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Almost three hundred craft apprentices from Donegal, Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim graduated from across 15 apprenticeship programmes at a ceremony on Friday, 14 November. The ceremony in the Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny saw 129 apprentices attend the celebratory event with their families and friends, 59 of whom trained with Donegal Education and Training Board […]
Category Archives: Apprenticeships
Administrative Office, Apprenticeships
Donegal ETB Welcomes Signing of Construction Contract for New Apprenticeship Academy in Letterkenny
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Oct
Oct
Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) welcomes the signing of the construction contract between Atlantic Technological University (ATU) and Boyle Construction for the development of a new Apprenticeship Academy in Letterkenny. The building, which spans over 1,600 square metres together with an additional external compound and associated parking, will accommodate more than 200 apprentices annually. The […]
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Oct
Oct
Eighteen apprentices from Donegal were among a group of 70 craft apprentices from across 16 apprenticeship programmes who graduated at a ceremony on Friday, 18 October. An additional 38 Donegal apprentices, who recently qualified, were unable to attend the ceremony due to employment and other commitments. Mayo, Sligo, and Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB), […]
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Oct
Oct
Twenty-four apprentices from Donegal were among a group of eighty-eight craft apprentices from across seventeen apprenticeship programmes who graduated at a ceremony today. An additional 124 apprentices, including twenty-four from Donegal who recently qualified, were unable to attend the ceremony due to employment and other commitments. Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) and Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim […]
Achievements, Apprenticeships, Further Education & Training
Donegal FET Student and Apprentice Amongst WorldSkills Ireland 2023 Competition Winners
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Sep
Sep
There were two winners from Donegal amongst the WorldSkills Ireland 2023 competition winners announced in Dublin tonight. Lee Davison from Buncrana won the WorldSkills Ireland 2023 Welding competition, while Martin Doherty from Cloghan won the Heavy Vehicle Maintenance competition. This follows three-day long competitions in the RDS, where they competed against some of the most […]
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Nov
Nov
Thirty-seven apprentices from Donegal were among a group of 120 craft apprentices from across eighteen apprenticeship programmes who recently graduated at the first in-person ceremony in the North West region since 2019. An additional 54 Donegal apprentices who qualified since the end of 2019 were unable to attend the ceremony due to employment and other commitments. Donegal Education […]
Apprenticeships, Further Education & Training
Electrical Apprentices to Attend Phase 4 Training in Donegal for First Time
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Sep
Sep
The first group of Electrical Apprentices to undertake Phase 4 of their apprenticeships in Donegal registered this morning in LYIT with LYIT’s Department of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering and Donegal ETB’s Apprenticeship Services in what is viewed as an historic day for the county. As a result of ongoing collaboration between Donegal ETB and LYIT, […]
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Nov
Nov
Graduating apprentices from Donegal, who recently completed their apprenticeships, were today presented with their Advanced Craft Certificates by Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh TD. The event was co-hosted by SOLAS, Donegal ETB and Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB (MSL ETB). Speaking at the presentation, Minister McHugh noted the growing demand for people with vocational skills and praised […]
Twenty-one apprentices from Donegal were amongst a group of 160 apprentices from Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Galway, Mayo and Roscommon who today received their QQI Advanced Certificates Craft. They completed their apprenticeships in a wide range of areas including carpentry and joinery, construction plant fitting, electrical, heavy mechanics, mechanical automation and maintenance fitting, metal fabrication, motor […]