CountryMouse
Member
Hi everyone!
I'm new to the forum and was hoping for some advice on training. I've decided that being a nail technician is the career path for me, nails are something I've always loved doing since being a little a girl. I'm always doing my own and if I do say so myself I'm quite good at it however finding the right kind of training is proving to be a bit of an issue for me. I'm 22, live with my fiance and our 2 children (aged 5 and 20 months).. I live just outside Barnsley and neither me nor my fiance drive. I've looked into enrolling in a course at Barnsley college as they have some starting from September onwards however money is tight at the moment and travel + child care would work out very expensive so I then looked into going down the Apprenticeship route so I could earn money whilst I train but the only Apprenticeships I can find are in Huddersfield/Rotheram/Leeds kind of way which is really too far for me to be travelling on public transport, they're miles away! I've looked into doing courses from home however a lot of them seem to look a bit dodgy, a lot of the qualifications they give you I've never even heard of? And I don't really have £600+ just laying around especially when like I said the qualifications might not be recognised. I appreciate I'm sort of putting barriers in the way of every option but I'm really struggling to find the right option for me. This is something that I really want to do!
Sorry for the super long post, any advice more than welcome. Thanks in advance!
I'm new to the forum and was hoping for some advice on training. I've decided that being a nail technician is the career path for me, nails are something I've always loved doing since being a little a girl. I'm always doing my own and if I do say so myself I'm quite good at it however finding the right kind of training is proving to be a bit of an issue for me. I'm 22, live with my fiance and our 2 children (aged 5 and 20 months).. I live just outside Barnsley and neither me nor my fiance drive. I've looked into enrolling in a course at Barnsley college as they have some starting from September onwards however money is tight at the moment and travel + child care would work out very expensive so I then looked into going down the Apprenticeship route so I could earn money whilst I train but the only Apprenticeships I can find are in Huddersfield/Rotheram/Leeds kind of way which is really too far for me to be travelling on public transport, they're miles away! I've looked into doing courses from home however a lot of them seem to look a bit dodgy, a lot of the qualifications they give you I've never even heard of? And I don't really have £600+ just laying around especially when like I said the qualifications might not be recognised. I appreciate I'm sort of putting barriers in the way of every option but I'm really struggling to find the right option for me. This is something that I really want to do!
Sorry for the super long post, any advice more than welcome. Thanks in advance!
fingers crossed I will be able to sort something out with them. It can be so hard once you've left school to find training etc that works with your life! Thanks again xx:biggrin:
