Gaeilge
Donegal ETB’s Letterkenny Training Centre hosted the Donegal launch of The Skills Needs of Manufacturing in the North West 2019 on Friday last. The report was coordinated by the North West Regional Skills Forum (NWRSF) in collaboration with Fasttrack to IT (FIT). The in-depth skills audit with local manufacturing employers was carried out to determine […]
Category Archives: Further Education & Training
Employer Services, Events, Further Education & Training
Early Childhood Care Learners and Employers Attend Unique Networking Event
13
Jun
Jun
Early childhood care learners and employers from across Donegal gathered for a unique networking event on Thursday last, organised by Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) and Donegal County Childcare Committee (DCCC). The ‘Nice to Meet You’ event saw eighteen childcare employers and forty current and past childcare learners form Donegal ETB’s Further Education and […]
Donegal Youthreach, Further Education & Training
Buncrana Youthreach Awarded Silver Health Quality Mark
03
Jun
Jun
Buncrana Youthreach was awarded a Silver Standard Health Quality Mark (HQM) by the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) in recognition of their work on health promotion for young people, at a special event held in the Buncrana Youthreach Centre, on Friday last, 31 May. Presenting the award, Rachael Treanor from the NYCI National Youth […]
Employer Services, Further Education & Training
New Automated Software Testing Traineeship Launched in gteic @ Gaoth Dobhair
22
May
May
Donegal ETB launched a new Traineeship in Automated Software Testing on Monday last in Gaoth Dobhair. This exciting new training opportunity has been developed in partnership with Pramerica and is being delivered in the gteic @ Gaoth Dobhair, one of a network of thirty innovation and digital hubs to be developed in locations throughout Ireland’s […]
Employer Services, Further Education & Training
Donegal ETB Presents QQI Certificates to 188 Foyle Donegal Staff
13
May
May
Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service presented QQI certificates to 188 staff from Foyle Donegal (Foyle Food Group, Carrigans) on Monday last. The certificates he certificates, Level 3 Work Experience (Employability Skills) and Level 4 Workplace Health and Safety, were in recognition of prior learning (RPL) in the workplace. Donegal ETB’s FET Service […]
09
Mar
Mar
Donegal ETB welcomed a US political delegation to its Letterkenny Training Centre on 8 March. The delegation was led by Massachussetts State Senator Nick Collins and included Boston City Councillors Timothy McCarthy and Frank Baker who arrived in Donegal on Thursday and visited a number of tourism related businesses in South Donegal including Hanna Hats […]
Events, Further Education & Training
Donegal ETB FET Service Presentation of Awards for Inishowen Learners
28
Feb
Feb
Over one hundred people from across Inishowen gathered in an Grianan Hotel, Burt on Wednesday evening last, to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service. Donegal ETB presented certificates to over one hundred adult learners who had achieved certification in a range of part-time programmes over the […]
Further Education & Training
Minister Launches Donegal ETB’s Three Year Further Education & Training Strategic Agreement
08
Feb
Feb
Donegal ETB has published a three-year strategic agreement for its Further Education and Training (FET) Service setting out its priority areas for the coming years which will see it substantially expand the traineeship model over the three year period, focus on upskilling of the existing workforce, build on its approach to enterprise engagement by targeting […]
25
Jan
Jan
One hundred and twenty people gathered in the Waterfront Hotel, Dungloe on Thursday 24 January to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service. The awards were achieved through various full-time and part-time programmes over the last year, completed throughout West Donegal. Many of these learners completed their […]
Over two hundred people gathered in the Villa Rose Hotel, Ballybofey on Thursday 17 January to receive a wide range of awards from Donegal ETB’s Further Education and Training (FET) Service. The awards were achieved through various part-time programmes over the last year, completed in the Finn Valley area. Certificates were presented in a wide […]