short courses that can lead to good jobs?

jimmy2times

Anyone know of any short courses that can lead to a job with a half-decent salary?

Say less than 1 year course (shorter the better)
Pay: better than minimum wage

Let's see if we can get a good sized list to give me (and others?) some ideas.

InsideInsurance

Any course CAN and there are plenty of jobs above NMW which require no courses at all.

Of cause there are those that do long courses and end up on NMW or unemployed but that cannot be put purely down to the course

AP007

AAT level one you can do in 6 months.

supermum38

I did a journalism course that was 3 months + 1 month work experience. You get placements at a newspaper and other people on the course were offered jobs then. It costs about £3000 (funding available) and you are immediately qualified to work at newspapers.

The only thing you need is ambition and a competitive streak!

morganedge

very short, but you can get a forklift licence in a number of days and could then get a warehouse job for probably around £7.00 per hour.

Boring and depressing job in general, though.

Must be better ideas...
Hopefully others can think of some good ones

Opinion

I'm sure I saw a short course on growing money trees. Maybe try that.

double_mummy

sia security licence is about a week

forklift working nights you can earn 15 an hour around here

aat 1 and 2 possible to do in a year

if you have a degree pgce

floral design is about 3 months for the c&g

Claree__x

AP007 wrote: »

AAT level one you can do in 6 months.

Is level 1 really gonna get you a job though?

saintjammyswine

You can do fasttrack AAT at some FE Colleges that will take you from Level 2 (most people dont need level 1) to Level 4 in one year. Very intensive and hard work.

Look at PAT testing courses and what is available job-wise in your area.

jimmy2times

Thanks everyone (except ''Opinion'', obviously! )
Please keep 'em coming. There must be something out there for someone like me!!

jimmy2times

I see jobs around here as payroll administrators quite a lot paying a little over minimum wage.

Are there payroll admin courses / qualifications that you can get?
Or is that just a part of an overall accountancy course??