As it stands resettlement courses start five eyers before retirement.
No, resettlement courses start two years before your termination date, at the point you PVR, or at age 50 irrespective of how long you have left to serve. This individual seems to have been caught by some discrepancy between the old and the new rules which means the last option no longer applies to him. It seems a bit odd as I don't recall you get any extra resettlement leave or money to do the courses with.