What can I train as quickly that has a good income ?

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I messed up my career choices at school as was unwell and had no direction

Messed up early adult life and ended up in a terribly abusive relationship

Now my life is just crap I’m fed up of just getting By not working on UC.
My DP works but I want to contribute too at some point

What can I train as ? I’m 40. So could train for a few years while on UC and then get a job based on whatever I chose ? But what is a good choice that earns good money

Something that doesn’t involve an enhanced dbs as I won’t pass that because when ex was abusive I once fought back. Plus I have CCJ in my name because of him so that may impact choices.

I just want a good job, a career and money to get decent stuff

@CastawayQueen

Also to add i know accountng/nursing isnt suitable i just mentioned them as comparisons. Project management of some sort is very good but I have no idea how you break in

Project management would be either a princes qualification or facility management quaification

DBS shouldn’t put you off anything.

I did a bout of shoplifting during a mental health crisis in medical school, resulting in a caution and a conviction. I always declare it and have never been turned down for jobs. I’m a doctor.

11 years later it disappears off your record, even for the enhanced check.

I think you have to just choose something you’re interested in as whatever the salary, it won’t be worth your time and money to do the training if you don’t stick at it and it’s not something you enjoy.

Education Technician is a) public facing, b) subject to an enhanced DBS, c) will not pay anything like £28k- roles are school hours, term time only, so pro-rated down, and paid for 40 weeks over 52. Take home pay is far, far less than £28k.

Following. I have social anxiety due to a chronic health problem and it’s caused me massive issues in my working life. I have no pension aside from Dignitas. I’d love to retrain as something I could do from home and earn an average salary.

Train drivers earn well

NRTFT…Plumber, locksmith!

Working for a railway company pays well, platform staff, behind the scenes at depots, train drivers etc. The roles are always competitive to get in to but good salary, career progression and benefits available.

What is your starting point i.e. what are your existing qualifications? You don't say what you are good at or enjoy doing.
If you haven't got a-levels you probably can't jump straight into a degree. You could do an nvq but it will cost you. Alternatively, get a basic job and work your way up. I was in retail management within a year of leaving school. The pay isn't amazing until you get to area management level and then it's half decent. You could work for a retail high street bank, start as a cashier and work your way up to mortgages, financial adviser, investment adviser, corporate banking, fraud, if you didn't want to go into management. A lot of banks will put you through your training or you can do it yourself.

Plumber. People love a female plumber

If you're good at science, could you train to be a lab technician in a school or university? Might be the sort of thing you could access via an apprenticeship?

Freelance admin? On upwork or Fiverr. Do refresher courses in all the Microsoft apps. And be good at them. Look at LinkedIn and look at all the courses on there and see what you fancy then try to make some linked choices.

Learn a trade and work for yourself.

A caution will only be on your record for six years after that your profile will be clear.

@HalzTangz & @fantastaballs OU website says "Our current fee for 120 credits, which is equivalent to a year's full-time study, is £6,336" I checked for both BSc Hons psychology and science

How about doing an access course to gain qualifications and get you back into education.

Plumbing
Electrics
Plastering
Cyber security
Programming

I'd definitely choose the building trade if I had my time again

Beauty therapy, you do courses bit by bit?

Cautions don’t show up after a few years as long as you don’t reoffend - if it has been long enough then you don’t have to declare it.

And if not enough time has passed and you do have to declare it, you'd be asked to declare and write a letter of explanation so you can explain that.

It’s just a caution - shit happens!

Sales pays really well if you're good at it and you don't need any qualifications.

Re DBS, the recruitment policy where I work (a large nationwide charity) says something to the effect that they will not discriminate based on unspent criminal convictions and each case will be treated on its circumstances.

There has been a section on every recruitment form I've ever completed to declare unspent convictions, and sometimes talking to a non judgemental recruitment agent can help you find a company where you 'fit'.

Does your UC work coach have any suggestions? What sort of things have you been applying for so far?

It probably doesn't help the OP, but it's worth mentioning for other people that in Scotland you can get OU fees paid if you earn under a certain limit (I think it's £25k, but I'm not sure). I'm about to start courses in Maths, Spanish and French and it isn't costing me anything.

OP, would book-keeping be something you would be interested in? Otherwise I'd second the ideas of PP about HGV driving or plumbing.

Open University fees ARE £6,336 per year (if you do 120 credits/year, as you would on a full time course at a brick university). Your degree would cost £19,008 in total, compared with around £27K in a brick uni. This is all very clearly stated on their website, so not sure why people are so keen to suggest that their fees are higher than they actually are!

It sounds like you could do with some support working out what you want to do. While plumbing, plastering etc do pay well, you won’t stick at it unless you really want to.

I’d suggest maybe looking at getting career coaching. Full disclosure - I am a career coach, but there are lots of us out there to choose from. Happy to chat further about how you can find one that’s right for you next answer any questions you might have.