thank you to everyone that responded to my post your comments have been very helpful and have addressed the concerns i had regarding training in an auto.
Just to clarify the general consensus is that once i get a job i will most likely be driving an automatic anyway these days and if not it will just be a gearbox similar to that of a manual car and not the 4 over 4 type, therefore it wont take much time to adjust and shouldn’t affect my ability to do the job.