Fashion Apprentice - Getting a qualification?

So as part of my apprenticeship I have to attend a course every Friday at Fashion Enter, at the end of the year an a half I will have gained the following:

Level 3 Diploma in apparel footwear or leather production (QCF) (KIA)

and

Level 3 Certificate in apparel manufacturing technology (NVQ) (QCF)

I don't really know the exact significance of these qualifications but I assume it will look pretty darn good on my CV. And for free, who can complain? Apparently if this wasn't funded by the government the course would have cost me an insane 26K! CRAZY.

So far, I've learnt about fibres and fabrics, pretty standard stuff you cover in A-Level but it's good to revise over it and it's definitely useful when working. It's good to be able to establish the reasons why certain fabrics are good and bad for certain garments and why certain construction methods are used.

I'm looking forward to the more hands on experience such as using the machines as this will prove very useful in buying. When making alterations to garments you will be able to recognise what changes will need to be made but most importantly how.

I've had a couple of assessments and I think they've gone pretty well, we had to talk about the entire criteria in full flow whilst being recorded and the person I am I waffle and waffle for ages but hopefully it all made sense. Another part was being shown 4 garments and establish where and what the faults were in the garment. All very insteresting stuff of course please let me know if you have any question or want to know any more about what i'm doing.

Sannita.
Aurevoir.
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Fashion Intern to Fashion Apprentice

Ahhhhhh, so basically everything has been cer-razy. I didn't get the Elizabeth Saltzman internship, due to having found someone with more experience, or that was just a nice excuse to say no to me. Who knows? But I don't think I could have dealt with the lack of money anyway. Although I was gutted I had to move on to other things.

So my second interview with House of Fraser went really well, and a couple of weeks later I got a phone call from them saying I had got the job! Hello I am going to be Buying Assistant at House of Fraser! Ehehehe and even better, I get paid a full time wage!! This is obvs all thanks to my dear friend Jemima and cheeky Fashion Enter. 

Now that I'm on a actual wage this means I can quit my saturday job! After four bloody years at the hell hole can now leave and get paid to do something I love...for a year an a half at least (apprenticeship!).

I have a job and i'm being paid.
Oh and i'm moving to London and now will live the dream as a london city girl.