Sorry about that mate, been a long day!
Have you enrolled or registered on a college course or similar? Your in the right part of the country anyway to start looking.
Best path is probably trying to get yourself an apprenticeship, you would more than likely have to start in a normal garage to learn your trade and work up from there.
There is a lot of members on here who are big into motorsports who might point you in the right direction.
Good luck and all the best.