VTOS Ballinrobe

The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme provides a range of courses designed to meet the educational needs of unemployed people. The aim of the Scheme is to give people education and training opportunities to prepare them for employment or further education.

Can I join the Scheme?
You can apply to join if you are:

• Aged 21 or over
• Getting social welfare payments
• Signing for credits for at least six months
• On a FÁS Scheme
• An Asylum Seeker with 'leave to remain'
• A Refugee
• In receipt of Statutory redundancy
• A dependent spouse of a person on any of the above

What does the programme involve?

• National certification is available at Level 4 and 5 in the National Qualifications Framework through FETAC and ECDL
• Participants may spend a maximum of three years on VTOS
• The length of stay will depend on your participation and attendance records.
• Courses are full time and can last up to 2/3 years
• Courses include a wide range of subjects and activities
• In their second year participants have the option of undertaking a Foundation/Access to 3rd level course being run in Galway Mayo Institute of Technology and get exemptions from subjects completed on VTOS

For more information contact:
Beatrice Brophy
(094) 9542995 or e-mail vtosb@eircom.net
Or call to the Further Education Centre