Hi Den
Welcome to the Medical Engineering fraternity, and I wish you all the luck in your new career. You have chosen a great vocation to work in, and rest assured there are training courses available to your department.
As you can see from this thread there are many different view points on training, each one has its own merit.
I personally recommend the Open College Network modules that Avensys offer, but I would as I work there. :-) They are nationally recognized and more importantly on the QCF. Being a teacher you will be o fay with the terminology.
We are always exploring new and diverse ways of delivering medical equipment training, so by all means get in touch with me and you could easily be delivering training for us on a part time basis in the future.
Irrespective of the rhetoric in this thread, we are all passionate in what we do and are always open to offer you our advice.
Welcome again to our great team of Bio-Medical Engineers.
Regards
Nigel