Real student review: Lesley Smith

I’m Lesley and I just turned 61. Before COVID-19 I was an interstate truck driver. In April 2020 I lost my job due to my employer losing a contract and work slowing down. Unfortunately I was laid off so I started a bit of temp driving. I started to get really sick of driving and being away from home all the time.

I saw information about the HLT37215 Certificate III in Pathology Collection at LTT Sydney while on the internet and sent through an enquiry. I asked about how much previous education I needed as I didn’t finish year 10 at high school. I decided to go for it and give it my best.

My Trainer/Assessor Vaishali Shah was fantastic and explained everything very well. I enjoyed every class and got to make a lot of new life time friends. My work placement is scheduled for 26 July and I’m looking forward to it. So while I have been waiting I applied for a position at a COVID-19 collection site and I started that very day! It didn’t take long to get into it and I’m really enjoying it. I have learnt a lot already. And thanks to my training and Trainer/Assessor, I’m keeping myself safe.

I want to work in pathology collection doing blood and other sample collections, I really enjoyed that part of my training. The course was fantastic and I’d recommend it to all my friends and family. It been a great experience for me to change my future and to do something I’m sure I’m going to love for life.
— Lesley Smith, HLT37215 Certificate III in Pathology Collection student