Patricia took on her current post as co-ordinator for IAG delivery with C&K Training in January 2001. She is the Lead Verifier for the OCR accredited Centre, which holds Direct Claims Status for all the current NVQs.

Prior to that Patricia worked in schools and colleges for many years as a qualified teacher before retraining in the field of careers guidance. In 1999 she was appointed as an adult guidance consultant with Calderdale & Kirklees Careers.

Patricia holds the following qualifications:

Postgraduate Diploma in Career Guidance

TDLB D32/33 (Assessor Awards) and D34 (Internal Verifier)

Fellow of the Institute for Learning

MA in Lifelong Learning

BPS Psychometric Testing Level A

Certificate in Counselling

Rickter Scale Practitioner Certificate

BA(Hons) in Modern Languages