Another step closer

I've just finnished a Diploma in Work Based Environmental Conservation the other day, its a fancy name for an NVQ, but its all there on the CV to give me the practical skills to back up the degree I'm working towards via the Open University. I am actually glad its finnished and I can get on with me OU work for a few months before college starts again in september.

In september I'll be doing an Arboriculture & Forrestry Diploma, again to add practical skills to my repetroir. I'm not sure what I'll be doing when this finnishes, but it will be either study for another Diploma/NVQ or looking for a job where I can develop my skills & experiance, like an aprenticship.

As for my OU work, I've almost finnished my second module. The other week I switched my degree as the new one has more career relevence, though it shares the same core modules, so I'm in the same place, just working towards a BSC in Environmental Managment rather than a BA/BSC Environment Studies.

OK, so a few of the later modules from the BSC dont grab my immagination as much as those from theBA, but at the end of the day I can go back and study those on their own once I've finnished if I want to, and be able to get a job doing what I love in the mean time.

I'm hoping that once I've finnished with the OU, and I've gained the practical countryside managment skills, and the experiance from volunteering for the National Trust & my local County Council I will be able to get a good job either sub contracting for varius NGO's, or as a team leader for the National parks/Forrestry Commission/ NGO's/ Local Authority or private estate, though by all acounts the latter are very stuck up and "Closed" to anyone not with the right connections.