Apprenticeship Programmes

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 May 2017

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Ceisteanna (114, 119)

Maurice Quinlivan

Ceist:

114. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated individual start dates of the 40 new apprenticeship programmes to be introduced under the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Ireland 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [22281/17]

Maurice Quinlivan

Ceist:

119. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the original 35 category 2 and 25 category 3 apprenticeship proposals identified by the Apprenticeship Council in 2015, but removed from the Apprenticeship Council's report on new apprenticeship programme proposals June 2015. [22286/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills

I propose to take Questions Nos. 114 and 119 together.

The table provides a current status report on the 24 apprenticeship proposals that have been approved development funding by the Apprenticeship Council. The report sets out numbers on the 2 programmes that are currently operational and also indicative start dates for other programmes.

The first 20 on the attached list were in the original category one list arising from the 2015 call. Of the original category one list, two proposals in Commis Chef were merged and two welding proposals were also combined giving final category one total of 23. Three of these proposals in the areas of Travel and Tourism, Warehouse and Distribution Operative and Welding are not proceeding.

In late 2016 re-engagement with category two and three proposers took place and arising from that process development funding was approved for a further four proposals this year in the areas of Property Services, Retail Practice, Engineering Services Management and Manufacturing ICT Engineer. A number of other proposals, although not yet approved development funding, are proceeding and will shortly submit detailed development plans and an application for development funding to the Apprenticeship Council. These proposals are listed as “at stage 2” on page 24 of the Developing a National Apprenticeship handbook, which is available at http://www.apprenticeship.ie/en/apprentice/Shared%20Documents/Handbook_document.pdf.

Proposals for an apprenticeship in any occupation not listed on page 24 of the handbook will need to be made through the second call for proposals and this is how new apprenticeships will be introduced to meet the targets set out in the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship.

Proposers took part in the 2015 call on the understanding that details of their proposals would only be published at the point that they were approved to proceed. On that basis, I cannot give details of category two or three proposals other than those that appear in the handbook.

