I have a degree from uni and I studied medicine for a year (in fact I'm still enrolled on a leave of absence) so I'm not sure what point you're making. What I'm saying is that previously the only way to get HECS was to be dedicated to a long and difficult, thorough course of study of a high academic level. Getting your CPL is not any of those things (all right... it can be difficult at times but nothing compared to what most degrees will throw at you).
Things might have changed but I was under the impression that you didn't have HECS for any courses other than University degrees.
Within a couple of years if this is true, it will become an employers market again. It will then be back to working at the pub and servo for a season before you get your first checkrid
Exactly. Who would want to go back to those days.