Course allows you to earn while you learn
Galway students have been encouraged to apply for a national accounting technician apprenticeship programme at Galway Technical Institute which will create jobs in the region as part of 125 positions nationally.
And local employers have been encouraged to sign up for the scheme to avail of a government annual base grant per-registered apprentice from early 2022.
The Accounting Technicians Ireland Apprenticeship is a funded, work-based learning programme in which locally-placed apprentices earn at least €19,890 a-year.
Applications for the Accounting Technicians Ireland Apprenticeship, which will also be based at colleges in Limerick, Dublin, Cork, Monaghan, Waterford and Wicklow are now open.
Accounting Technicians Ireland, whose apprenticeship programme has been the source of over 456 jobs, has embraced blended learning.
Their Accounting Technician Apprenticeship allows students to spend four days a week working, often online with the agreement of the employer since the pandemic, and one day a week studying.
School leavers, Leaving Cert students, career changers, and mature learners can all apply for the programme through Accounting Technicians Ireland.
The apprenticeship programme provides a real alternative for school leavers who prefer practical training to a full-time college programme, or those who embarked on a college course and found it did not suit them.
It is also an attractive option for existing employees and mature learners who want to pursue accounting.
For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.
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