rying to become a paramedic with bad grades
hey guys I'm 21 and am wanting to start adventuring down the hole of being a paramedic and then eventually become a firefighter and paramedic. I didn't apply myself in school and was too busy with sport and got a pretty bad ATAR of 40. Paramedicine at UniSC needs a ATAR of 85.
I have worked as a ski patroller while I'm currently living in Canada, which allowed me to get my EMR certification, Advanced first aid certification and wilderness first aid (these are all Canadian certs though). I'm hoping my real world experience will help to boost my selection rank with QTAC. I'm wondering if I should maybe do a STAT test. I was also reading that I could do a bachelor of health and science and if I do well then transfer into paramedicine but that also has a requirement of a 50 ATAR. A good friend of mine from Tasmania managed to complete his studies in only two years instead of 3. which if that is possible for me i‘d love to do.
Finally, if I‘ve become a qualified paramedic I would love to work some overseas jobs with it, maybe some disaster relief work, is this a path you can take in Australia?