Free Tuition for Part-Time Engineering courses in ITB

pprendeville

Hi all,

Got some literature in the post yesterday from Institute of Technology Blanchardstown in conjunction with department of Social Welfare. There are currently limited free tuition places available in the following part time courses:

BSc in Sustainable Electrical and Control Technology (mainly for electricians aparently)
Higher cert in Engineering in Mechatronics.

Called them this a.m. and basically you fill out an application form and get it back asap (before Aug 19 I think) and they will pick 16 applicants from a hat and offer them the course. You have to be unemployed for over 6 months or recently made redundant (form RP50). It's a good offer I think personally as fees are about €3000 for each course. If you get work in the meantime, you'll only have to pay fees for the 2nd year which isn't too bad.

I've been accepted on The Industrial Automation course in Cabra but will apply for this also and see if I can do both. No harm in having my name in the hat anyway. Best of luck to ye.

God bless,

Phil.

kenon

There are some full-time spots available as well.

You apply on Tuesday through the CAO.

Linky.

pprendeville

are fees paid for?

kenon

You wouldnt pay fees.

I've heard that if you manage to get into the course, the social will look after the registration if you have been unemployed for at least 6 months.

pprendeville

well I'm starting a FAS course in Ind Automation tomorrow so that rules the full time course out. Thanks all the same.

kenon

pprendeville wrote: »

well I'm starting a FAS course in Ind Automation tomorrow so that rules the full time course out. Thanks all the same.

No worries.

Best of luck with the course.

steifanc

pprendeville wrote: »

well I'm starting a FAS course in Ind Automation tomorrow so that rules the full time course out. Thanks all the same.

hi
do you know fas courses are only level 6 .?
i take it your a spark if your taking intrest in itb course Sustainable Electrical and Control Technology ,so you hold a level six all ready .

another thing to take on board is with cuts in education you are going to see a lot of combined degrees , are they any use ?

doolox

Good luck pprenderville in your Industrial Automation Course in Cabra.
I did the course from May 08 to Jun 09 and got a job just before the course ended which was a good result considering the recession we're in and all that.
The course is very doable if you concentrate on the written assessments the quizes will come easy enough to you. It all depends on your background in electronics but I found that the Maths content was not too taxing.

Pneumatics is worthwhile and gives you a good idea of how machine sequences work (or do not work.....) in the real world.

I do not know how useful the PLC course will be as companies tend to outsource this work to electricians but the stuff is nice to know if troubleshooting PLC based equipment.

Best of luck with the course.