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Apprenticeship?

  • 07-04-2014 11:26am
    #1
    PM_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭


    I was just wondering about apprenticeships. Do you have to leave school if you get accepted for one? I won't be doing my Leaving Cert until next year but am I better off doing an apprenticeship or completing the Leaving Cert? Or is there a way to do both?
    How much would you get paid for an apprenticeship? And generally how many years do they take to complete?
    Also, I read somewhere that you can enter an Institute of Technology after the apprenticeship through FÁS. If you apply for an apprenticeship directly through the company, would it have anything to do with FÁS?

    These might be simple questions but I couldn't find some information anywhere.
    Many thanks.


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  • #2
    IrishLad2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭IrishLad2012


    PM_ wrote: »
    Do you have to leave school if you get accepted for one?
    No
    PM_ wrote: »
    I won't be doing my Leaving Cert until next year but am I better off doing an apprenticeship or completing the Leaving Cert?
    Completing your Leaving Cert
    PM_ wrote: »
    Or is there a way to do both?
    No
    PM_ wrote: »
    How much would you get paid for an apprenticeship?
    http://fas.ie/en/Allowances+and+Grants/Apprentice+Wages.htm
    PM_ wrote: »
    And generally how many years do they take to complete?
    4 years
    PM_ wrote: »
    Also, I read somewhere that you can enter an Institute of Technology after the apprenticeship through FÁS. If you apply for an apprenticeship directly through the company, would it have anything to do with FÁS?
    You will spend your work placement with your employer and do the rest in a FAS approved college.


  • #3
    PM_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭PM_


    IrishLad2012 wrote: »
    No

    Completing your Leaving Cert

    No

    http://fas.ie/en/Allowances+and+Grants/Apprentice+Wages.htm

    4 years

    You will spend your work placement with your employer and do the rest in a FAS approved college.

    Okay, that cleared everything up.
    Thanks a lot for your reply.


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