Three new apprenticeship programs were discussed: 1) A Manufacturing Engineering Apprenticeship offered at levels 6 and 7 with strong industry support from medical device manufacturers. 2) A Logistics Associate Apprenticeship at level 6 with support from logistics and freight companies. 3) Laboratory Technician and Laboratory Analyst apprenticeships at levels 6 and 7 led by the biopharma industry. Enrollment is growing in existing craft apprenticeships at CIT and over 4 million has been invested in new equipment.

1. http://www.cit.ie
Update on Craft Apprenticeships and New
Post-2016 Apprenticeship Programmes
Presenter’s Name Dr. Matt Cotterell/Dr. Noel Murray
Date 27th November 2019

2. Information Sources
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General Information
www.apprenticeship.ie
Finding an apprenticeship
(new resource)
www.apprenticeshipjobs.ie

3. WorldSkills Ireland
Ireland Skills Live
• Held in RDS in March 2019
• 12,500 visitors; over 80 exhibitors
• Details of 2020 event to be announced
shortly
World Skills 2019
• Hosted in Kazan (Russia)
• 1,500 competitors
• Ireland finished tenth in world*
*Gold medals in Building Information Modelling (BIM),
Cloud Computing and Freight Forwarding
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4. Craft Apprenticeship Provision in CIT
 Carpentry & Joinery
 Plastering
 Plumbing
 Light Vehicle Mechanic
 Construction Plant Fitting
 MAMF (Fitting)
 Electrical
 Pipefitting
 Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
 Metal Fabrication
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Phase 4 and Phase 6 Delivery
Steady growth in
registrations overall but
particularly in Electrical
Investment of over €4
million in CIT for new
equipment in recent years
Michael Hourihan, Head of Centre of Craft Studies
michael.Hourihan@cit.ie

5. Manufacturing Engineering Apprenticeships
 L6 HC (2 year) and L7 BEng (3 year)
 Block-release format
 IBEC is the industry lead with GMIT as the
co-ordinating provider
 First L6 cohort in CIT graduated in
October 2019 with first L7 in CIT due to
graduate in October 2020
 Strong industry support particularly from
medical device manufacturers
 Mix of new employees and upskilling of
existing workforce
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Prof. Ger Kelly Head of Dept of Mechanical, Biomedical and Manufacturing Engineering
ger.kelly@cit.ie

6. Logistics Associate Apprenticeship
 L6 HC (2 year) day-release format
 Freight Transport Association Ireland
is the industry lead with TU-Dublin as
the co-ordinating provider
 First cohort in CIT due to graduate in
2021
 Strong support from logistics and
freight forwarding companies
 CIT will be able to offer progression
into L7/L8 programmes in Logistics
and Supply Chain Management
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Dr. Michael J. O’Mahony, Head of Dept of Process, Energy and Transport Engineering
Michael.jomahony@cit.ie

7. Other New Apprenticeships
Laboratory Technician L6 HC and Laboratory Analyst L7 BSc
• BioPharmaChem Ireland is the industry lead
• IT Tallaght is the co-ordinating provider
• Delivery to commence in CIT in 2020
Contact: Dr. Donagh O’Mahony, donagh.omahony@cit.ie
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Engineering Services Manager – L7 BSc
• Construction Industry Federation (CIF) is the industry lead with
CIT as the co-ordinating provider
• Structured pathway for qualified mechanical/electrical craft-
persons into middle management roles
• Delivery commenced in September 2019; one day per week in
CIT over two years combined with Industry Practice modules
Contact: Dr. Michael J. O’Mahony, michaelj.omahony@cit.ie