This course will provide students with a broad range of business and computing skills to work in the modern business and financial sector. Many subjects in year 1 start at level 4, progressing to level 5 in year 2.  Work experience will be undertaken for 2 weeks in year 1 and again in year 2

Duration: 2 years, full time

QQI level 4 award in first year – General learning Award 4M2010

QQI level 5 Awards in second year – Buisness Administration 5M2468, eBusiness 5M0828, Tourism with business 5M5011

The Student may also add on other qualifications such as ECDL, ECDL Advanced Database, Spreadsheet, Word and PowerPoint.

This is run under the VTOS scheme:

VTOS Scheme:

The aims of the scheme are:

• to give unemployed people education and training opportunities which will develop their employability
• to give participants the opportunity to gain recognised national certification
• to prepare people to go into paid employment or on to further opportunities leading to paid employment

VTOS Courses

The ETBs operate special VTOS courses which are particularly suitable for persons who have been out of school for some time. The courses are full-time, approximately 30 hours per week (e.g. 6 hours a day for 5 days) and last for up to 2 years.

Certification is available at a range of levels, including Leaving Certificate, and QQI levels 3 – 6

There are no course fees.

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For information about VTOS courses that are run in Training Centres near you, please click here

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Further detailed information about entitlement and qualifications for VTOS courses can be obtained from the Dept. of Social Protection website. Click here to find out more:

http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/VTOS—Vocational-Training-Opportunities