Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) and Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) Scheme
To qualify for VTOS you must be over 21 years of age and in receipt of one of the following for a minimum of 6 months (156 days).
To be eligible for BTEA you may qualify after 3 months (78 days).
Eligibility for participation in both schemes is at the discretion of the Department of Social Protection and not Colaiste Ide College of Further Education
Participants are offered significant support to assist them in making the most of their opportunities while at Coláiste Íde, including access, where appropriate, to our on-site Study Support Centre and Careers Guidance.
Contact: Ms.Deirdre Finneran, VTOS office
Tel. 8443244 or 8443230
FAX: 01-8347242
Email: generalenquiries@colaisteide.ie
Office Administration
Year 1:
Word Processing, Reception, Business Calculations, Communications, Business English, Spreadsheets, Personal Effectiveness, Study Skills/Guidance.
Certification: FETAC Level 5 Component Certificate.
Office Administration (for graduates of Year 1)
Year 2: Communications, Payroll - Manual and Computerised, Text production, Information and Administration, Desktop Publishing, Work Experience and Career Guidance.
Certification: FETAC Level 5 Major Award 5M1997 Office Administrator
Healthcare FETAC Level 5
Care Provision and Practice, Safety and Health at Work, Care of People with Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability Studies, Introduction to Nursing, Social Studies, Personal Effectiveness in Work, Occupational First Aid.
Certification: FETAC Level 5 Community and Health Services Award DCHSX
Childcare- FETAC Level 5
FETAC modules to include Caring for Children, Working in Childcare, Early Childcare Education, Child Development, Work Experience, Communications, Intellectual Disability Studies, Arts and Crafts, First Aid.
Certification: FETAC Level 5 Major Award 5M2009 Early Childcare and Education
Childcare- FETAC Level 6 (for graduates of level 5)
FETAC Modules include Child Development, Social and Legal Issues in Childcare, EarlyChildhood Education, Supervisor in Childcare, After School Childcare, Special Needs Training
Certification: FETAC Level 6 Major Award 6M2007 Early Childhood Care and Education
PC Maintenance
Year 1: Course Components include Systems Maintenance, Information Technology, Hardware Essentials, Communications and Customer Service.
Certification: ECDL, FETAC Level 5 Component Cert, Java Web Authoring, Comptia A Plus.
PC Maintenance Progression
Year 2: FETAC Level 5 Computer and Network Maintenance Award CCNMX
Course Components include Systems Software, Network Essentials, Multimedia and Work Experience.
Certification: FETAC Level 5 Computer and Network Maintenance Award CCNMX.
Post Leaving Certificate - Mature Students
A number of places are available on the Post Leaving Certificate (PLC) courses for mature students. Adults who, on interview, are considered to have reached a suitable standard either through formal education or by life work experience, may enter these programmes.
Post –Leaving Certificate (PLC) Courses:
PLC Courses in the following areas are available to you under the BTEA Scheme: Art, Fashion, Business, Catering, Computers, Sports, Architecture and CAD, Electronics Science and Technology, Travel and Tourism, Hotel Catering and Tourism
See Colaiste Ide Prospectus or further information on this web-site.
See Colaiste Ide Prospectus or further information on this web-site.
Leaving Certificate
Our Leaving Certificate Course is offered under the BTEA Scheme, The subjects include: English, Irish, Maths, Business, History and Career Guidance.
Applicants to all courses above must be over 21 years of age(18 years for Leaving Certificate) and are subject to the eligibility rules of the Department of Social Protection
Back to Education Initiative- (BTEI)
The Back to Education Initiative (BTEI) offers part-time education programmes for adults and young people. BTEI gives people an opportunity to combine a return to learning with family, work and other responsibilities. Each course has an attemdance requirement of at least 14-17 hours per week and programmes are offered at FETAC Level 3 or 4. These are designed to equip participants with basic skills and to create educational progression pathts to further education or training at Colaiste Ide or elsewhere.
General Education - (FETAC Level 3)
Communications, Numeracy, Computer literacy, Cookery, Personal Effectiveness, Study Skills
General Education - (FETAC Level 4)
Exercise and Fitness - (FETAC Level 4)
Exercise and Fitness, Human Biology, Introduction to Sports Nutrition, Health and Safety at Work, Personal Development and Communications (including Literacy and Numeracy skills development).
Pre-FIT PC Maintenance - (FETAC Level 4)
Maths for computing, Introduction to IT-Software and Hardware, Database methods, pre- ECDL, Communications (including Literacy and Numeracy skills development).
Introduction to Cloud Technology - (FETAC Level 4)
No course information available until 17-08-11
It should be noted that numbers of participant places allocated to Colaiste Ide, under VTOS and BTE schemes are capped by the Department of Education and Science so early application is advisable. Open day willl be held on Wednesday 18th 2012 4:15pm to 8:15pm. Interview days will be held on Saturday 4th February 2012 9:30am to 3:30pm and Saturday 10th March 2012 9:30am to 3:30pm
