Providers and training schemes, tell me about it. Many years ago when I went through my own bad patch I got involved with that bunch of crooks and scam artists and saw for myself first how dodgy the whole thing was.
There was around four organisations here in town all pulling the same stunt and getting away with it.
I already had electronic and computer skills above and beyond what their training schemes could teach me but well you know how it is, you need the cash so you go along with it to keep your head above water.
So I signed up and was given a desk and a computer to work with and stacks of paper work....now get on with it!
After a couple of weeks I could see that things weren't turning out right with my equations I was working on, results were incorrect and something was very wrong somewhere. I was reluctant to ask the staff for help as I was sure they didn't really know what was going on half the time, but in the end I was forced to ask for assistance.
I almost fell off of my swivel chair when I was informed I was given course work that was already deemed to be incorrect and should never have been using it. It was then a case of here's the right stuff - carry on - bye !
At that point I decided to give a lesson of my own
As always with me it's a long story but basically I spent a few weeks observing how their scams worked and discovered a way of fulfilling all the requirements I was legally bound to undertake without actually needing to turn up ! My 4 month course ended up lasting 14 months every bit legal and above board.
It all worked out good for me in the end as it gave me time to sort my life out, meet my partner who was all for creating different business opportunities so we ended up doing very well.