Apprenticeship Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 July 2018

Thursday, 12 July 2018

Questions (170, 171, 174)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

170. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of male and female apprentices in training by each employment sector and sub sector at 30 June 2016, 30 June 2017, 31 December 2017 and 30 June 2018 for craft based and consortia led apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32099/18]

Billy Kelleher

Question:

171. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship registrations in each employment sector and sub sector on an annual basis over the 2014 to 2017 period and to 30 June 2018 for all craft based and consortia led apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32100/18]

Billy Kelleher

Question:

174. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the apprentice population forecasted in each employment sector and subsector in each of the years 2016 to 2020 by craft based and new consortia led apprenticeships; and the apprentice population in each employment sector and subsector at 31 December 2017 and 30 June 2018. [32103/18]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills

I propose to task Questions Nos. 170, 171 and 174 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out on the attached tabular statements.  Please note that SOLAS captures apprentice population figures for end of each year and year-to-date only and therefore June 2017 figures are not available at this time.

Apprentice Registrations

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
					YTD*
CONSTRUCTION
Brick & Stonelaying	20	26	52	60	36
Cabinet-making	0	0	0	0	0
Carpentry & Joinery	185	291	399	443	243
Floor & Wall Tiling	0	0	0	0	0
Painting & Decorating	11	19	27	44	8
Plastering	9	7	18	34	12
Plumbing	318	289	345	532	288
Stonecutting & Stonemasonry	16	13	2	8	1
Wood Manufacturing & Finishing	23	48	71	59	47
Total	582	693	914	1,180	635
ELECTRICAL
Aircraft Mechanics	33	34	39	53	0
Electrical	845	956	1,343	1,705	837
Electrical Instrumentation	85	83	106	120	38
Electronic Security Systems	16	28	28	72	33
Industrial Electrical Engineering	0	0	12	19	1
Instrumentation	10	8	10	20	4
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning	62	75	79	106	56
Total	1,051	1,184	1,617	2,095	969
ENGINEERING
Mechanical Automation & Maintenance Fitting	174	153	163	183	90
Farriery	4	7	5	6	3
Industrial Insulation	10	13	10	21	10
Manufacturing Engineering (Level 6)	0	0	0	40	6
Manufacturing Engineering (Level 7)	0	0	0	36	4
Metal Fabrication	176	198	186	224	122
Pipefitting	0	37	33	25	26
Polymer Processing Technology	0	0	0	25	0
Sheet Metalworking	23	38	40	53	39
Toolmaking	66	62	66	65	22
Total	453	508	503	678	322
FINANCE
Accounting Technician	0	0	0	86	1
Insurance Practice	0	0	67	71	3
International Financial Services Associate	0	0	0	15	0
International Financial Services Specialist	0	0	0	18	0
Total	0	0	67	190	4
HOSPITALITY
Commis Chef	0	0	0	25	45
Total	0	0	0	25	45
MOTOR
Agricultural Mechanics	38	59	43	45	15
Construction Plant Fitting	56	77	59	86	33
Heavy Vehicle Mechanics	145	154	136	143	68
Motor Mechanics	325	423	420	353	173
Vehicle Body Repairs	40	47	58	46	15
Total	604	760	716	673	304
ICT
ICT Associate Professional Network Technician	0	0	0	0	0
ICT Associate Professional Software Developer	0	0	0	0	1
Total					1
PRINTING
Print Media	8	8	4	2	0
Total	8	8	4	2	0
Total Craft Apprenticeships	2,698	3,153	3,742	4,508	2,219
Total New Consortia Total (in red)	0	0	79	335	61
Grand Total	2,698	3,153	3,821	4,843	2,280

*June 30th 2018

Table for PQ 32103/18

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Forecast Population Craft Apprenticeships	11,025	12,561	15,605	18,322	21,095
Forecast Population New Consortia Apprenticeships	82	882	2,370	3,994	6,069
Total Forecast Population	11,107	13,443	17,975	22,316	27,164

[Table cont]

