What can you do with an NVQ3

[Shutuptodd]

I am having a bit if a wobble as I have started an NVQ level 3. I am as thick as shit so finding it so hard which is probably pretty pathetic as it seems every man and his dog these days has a degree and I'm barely managing this. I left school with GCSE grade c and d. I have worked ever since leaving school but only in min wage jobs.

What I'm trying to ask is what can you do after this. I dont want to work in a school for the rest of my life it's just keeping me going while the children are young. Is it going to be any use for other jobs or am I just wasting my time? As I said I'm having a bit of a wobble as I'm feeling pretty dim right now.

NVQ3 in what?

Admin - not a lot, afaik but it would make it easier for you to apply for better jobs and give you better prospects.
Hairdressing - NVQ3 shows you've studied all aspects of hairdressing not just the basics and makes you more employable than NVQ2 and able to be taken on a stylist rather than a junior stylist.
NVQ3 in Care is supervisory and means you'd be eligible for team leader/senior carer positions.

At the end of the day no qualification is going to hamper your chances of bettering yourself. They are only ever going to help. I got a job in care with an NVQ3 in hairdressing because they said the fact I had gained a level 3 qualification while working and parenting showed I had excellent time management skills and drive.

Its supporting teaching and learning. I guess it shows I am happy to better myself in my free time. I think I'm just having a bad day as I dont get much time to myself as I'm a single mum of 3 and every time I go to start its like they know and wake up again.

Also don't feel dim. I have various NVQ3s, a foundation degree and more level 2 qualifications than I can count. My face still looked a lot like this through most of my level 1 medication qualification. I have no fucking clue how I managed to pass it. Different people have different knowledge bases. There'd be no point studying it if you knew it all.

Very true. I have only been working in a school for 8 months so it's all pretty new to me. Plus I cant say I've done any real learning since 2000 so I'm very rusty on that front.