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When I did cytech I learned a few tricks I’d never found anywhere else, so I think combined with experience it can be a good route. I’d been working on my own bikes (MTB, Road, track) for over 15 years before I did anything formal.
There were a few older, time-served but unqualified shop mechanics on my course who also found the secret things to be new to them.
I’m sure the C&G is equally good (I have a very old C&G which covers generally cutting bits of metal and joining them together with various methods type thing).
In a lot of cases with these things the course material is important but so is the person delivering it, a decent instructor can make the difference.
Edit: so can reading the date of the original question 🤦♂️