Unprofessional and disappointing. So glad its over....
Unfortunately my experience with Open Colleges was a big disappointment. My Trainer/Assessor was really nice but the entire company are WAY understaffed. My assessor said she looked after 1000 students alone! In addition, it would take several emails and phone calls to get anything actioned. The company I did my prac with were equally disappointed with Open Colleges and the lack of professionalism. Many of the assignments from the college featured multiple spelling errors and mistakes and when I mentioned this, it fell on deaf ears - no response. Often the online multiple answer tests did not work properly. The prac theory was 150 pages of report writing and reflection that they wanted at the same time as your 120 hours of prac which simply wasn't achievable for part-time and full-time workers so I had to spread my prac over 3 months just to do the theory! Rather than facilitating and empowering you in your actual working experience, it just seemed ridiculous and labour-some. Just disappointed, and glad its over.