Standard learning credits - which courses have you used them for?

[Mega_hat25]

Just a quick post to ask what courses people would recommend doing using their Standard Learning Credits?

Cheers

 

[dingerr]

A couple of lads used them for a Beaver Hunting course whilst at BATUS.

 

[Bile-Spewer]

Just a quick post to ask what courses people would recommend doing using their Standard Learning Credits?

Cheers

Cheese making or dry stone walling.

 

[Newb gunner 1]

Standard Learning Credits?

 

[Caecilius]

Standard Learning Credits?

You get something like £120 a year to cover the cost of a course of your choice, provided it's of vague professional relevance. I think it pays 80% of the course fees so there's a small personal contribution. Someone on here from the ETS will be able to correct me.

Almost nobody ever uses them but I know people who've done DIY courses, wine tasting, and AT type courses.

 

[Broad Shoulders]

Wine tasting is clearly useful professionally for when one might need to hobnobb with the fererro Roche crowd.

I've known people do picture framing.

 

[NUGAT]

You get something like £120 a year to cover the cost of a course of your choice, provided it's of vague professional relevance. I think it pays 80% of the course fees so there's a small personal contribution. Someone on here from the ETS will be able to correct me.

Almost nobody ever uses them but I know people who've done DIY courses, wine tasting, and AT type courses.

Is that just for a lack of time or because the courses on offer aren't interesting or what? From the outside it comes across as a rather useful option for further education.

 

[Caecilius]

Is that just for a lack of time or because the courses on offer aren't interesting or what? From the outside it comes across as a rather useful option for further education.

Laziness mostly. Aside from in a few jobs there's almost always time to do it and it's fairly easy to apply, but nobody can really be bothered. It's the same reason that 90% of the AT in any given unit will be done by the same three troopers - they're the ones who can be bothered to sign up.

I say this as someone who has never claimed my standard learning credits because I can't be bothered.