Proffil Dysgwr - Beatrice O’Loan, NEBOSH ac Adeiladwaith NEBOSH

These are flexible and fully funded courses for people who are earning under £29,534, or whose jobs are at risk – allowing them to gain the right skills to progress or change their career. The courses are vocational and focus on sectors where there are skills shortages. The aim is to help individuals, by upskilling in areas like IT and digital, finance, construction, green jobs and more.

Name: Beatrice O’Loan

Qualification gained: NEBOSH and NEBOSH Construction

Current role: HSEQ Coordinator, Jennings Building and Civil Engineering

Why did you decide to follow the course? I signed up for a PLA course as I was interested in health and safety and was working as a dispenser in a pharmacy. I was finding it difficult to get permanent work so I felt signing up would help me progress my career.

Tell us about your background? Covid struck as I was studying for my A Levels, which meant I finished school in March and wasn’t sure what to do next. I decided not to take up my place at university and worked in retail before getting a job in a pharmacy. I enjoyed the work but found I could only get temporary contracts and couldn’t get the support I needed to develop my skills. I decided to take a job at a call centre so that I had some income whilst still studying for my first qualification through PLA.

How have you benefited?
I felt the different jobs I had undertaken didn’t offer me the opportunities I wanted. The first PLA course was the turning point. It opened my eyes to a whole new area of work and helped me to broaden my horizons and to look for employment in different sectors. I now work in construction – something I never thought I would be doing. I made new friends through the course, and it introduced me to a whole new community. It’s the best thing I did.

Has the qualification changed the course of your career?
Without a doubt and without the PLA I’m not sure what I would be doing today. It has opened up new opportunities for me and put me on the path to a career where I can see a future for myself. I’m in a job I love and my employer is supportive. And because of the two qualifications I gained through the PLA I am now eligible to study for NEBOSH diploma.

Mae rhain yn gyrsiau hyblyg sy’n cael eu hariannu’n llawn ar gyfer pobl sy’n ennill llai na £29,534, neu mewn perygl o gael eu gwneud yn ddi-waith, gan roi’r sgiliau cywir i bobl ddatblygu neu newid eu gyrfa. Mae’r cyrsiau hyn yn rhai galwedigaethol ac yn canolbwyntio ar sectorau lle mae prinder sgiliau. Y nod yw helpu unigolion, drwy wella sgiliau pobl mewn meysydd fel TG, digidol, cyllid, adeiladu swyddi gwyrdd a mwy.

Enw: Beatrice O’Loan

Cymhwyster: NEBOSH ac Adeiladwaith NEBOSH

Rôl bresennol: Cydlynydd IDAA, Cwmni Adeiladu a Pheirianneg Sifil Jennings

Pam nes di ddewis y cwrs? Roedd gen i ddiddordeb mewn iechyd a diogelwch ac yn gweithio mewn fferyllfa ar y pryd. Roeddwn i’n cael trafferth dod o hyd i swydd barhaol felly penderfynais i ymgymryd â’r cwrs er mwyn trio symud ymlaen yn fy ngyrfa.

Dweud ychydig am dy gefndir: Roeddwn yn astudio ar gyfer Lefel A pan ddaeth Covid, felly pan orffennais yn yr ysgol ym mis Mawrth doeddwn i ddim yn siŵr beth i’w wneud nesaf. Penderfynais nad oeddwn i eisiau fy lle yn y brifysgol felly ges i swydd yn y sector manwerthu cyn dechrau gweithio mewn fferyllfa. Roeddwn i’n mwynhau’r gwaith ond yn mynd o un cytundeb dros dro i’r nesaf a doedd dim cefnogaeth i ddatblygu fy sgiliau. Penderfynais fynd i weithio i ganolfan alwadau i gael incwm tra'n astudio ar gyfer fy nghymhwyster cyntaf CDP.

Sut mae’r CDP wedi dy helpu?
Doedd fy swyddi blaenorol heb roi i mi'r cyfleoedd roeddwn i eisiau. Newidiodd hyn gyda chwrs cyntaf y CDP. Roedd yn agoriad llygaid i feysydd gwaith hollol newydd ac yn gwneud i mi feddwl am swyddi mewn sectorau hollol wahanol. Erbyn hyn dwi’n gweithio yn y diwydiant adeiladu - rywbeth nes i erioed ei ystyried cynt. Dwi wedi gwneud ffrindiau newydd, ac wedi dod i adnabod cymuned hollol newydd. Dyma’r peth gorau dwi erioed wedi ei wneud.

Ydi’r cymhwyster wedi newid llwybr dy yrfa?
Heb os, heb CDP dwi ddim yn siŵr beth fyswn i’n ei wneud heddiw. Mae o wedi agor cymaint o ddrysau i fi a rhoi'r cyfle i fi ddatblygu mewn gyrfa lle dwi’n gallu gweld fy hun yn yr hirdymor. Dwi mewn swydd dwi’n ei charu ac mae fy nghyflogwr mor gefnogol. Oherwydd y ddau gymhwyster dwi wedi ennill drwy’r CDP dwi wedi gallu symud ymlaen i astudio diploma.