Speeding down the information super highway!
Posted on August 28th, 2008
Lincoln Ambulance Technician Lee Wilson is even faster these days thanks to gaining a computer qualification!
Dashing to emergencies and saving lives may make ambulance personnel seem unlikely candidates for computer training, but it is essential these days.
Forty-six year old Lee, who has worked for East Midlands Ambulance Service for the past 15 years, realised he needed to brush up on his skills.
‘I knew that learning more about using the computer would make life easier for me,’ he said. ‘These days we are contacted by email and a range of training is provided on computer as well.’
Lee, who lives in North Hykeham, is delighted with the training he received at Business Advice Direct’s learndirect centre in Lincoln and thrilled to have achieved his ITQ, the equivalent of an NVQ in computer studies.
‘It’s been very helpful and worthwhile and has already made my life easier,’ he said. ‘We have quite a complicated system of working out our time sheets and now I am able to create my own database at home and work out my hours. My line manager, who supported my training and liaised with the NVQ assessor Claire Brelsford, is pleased that I took the course. It is always a good idea to gain new qualifications and boost your CV if possible and I am already planning to look into further courses to take. It was certainly a pleasant surprise to discover that I could get free training!’
Fiona Wright, Head of Funded Learning at Business Advice Direct, said NVQ training has a host of benefits for employees and employers.
‘Our NVQ training is free for eligible employees, and involves only two days out of the workplace,’ she said. ‘The rest of the training is undertaken in one hour a day while at work – making it not only convenient and but also eminently affordable!’