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Fetac Level 5, 3 month or 9 month period for BTEA

  • 11-09-2013 2:56pm
    #1
    EuskalHerria
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    I'm supposed to start a Fetac level 5 this Monday. In applying for BTEA it now seems as if I won't qualify because I have not been getting JSA for 9 months.

    Can anyone clarify if doing a FETAC level 5 course is considered 3rd level and therefore needs to be in the 9 months on qualifying social welfare to receive BTEA. Or is it only second level adn therefore subject to the 3 months qualifying payment for BTEA.


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  • #2
    Mrs Garth Brooks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Mrs Garth Brooks


    EuskalHerria wrote: »
    I'm supposed to start a Fetac level 5 this Monday. In applying for BTEA it now seems as if I won't qualify because I have not been getting JSA for 9 months.

    Can anyone clarify if doing a FETAC level 5 course is considered 3rd level and therefore needs to be in the 9 months on qualifying social welfare to receive BTEA. Or is it only second level adn therefore subject to the 3 months qualifying payment for BTEA.

    Fetac courses are run in plc colleges. They're classified as second level and therefore only 3 months on social welfare needed to get the BTEA.


  • #3
    WestportCFE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭WestportCFE


    EuskalHerria wrote: »
    I'm supposed to start a Fetac level 5 this Monday. In applying for BTEA it now seems as if I won't qualify because I have not been getting JSA for 9 months.

    Can anyone clarify if doing a FETAC level 5 course is considered 3rd level and therefore needs to be in the 9 months on qualifying social welfare to receive BTEA. Or is it only second level adn therefore subject to the 3 months qualifying payment for BTEA.

    3 months for level 5. Good luck with your course.


  • #4
    EuskalHerria
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,273 ✭✭✭EuskalHerria


    Both of your quick responses have saved a heart attack of sorts. Thank you for your replies.


  • #5
    WestportCFE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭WestportCFE


    HardLuckWoman wrote: »
    Fetac courses are run in plc colleges. They're classified as second level and therefore only 3 months on social welfare needed to get the BTEA.

    Level 6 is still 9 months


  • #6
    Mrs Garth Brooks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Mrs Garth Brooks


    WestportCFE wrote: »
    Level 6 is still 9 months

    Depends where the level 6 is done.

    There's two types of level 6

    There is the FETAC Advanced Certificate, in PLC colleges or fas.
    And then there is the HETAC level 6 certificate, which you get after a two year course in a third level college like an IT.

    That HETAC level 6 is third level so with the BTEA you have to wait 9 months.

    But with the FETAC level 6 advanced certificate there's only a 3 month wait.

    I wasnt entitled to BTEA allowance for my first year doing a level 5. I wasnt unemployed. I wanted to continue and do a FETAC level 6. I spent the summer (3 months) on the dole and received the BTEA doing level 6 as my course was in a PLC.


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