Apprenticeship Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 January 2018

Thursday, 18 January 2018

Questions (120, 121)

Niall Collins

Question:

120. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the costs associated with each step involved in developing national apprenticeships, from research and formulating the outline proposal, step 1, to rolling out the programme with employers and apprentices step 10. [2742/18]

Niall Collins

Question:

121. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the assessment by the apprenticeships council regarding the 77 proposals received in the second call for new apprenticeship categories which closed on 1 September 2017; the apprenticeships that have been approved for roll-out; and the timeframe for operationalising each new approved apprenticeship. [2743/18]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills

I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 and 121 together.

The Apprenticeship Council has completed its assessment of the proposals received in the second call for apprenticeship proposals. Resulting from this, I recently announced 26 new programmes that have been approved for further development into national apprenticeships. These programmes span a wide range of skills and sectors including construction, engineering, horticulture and agriculture and are listed in the attached table. It is estimated that the development timeframe will take between 12 and 15 months.

There is no specific cost associated with each of the ten steps in developing national apprenticeships. Overall development funding is set by the lead proposer during the application stage. It is paid in two allocations, 50% at the beginning of the development process once the Apprenticeship Council has approved the project plan (step 3) and the balance on receipt of a project update, following formal approval of the apprenticeship occupational profile (step 5).

	Title of proposed apprenticeship	Industry lead	Proposed coordinating provider
1.	Applied Horticulture Level 6 Duration 2 years	Teagasc	Teagasc
2.	Arboriculture Level 5 Duration 2 years	Caseys Tree Care Ltd, North West Tree Care, Kilcoyne Tree Care, Arborist Ireland	Galway Roscommon ETB
3.	Associate Sales Professional Level 6 Duration 3 years	Sales Sense	Mayo Sligo & Leitrim ETB
4.	CGI Technical Artist (Animation, Games, VFX) Level 9 Duration 2 years	Screen Training Ireland	Dublin IT
5.	Equipment Systems Engineer	SL Controls	University of
	Level 9 Duration 2 years		Limerick
6.	Farm Management Level 7 Duration 4 years	Teagasc	Teagasc
7.	Farm Technician Level 6 Duration 2 years	Teagasc	Teagasc
8.	Geo-Driller Level 6 Duration 3 years	Geological Survey Ireland	IT Carlow
9.	ICT Associate Professional in Cybersecurity Level 6 Duration 2 years	FastTrack into Technology (FIT)	FIT
10.	Lean Sigma Manager Level 9 Duration 2 years	Teleflex	University of Limerick
11.	Logistics Associate Level 6 Duration 2 years	Freight Transport Association Ireland	Dublin IT
12.	Principal Engineer- Professional Doctorate Level 10 Duration 4 years	SL Controls	University of Limerick
13.	Professional Bar Manager Level 6 Duration 2 years	Vintners Association	Griffith College
14.	Professional Hairdressing Level 6 Duration 3 years	Hairdressing Council of Ireland	Limerick & Clare ETB & Image Learning and Development Training Network Ltd
15.	Professional Healthcare Assistant Level 6 Duration 2 years	Kiltipper Woods Care Centre	Griffith College
16.	Quality Assurance Technician Level 7 Duration 3 years	Ibec Biopharma cluster	IT Tallaght
17.	Quality Laboratory Technician Level 6 Duration 2 years	Ibec Biopharma cluster	IT Tallaght
18.	Senior Quantity Surveyor Level 9 Duration 2 years	Society of Charted Surveyors Ireland	Limerick Institute of Technology
19.	Recruitment Practitioner Level 6 Duration 2 years	National Recruitment Federation	National College of Ireland
20.	Scaffolding Level 6 Duration 3 years	Construction Industry Federation	Laois & Offaly ETB
21.	Software System Designer Level 9 Duration 2 years	Lero	University of Limerick
22.	SportTurf Management Level 6 Duration 2 years	Teagasc	Teagasc
23.	Stud Farm Management Level 7 Duration 2 years	Teagasc	Teagasc
24.	Supply Chain Associate Level 7 Duration 3 years	IPICS The Supply Chain Management Institute	University of Limerick
25.	Supply Chain Manager Level 9 Duration 2 years	IPICS The Supply Chain Management Institute	University of Limerick
26.	Supply Chain Specialist Level 8 Duration 2 years	IPICS The Supply Chain Management Institute	University of Limerick