It depends upon the requirements of the MTO3/Band6 job you're doing and how you choose to apply yourself to it I suppose. My job is not just about fixing things - never has been. I do think the stuff I've done in the past is useful, obviously, otherwise I'd totally agree with you and say that academic qualifications mean diddly-squat.

It's not just about the course content it's about the transferable skills that are involved with doing these sorts of things. It's impossible to unlearn what you've been taught at any level, seperate it from other related experiences and then say that it's been of no use to you at all. I think you're asking a bit much there Mark.