career change for DH

[missuspirana]

Wonder if you wise people have some words of career advice. We are going to be relocating to London soon and DH (29)is looking to change career. He's from Costa Rica so all his school qualifications aren't really transferable. He's in a real quandry. He's thought about training as a electrician, but it takes a long time and is expensive.
He speaks Spanish and his english is fine. He is very personable and sociable loves helping people and is a sweetheart. Any suggestions?

UK travel companies operating trips to costa rica or Spanish speaking countries?

Private tuition in Spanish to rich London children (huge demand and you don't need a qualification to tutor legally).

Just trying to think- um, a colleaugue of Dh's works as a trnaslator (he is antive POlis) which your Dh could perhaps do, and then study electrical installation at evening class (widely available)?

He could also look at a HND, Dh is planning on taking a degree in theatre lighting when I graduate from my PGCE (he has a small business doing stage, DJ lighting etc and hopes to expand full time and include sensory rooms (SN) into the set up). If he's over 25, universities will usually take life experience into account when decisng on applications- my friend is doing well on her degree now after joining us with no exams, but a thrity y4ar post-educational life story which has made her determined to succeed (after initial near fails she is now getting mainly B grades).

Eduaction for peole originating outside the Eu isn't cheap it ahs to be said (although the disparity at my local Uni isn't as huge as I expected), but many courses offer aprt time options.

If he loves helping people also, maybe that would be a good angle for him- one can combine languages with social based degrees very effectively and wth good prospects.

The other option that springs to mind is the Open Univeristy / Open College, ahve a look at their websites for ideas that he could combine, maybe with working in the care sector.

Strange you mentioned that Xenia. One of our ideas that we were mooting was to set up a company specialising in high end tours of costa rica. We should explore working for ourselves. Thanks

It's certainly better paid than not working for yourselves. My neighbour's son was in the travel industry in Costa Rica - he married out there and has 2 gorgeous toddlers now and we were near that area last summer using a London specialist travel company. One of my daughters is going to Central America for 6 weeks shortly and it certainly seems to be the "in" place Guatamala, Mexica too etc for some people. Good time to be getting into it.