The initiative launched on Thursday 4 April, by Education and Training Boards Ireland will enable 500,000 students across Ireland to access new supports through the FET skills box.
The skills box will be distributed to every community college and secondary school in the country, and contains ‘career charts’ outlining the FET career options and education routes for multiple sectors, including: construction, tourism and hospitality, healthcare, business, and climate and green skills.
Each box will have a unique QR code leading to digital versions of the charts and links to further information on course content and providers. The online resources will be updated on a regular basis.
These resources were developed to give people the opportunity to explore all the skills training options and routes that are available in a particular sector – in just one resource.
Diverse career choices
Joe Collins, director of FET at ETBI outlined the further education and training courses delivered by the Education and Training boards.
“They are a flexible and accessible way to progress in your career or learning journey. The aim of this initiative is to ensure that people are aware of the wealth of options and diverse career choices available through further education and training – particularly areas with a current skills shortage, such as construction, healthcare and climate,” he says.
The FET skills boxes were developed to give people the opportunity to explore all the skills training options and routes that are available in a particular sector – in just one resource.
They wanted to help career guidance counsellors guide students effectively on their options, as well as ensuring that people who are changing career or hoping to upskill are informed about the pathways open to them for learning a new skill through their local ETB.
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