	Apprenticeship	Industry-led consortium (lead body)	Co-ordinating provider	Project plan and development funding	Occupational profile	Validation and QA	Industrial Training Order	Implementation plan and budget (SOLAS/HEA)	Employer approval Apprentice Registration	TARGET roll out date (as indicated by  consortium)
1	Insurance PractitionerLevel 8   3 years	Insurance Institute of Ireland	Sligo IT	Funding approved Dec 15	Approved June 2016	Sligo IT May 2016 Completed	ITO in place (2016)	Agreed - HEA	44 employers approved; 67 apprentices registered	September 2016
2	Industrial Electrical Engineer Level 7   2 years	Stryker	Limerick IT	Funding approved Dec 15	Approved  July 2016	Limerick IT June 2016 Completed	ITO in place	Agreed - HEA	7 employers approved; 12 apprentices registered	November 2016
3	Polymer Processing EngineerLevel 7     3 years	Medtech Ireland, IBEC	Athlone IT	Funding approved Dec ‘15	Approved September 2016	Athlone IT Jan ‘17	ITO in place	Agreed - HEA	Registration in progress	May 2017
4	Manufacturing Technician Level 6      2 years	Medtech Ireland, IBEC	GMIT	Funding approved Dec ‘15	Approved September 2016	GMIT Feb ‘17	ITO in place	Agreed - HEA	Registration in progress	June 2017
5	Manufacturing Engineer  Level 7    3 years	Medtech Ireland, IBEC	GMIT	Funding approved Dec ‘15	Approved September 2016	GMIT Feb ‘17	ITO in place	Agreed - HEA	Registration in progress	June 2017
6	Commis chef Level 6   2 years	IHF/RAI/Failte Ireland	Kerry ETB	Funding approved Jan ‘16	Approved June 2016	QQI June 2017	ITO in place (2016)	TBC – SOLAS		Q3/4 2017
7	International Financial Services Associate Level 6  2 years	Financial Services Ireland, IBEC	National College of Ireland	Funding approved Dec 15	Approved  June 2016	QQI June 2017	ITO in place (2016)	TBC – HEA		Q3/4 2017
8	International Financial Services Specialist Level 8  2 years	Financial Services Ireland, IBEC	National College of Ireland	Funding approved Dec 15	Approved June 2016	QQI June 2017	ITO in place (2016)	TBC – HEA		Q3/4 2017
9	Accounting Technician Level 6  2 years	Accounting Technicians Ireland	ETB - TBC	Funding approved Dec 15	Approved  June 2016	QQI Q3 2017	ITO in place (2016)	TBC – SOLAS		Q3/4 2017
10	Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) EngineerLevel 6    3 years	CombiLift	Cavan and Monaghan ETB	Funding approved Dec 15	Approved June 2016	QQI Q3 2017	ITO in place	TBC – SOLAS		Q3/4 2017
11	HGV Driver Level 5   3 years	IRHA	Cavan and Monaghan ETB	Funding approved Dec ‘15	Approved June 2016	QQI Q3 2017	ITO in place  (2016)	TBC – SOLAS		Q3/4 2017
12	BakerLevel 5 3 years	Scottish Bakers		Funding approved Dec ‘16	Approved June 2016	QQI Q4 2017	ITO in place  (2016)	TBC – SOLAS		Q4 2017
13	Telecom Field TechnicianLevel 6      2 years	eir	ETB – TBC	Funding approved May‘16	Approved July 2016	QQI Q4 2017	New ITO required – in development May 2017	TBC – SOLAS		Q4 2017
14	ICT Network Engineer Level 6      2 years	Fast-Track into Technology (FIT)	ETB- TBC	Funding approved Dec ‘15	Approved October 2016	QQI Q3 2017	New ITO required – in development May 2017	TBC – SOLAS		Q3/4 2017
15	ICT Software Developer Level 6      2 years	FIT	ETB – TBC	Funding approved Dec ‘15	Approved October 2016	QQI Q3 2017	New ITO required – in development May 2017	TBC – SOLAS		Q3/4 2017
16	Craft Butchery Level 6  2 years 6 months	Association of Craft Butchers Ireland	ETB – TBC	Funding approved Jan ‘16	Approved Dec 2016	QQI Q4 2017	New ITO required – in development May 2017	TBC – SOLAS		Q4 2017
17	Chef de PartieLevel 7 2 years	Restaurants Association of Ireland	IT Tralee	Funding approved Sept‘16	Not yet submitted for approval	IT Tralee tbc	ITO in place (2016)	TBC – HEA		2018
18	International Financial Services Advanced Specialist Level 9  2 years	Financial Services Ireland	National College of Ireland	Funding approved Dec 15	Approved  June 2016	QQI Q4 2017	ITO in place  (2016)	TBC – HEA		2018
19	Sous ChefLevel 8     2 years	Restaurants Association of Ireland	IT Tralee	Development funding not yet approved	Not yet submitted for approval	TBC	ITO in place (2016)	TBC – HEA		2018
20	Executive ChefLevel 9 2 years	Restaurants Association of Ireland	IT Tralee	Development funding not yet approved	Not yet submitted for approval	TBC	ITO in place (2016)	TBC – HEA		2018
21	Property Services (Cat 2) Level 6  2 years	Sherry Fitzgerald	City of Dublin ETB (Ballsbridge College)	Funding approved Feb ’17	Not yet submitted for approval	TBC	TBC	TBC – SOLAS		2018 tbc
22	Retail Practice (Cat 2) Level 5  2 years	Retail Ireland	Retail Ireland	Funding approved Feb ’17	Not yet submitted for approval	TBC	TBC	TBC – SOLAS		2018 tbc
23	Engineering Services Management (Cat 2) Level 7  2 years	Construction Industry Federation (CIF)	Cork IT	Funding approved Feb ’17	Not yet submitted for approval	TBC	TBC	TBC – HEA		2018 tbc
24	Manufacturing ICT Engineer (Cat 2) Level 7  2 years	Limerick for Engineering and Limerick for IT Industry Group	Limerick IT	Funding approved Feb ’17	Not yet submitted for approval	TBC	TBC	TBC – HEA		2018 tbc

Questions Nos. 115 and 116 answered with Question No. 113.