Biggles, Make or Break...

I am enjoying the challenges of being a self employed businessman, enjoying the rewards of my efforts and the contact with professional people I had previously not really considered.

My working career, the Police, the Investigations and Security Industries have all been fairly isolated in terms of the dealings with society as a whole. Now that I am appealing to a wider society to consider using my services and products, and assisting people in gaining qualifications to get work for themselves, I am dealing in peoples lives and dreams. I see student's who want to work, to provide for their families and to prosper, to get themselves off Government assistance and many are doing so with varying degrees of learning difficulties.

I must admit that I have been surprised at the limited literacy and numeracy skills of many of the students that transit through my Security courses, but I have yet to be disappointed by the level of their application and commitment to succeed. Many of the trainees have qualified and now work in the Security Industry in this region and are making a good fist of it, if you'll excuse the crowd controller pun!

I have recently been tutoring a Kenyan immigrant through his Security qualifications and he has been a source of great inspiration and humour. Hampered by using English as a new first language, he has worked very hard to comprehend our customs and the requirements of the security industry. He will make one employer very happy with his integrity and work ethic, and once he masters Aussie English he will probably leave us all in his dust such is his determination to succeed. His is a make or break situation, he must gain work to remain in the country and to gain work he must have some recognised qualifications. His Kenyan qualifications do not meet our standards apparently, so he has chosed to retrain into the security industry. I have no fear for his ability to do the job, merely that his current level of understanding of Australian ways may retard his progress. But again, that won't hold him back for long.

The longer I work as a trainer for Security and Investigations, the more I seem to be enjoying it. Perhaps it has to do with a confidence gained through experience in that I can handle anything thrown at me from the students and give them practical, professional advice, and perhaps it has to do with my now enjoying being away from the confines of other employer's demands and working for myself.

The whole process of setting up in business for myself actually started with my own attendance at a Security Licensing course. From there I began to see the possibilities of returning to the Investigations industry and I began to focus on a plan to start my own Investigation business. As I did this the training opportunity arose with Vic Morrissey and I have worked hard to develop and improve this side of my business for the past three and a half years. I now have a beautifullly appointed office and training room, at least to my way of thinking, that is being pressed into service increasing more each week. My presence in the region has been growing through advertising and word of mouth among the security industry personnel and that means a steady stream of enquiries and business. From small beginnings, as the saying goes.

It has been this growth of both opportunities and experiences that have led me the happy realisation that I love being in business for myself. My efforts are also make or break and I do not intend it to be the latter. If you are wavering about going into business for yourself, then give me a call or comment on this post, I can assist you with the maze of regulations and requirements. However once you get established it is great fun, I thoroughly recommend it and wish you every success.

Regards
Dan