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Changing career through learning
Doing a course and gaining a specific qualification can be a good way to help change career. The important thing is to decide what career you want to do and carefully research the best route to getting what you want.
Find out information about the qualifications needed for specific careers through the National Careers Service or search sector skills bodies' websites to see what jobs, skills and qualifications are needed in each of the 23 vocational sectors.
Also, check to see what job opportunities there are in your chosen area so that you know there is a good chance of a job being available when your have completed your qualification.
Find out about employment trends in your area.
To get started you could complete the Lifepilot Profile Builder which will help you think about your ambitions, current skills and preferred ways to learn.
Or ask a Lifepilot adviser a question online or get free careers advice from the National Careers Service
There are many learning opportunities in local colleges and universities or you can find a course where you live through the hotcourses website.
Look at the Lifepilot section on What, where and how to study to find out more about types of courses and how to apply.
View directories showing some of the work-related opportunites for higher education level study available in the Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Somerset and former Avon area
If you are looking for a career in the National Health Service in the South West look at the Day in the Life website.
