Dail Chamber

Written answers
Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Department of Education and Skills

Apprenticeship Programmes

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the assessment by the Apprenticeship 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 rollout; and the timeline for operationalising each new approved apprenticeship in tabular form. [18070/18]

Photo of John HalliganJohn Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context

This Government is committed to expanding the apprenticeship model into new sectors of the economy. A key commitment in our Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship for last year was to issue a second call for apprenticeship proposals to refresh the pipeline of apprenticeship proposals established through the first call. The call closed on 1 September with 77 proposals received from a range of sectors, occupations and National Framework Qualification levels. Following the evaluation process, 26 new programmes have been approved for further development into national apprenticeships in various sectors including construction, engineering, horticulture and agriculture.

Based on information from the consortia, the information requested by the Deputy in relation to these programmes is set out in the following table.

Title of proposed apprenticeship Industry lead Proposed coordinating provider Target rollout date
Applied Horticulture

Level 6 Duration 2 years

Teagasc Teagasc 2nd half 2019
Arboriculture                                                            

Level 5 Duration 2 years

Caseys Tree Care Ltd,

North West Tree Care,

Kilcoyne Tree Care,

Arborist Ireland

Galway Roscommon ETB 2nd half 2019
SportTurf Management                    

Level 6 Duration 2 years

Teagasc Teagasc 2nd half 2019
Stud Farm Management                     

Level 7 Duration 2 years

Teagasc Teagasc 2nd half 2019