Luise Gortz  - Aged Care Cert III 2013 

Having spent most of my working life as a jewellery designer I retired in 2012 and moved back to rural Mullumbimby. With spare time on my hands I started working as a volunteer in the Age care industry and realized that there was a great need for people like me. The time I spend assisting and engaging with the elderly in everyday life was enormously gratifying.  Staff at the Nursing Home suggested I should do a Certificate  III in Age Care so that mymany hours spent at the facility would be financially remunerated and future paid employment was guaranteed. 

I looked at several options offered to do such a course and the Byron Community College appealed the most to me. The setting is picturesque and the office staff at the college helped me immensely in choosing the right course.  I enrolled and spent seven months with a fantastic group of mature aged students, working and studying together was uplifting and revitalizing.  The teachers spent many hours teaching in a calm and captivating manner and learning was more entertainment than actual work. 

Since completing this course I have been fully employed and relish my work. 

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