Apprentice Population

	2017	YTD 2018
	Dec	June
CONSTRUCTION
Brick & Stonelaying	121	134
Cabinet-making	2	2
Carpentry & Joinery	1,136	1,265
Floor & Wall Tiling	0	0
Painting & Decorating	85	88
Plastering	63	67
Plumbing	1,272	1,433
Stonecutting & Stonemasonry	33	33
Wood Manufacturing & Finishing	161	197
Total	2,873	3,219
ELECTRICAL
Aircraft Mechanics	158	132
Electrical	4,484	4,759
Electrical Instrumentation	327	331
Electronic Security Systems	120	137
Industrial Electrical Engineering	31	32
Instrumentation	43	42
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning	295	316
Total	5,458	5,749
ENGINEERING
Mechanical Automation & Maintenance Fitting	612	609
Farriery	18	23
Industrial Insulation	38	45
Manufacturing Engineering (Level 6)	39	45
Manufacturing Engineering (Level 7)	36	39
Metal Fabrication	681	711
Pipefitting	81	102
Polymer Processing Technology	23	23
Sheet Metalworking	118	132
Toolmaking	242	235
Total	1,888	1,964
FINANCE
Accounting Technician	71	66
Insurance Practice	138	130
International Financial Services Associate	14	14
International Financial Services Specialist	14	14
Total	237	224
HOSPITALITY
Commis Chef	25	60
Total	25	60
MOTOR
Agricultural Mechanics	154	154
Construction Plant Fitting	248	244
Heavy Vehicle Mechanics	493	514
Motor Mechanics	1,293	1,302
Vehicle Body Repairs	167	154
Total	2,355	2,368
PRINTING
Print Media	13	11
Total	13	11
Total Craft Apprenticeships	12,456	13,166
Total New Consortia Total (in red)	393	429
Grand Total	12,849	13,595

Apprentice Population by Sector, Trade and Gender

Population at end:	Dec-17			End June 2018
	Female	Male	Grand Total	Female	Male	Grand Total
Construction Total	4	2,869	2,873	9	3,210	3,219
Brick and Stonelaying	-	121	121	-	134	134
Cabinet Making	-	2	2	-	2	2
Carpentry and Joinery	1	1,135	1,136	5	1,260	1,265
Floor and Wall Tiling	-	-	-	-	-	-
Painting and Decorating	1	84	85	2	86	88
Plastering	-	63	63	-	67	67
Plumbing	1	1,271	1,272	1	1,432	1,433
Stonecutting and Stonemasonry	-	33	33	-	33	33
Wood Manufacturing and Finishing	1	160	161	1	196	197
Wood Machinist	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical Total	24	5,434	5,458	28	5,721	5,749
Aircraft Mechanics	3	155	158	3	129	132
Electrical	16	4,468	4,484	20	4,739	4,759
Electrical Instrumentation	3	324	327	4	327	331
Electronic Security Systems	1	119	120	1	136	137
Industrial Electrical Eng	-	31	31	-	32	32
Instrumentation	1	42	43	-	42	42
Refrigeration		295	295	-	316	316
Engineering Total	9	1,879	1,888	10	1,954	1,964
Farriery	-	18	18	-	23	23
Industrial Insulation	-	38	38	-	45	45
Manufacturing Engineering (Level 6)	2	37	39	2	43	45
Manufacturing Engineering (Level 7)	3	33	36	3	36	39
M.A.M.F.	2	610	612	2	607	609
Metal Fabrication	1	680	681	2	709	711
Pipefitting	1	80	81	1	101	102
Polymer Processing Tech	-	23	23	-	23	23
Sheet Metalworking	-	118	118	-	132	132
Toolmaking	-	242	242	-	235	235
Financial Total	100	137	237	94	130	224
Accounting Technician	39	32	71	37	29	66
Insurance Practice	53	85	138	49	81	130
International Financial Services Associate	4	10	14	4	10	14
International Financial Services Specialist	4	10	14	4	10	14
Hospitality Total	7	18	25	11	49	60
Commis Chef	7	18	25	11	49	60
ICT Total	7	18	25	1	-	1
ICT Associate Professional Software Developer	7	18	25	1	-	1
Motor Total	6	2,349	2,355	8	2,360	2,368
Agricultural Mechanics	-	154	154	1	153	154
Construction Plant Fitting	-	248	248	-	244	244
Heavy Vehicle Mechanics	-	493	493	-	514	514
Motor Mechanics	5	1,288	1,293	7	1,295	1,302
Vehicle Body Repairs	1	166	167	-	154	154
Printing & Paper Total	1	12	13	-	11	11
Print Media	1	12	13	-	11	11
Printing	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bookbinding	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grand Total	151	12,698	12,849	161	13,435	13,596