Free Passiv House Training

sinnerboy

Thought I'd pass on the good word - text from an e mail I received

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Hi there
I write to inform you of an exciting offer now available for 100% fully funded training in the Certified European Passive House Designer Programme. Funding is provided through the Labour Market Activation Fund.

This completely free training is delivered by our team at the Passive House Academy and is directed at people who have been unemployed for 3 months or over. All tutoring, handouts and even the exam fee is provided at no cost to the Participants.

If you or someone you know might be interested in availing of this training, please click on the link below:

www.alaymont.com/1656.html

Kind Regards,

Tomás O Leary

Irish Passive House Academy

Block 6, Broomhall Business Park, Wicklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Telephone: +353 (0) 404 25777 Fax: +353 (0) 404 25745 Email: tomas@passivehouseacademy.ie Website; http://www.passivehouseacademy.ie

sinnerboy

From the link above

Who should do the training?
Persons more than 3 months unemployed

Previous Qualifications and experience required
Engineer, Architect, Architectural Technician, Draughtsman, Construction Professional

Duration of Training 2 Weeks 25 hours per week

No of Places per Course 17

Course Locations Dun Laoghaire, Arklow, Laois, Clondalkin, Navan, Monaghan

Cost of Training Free to qualifying persons

Will I keep My Welfare Payment ?

In almost all cases YES

Mellor

I would if I could

No6

I got a place on the course december in Dublin and I am only semi self employed!!:D

Supertech

No6 wrote: »

I got a place on the course december in Dublin and I am only semi self employed!!:D

Better than self-unemployed I suppose No.6

No6

Judging the by ammount of work not coming in i think its heading that way unfortunately!!!:eek:

bikermartin

i am starting next tuesday in rathnew

No6

First day over, very interesting so far, the morning was presented by our own sinnerboy, he had the difficult of making sense out of the whole thing and gave a good overview of the basic passiv haus principles!!:D

the_burner

Hi No6

Can you share your opinion on the course? I am thinking about doing it, have been interested in passive design for a while.

No6

I just finished the second three training days, its very tough going!!! The exam is not untill april and thats going to be tough but i definately would reccomend the course, its very very good and well presented but theres a huge ammount of stuff in it, remembering it all will be tough!!!I would definately reccomend the course.

the_burner

Thanks, as I said I'm thinking of taking it.
Good luck on the exam.

No6

Finally got the results today and I've passed thank god!! I would highly reccomend anyone who is elligible to try and do the course if the funding is still available for it!!

sinnerboy

No6

More free passive house designer courses for EGF qualified applicants

This may be relevant to you or someone you know?

EGF Funding for Free places on the CERTIFIED PASSIVE HOUSE DESIGNERS course with the Passive House Academy

Who is eligible for support from EGF?

To be eligible for support from the EGF individual redundant workers must meet a number of conditions. In the case of redundant construction workers they must have:

" been made redundant between 1st July 2009 and 31st March 2010

" worked in one of three specified sectors within the overall construction sector:
o construction of buildings - NACE 41;
o specialised construction services - NACE 43;
o architectural and engineering services - NACE 71.

" been identified in one to the three approved EGF Construction Applications

All redundant workers eligible for support under the three EGF Construction Programmes will have been notified of their eligibility by a letter from the Department of Education and Skills. They will also have been provided with an EGF Eligibility Number.

The Passive House Academy's 'Certified Passive House Designer' Course is fully recognised and accredited to be supported by the EGF fund. Please see the attachment for details of how to apply for the EGF funding for the course if you are eligible.

We are offering 3 courses around the country that are supported by the EGF at Cork IT, University of Limerick and FAS, Ballyfermot Dublin 10: http://www.passivehouseacademy.com/courses.html

Please follow the simple steps described in the attachment to apply. If you require any further assistance please contact us at info@passivehouseacademy.com or by phone at 040425777.