Sound advice. He is already doing his HNC, it seems.
Although (as I say), City and Guilds would have been just as useful, or perhaps even more so. But ... are C&G courses still available, I wonder?
Having said that, there is another way (and it's the one I like myself), and that is as an "apprentice" to an experienced tech. But I doubt that such an approach would sit well within the organisation of the NHS. And my guess is that it may not appeal much to Jordan, either.
