCH more rewarding career path.
Slogging it out in main dealers changing oil filters and brake pads all day soon drags.
Unless the colleges are offering NVQ qualifications then any others are pretty useless, prior to my apprenticeship for a few months I was at a college studying for a national diploma which would of been a 2 year course and honestly would of been a waste of time, obviously it would give you the upper hand when applying for apprenticeships having a relevant certificate but he will still have to start at the bottom again so you might aswell go straight in on an apprenticeship!
And a bit of advice. if he has a passion for cars, engines etc maybe look at more involved careers in automotive engineering and going to uni? It’ll be a MUCH more rewarding career path.
Slogging it out in main dealers changing oil filters and brake pads all day soon drags.
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