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I unfortunately had a lot of trouble…
I unfortunately had a lot of trouble with OC. Although the assessors are really lovely - while I was doing my course work and assessments they could sometimes take up to 2 weeks to respond back to me whenever I had a question. It was only towards the end of my course that they started to respond quicker because of how much trouble I was having with my placement (due to no contact with my workplace supervisor - so no check in phone calls and no answering questions about requirements) My workplace supervisor basically got fed up with OC and refused to sign my 160 hours of placement. I then had to do a further 40 hours of placement at another facility - which was impossible due to covid. - I had to pause the course for 6 months because of this. I was also told that I would get a special extension due to all of this only to find that my course expired with no warning. After having to call the student help line I was told I have to request an extension and write my entire situation on a form - even though they had record of it already and told me I didn't need to do anything. I do however appreciate OC apologizing to me for all this happening. Alex Nicol has been amazing through this process and has made me feel a lot better about it all. I finally have my diploma, but it sure took a lot to get it haha.