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Nov. 9th, 2010 10:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camrogersLast week I came to a few realisations regarding my future. Long story, not particularly interesting, but it did focus me a little.
So I got in touch with an old friend, who put me in touch with his brother who was an Army medic and since mustered out to become an ambo in Brisbane. He gave me some excellent and detailed advice on getting a paramedical qualification, which is going to involve me moving to Brisbane for three years at least, as well as possibly sitting a Health Science degree in Melbourne while waiting to clear through the application process.
The Brisbane thing won't happen before 2012 unless he can somehow expedite me through the bureaucracy. When the time comes for my psychometric evaluation, if this happens, he's going to take me for a few ride-alongs to get a first-hand, informed idea of what the job entails. He's also worked for NGOs in about 20 countries, so this is all gold.
Again, it's not certain I'll do this. I'll get an application number and just do the process, see what happens. Fact is if this happens it's going to cramp or kill my writing for 3 years. Upside is that Queensland Ambulance will pay me a good wage to train. If this happens in 2012 that gives me enough time to get a fix on whether or not I need to be doing this, but Rob says what I have in mind is perfect for NGO work.
Man, it's a lot to think about for a Tuesday morning.
So I got in touch with an old friend, who put me in touch with his brother who was an Army medic and since mustered out to become an ambo in Brisbane. He gave me some excellent and detailed advice on getting a paramedical qualification, which is going to involve me moving to Brisbane for three years at least, as well as possibly sitting a Health Science degree in Melbourne while waiting to clear through the application process.
The Brisbane thing won't happen before 2012 unless he can somehow expedite me through the bureaucracy. When the time comes for my psychometric evaluation, if this happens, he's going to take me for a few ride-alongs to get a first-hand, informed idea of what the job entails. He's also worked for NGOs in about 20 countries, so this is all gold.
Again, it's not certain I'll do this. I'll get an application number and just do the process, see what happens. Fact is if this happens it's going to cramp or kill my writing for 3 years. Upside is that Queensland Ambulance will pay me a good wage to train. If this happens in 2012 that gives me enough time to get a fix on whether or not I need to be doing this, but Rob says what I have in mind is perfect for NGO work.
Man, it's a lot to think about for a Tuesday morning.
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Date: 2010-11-09 12:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-09 01:26 am (UTC)Who else is moving?
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Date: 2010-11-09 01:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-09 01:29 am (UTC)Who's Sly when she's not on LJ?
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Date: 2010-11-09 01:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-09 01:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-09 01:51 am (UTC)I lile Brisbane, but I've never stayed more than a few days.
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Date: 2010-11-09 02:15 am (UTC)Very different now. Its a country town. That's what you sign on for.
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Date: 2010-11-09 02:46 am (UTC)What I was struck by was how alive the city was at night. That was neat.
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Date: 2010-11-09 09:36 am (UTC)Don't go for the city. It's confused, growing too fast and heavily populated with far too many people who see any kind of difference as an excuse for assault.
Plus, it's boring.
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Date: 2010-11-09 09:48 am (UTC)Beeeeengo. What he said. For three years in the mid-Nineties it was AWESOME. But now it's laden with a boredom so dense it's like a lead weight pressing on the back of your neck. And I suspect the people I do know there will leave by the time I get back.