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Thanks for believing in me as a Technician. 

Seems likes every company want/need you to have the SGTT classroom course for any technician work whatsoever, or they’re not interested. I understand and get that, but how is one supposed to actually get on the course 🤔. I’ve said to every company I’ve spoken to that I’ll pay for it myself if they could get me on it, they’re not interested, they just look for people with it already. Some companies do at least have the decency to inform you that they can’t offer you anything because of no SGTT, but most just ignore you. They must not consider the long list of transferable skills and other experience that you have built up over many years which may make you more suitable than someone with no real working experience but who has just been lucky enough for a company to put them through it, makes no sense to me. How can someone with over 20 years of experience (using myself as an example) working on the tools in many different industries be less suitable for a job than someone who’s just done some GWO’s and a 2 week course at Siemens, again, makes no sense. I have even emailed Siemens myself a few times over the years expressing my wish to do the course, to no avail. That all said, if anyone knows of any companies that would be willing to put me through the course or can help me in any way to get technician/inspection work then I’d very much appreciate it. TO ALL COMPANIES, there’s lots of good guys/gals out there with lots of experience and skills who just need an opportunity and would be a great asset to your company. Don’t discount them just because they haven’t done a 2 week course at Siemens, consider their WHOLE background and what they could potentially bring to your business, it’s not all about tightening bolts and changing oil etc. Please repost/share this to spread the word and hopefully help others in my position, of which I’m sure there’ll be many, thanks.

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