“My name is Steven and I’m 61 years old. I joined the Navy when I was 16 years old. After serving 9 years, I got a job in the NSW public service as a chauffeur driving politicians. I spent 35 years doing this, driving four Premiers and many Cabinet Ministers but last year I took redundancy during a restructure. ”
“I decided I was not ready for retirement and wanted to do something different than driving. I wanted to do a course to learn a new skill set. While looking at what courses were available to mature age students, I found the HLT37215 Certificate III in Pathology Collection, right from the beginning it sparked my interest!
While investigating options of where to complete this course, I found the LTT website. I made an enquiry, and the staff were very helpful giving me information on the course and how to enrol. It was an easy process and I liked the fact that the Certificate III course was only 16 weeks. This meant I could be potentially doing the job much quicker than other courses that take longer!
The course itself was a good balance between online study and face-to-face training in the classroom. There was always support available during both phases and the Trainer/Assessors were really invested in helping me succeed.
I found the venepuncture to be a bit of a challenge at first, but again the instruction and encouragement from the Trainers at LTT got me through those nerves and built my confidence.
I decided to apply for a position in corporate collection before I had fully completed the course. My Trainer gave me valuable advice to help me present myself during the application interview.
I received an offer of employment from Laverty in their corporate collection team. So my course has helped me find employment – thank you to everyone at LTT.
I recommend LTT for anyone considering taking up a career in pathology. I had doubts about being able to find a new career at my age, as well as in completely different field, but now I’m confident in my new skill set and looking forward to interesting work in corporate collections.”
— Steven Ellis, HLT37215 Certificate III in Pathology Collection student
