The CIF Digital Construction Summit 2022 will take place on 9th June 2022, at Croke Park, Dublin. The CIF Digital Construction Summit 2022 will bring together leaders from across the construction sector to hear the latest policy updates, how to answer the key productivity challenges, explore how industry and government can work together and examine best practices in Europe […]
Applied Polymer Technologies is hosting a Trends in Polymer Processing & Investigations Webinar on 1st June 2022. Register here. Catherine Collins, Network Manager with First Polymer Training will give an overview of the network, Polymer Technology Ireland (Ibec) and how it supports the industry through subsidised training and third level polymer programmes but also through […]
A National OEM Apprenticeship Programme Information & Networking Event takes place on Wednesday 1st June 2022 at the College of Further Education and Training, Raheen Campus, Co Limerick. Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) are a group of Irish companies, mostly in the Engineering Sector, that provide innovative and practical solutions to a broad range of customer needs. Many […]
The CIF Health and Safety Summit 2022 is taking place today, 24th May 2022 at Croke Park, Dublin. CIF is the Irish construction industry’s representative body. This year’s CIF Health & Safety Summit seeks to reinforce and promote the importance of safety, health and overall wellbeing in both work and life. The Summit will feature […]
Construction Work and Skills Week ( 19 – 26 May 2022) features a series of recruitment events hosted by the department of Social Protection at a number of locations around the country. The week has begun with a large construction careers, apprenticeship and training expo in Tallaght stadium. The focus for the week is on […]
Study in Europe is hosting a Study in Europe Virtual Fair Green Engineering on Tuesday, 24 May 2022. Study in Europe is a European Union (EU) project, which aims to showcase what higher education in Europe has to offer to students worldwide provide information about organising and funding study and research periods abroad in Europe […]
This June sees a free public seminar on the skills needs of the traditional building sector in Ireland followed by a demonstration of traditional skills. The seminar will be held at Atlantic Technological University, Galway city, on Friday, 3 June 2022 and the demonstration will be at the Irish Workhouse Centre, Portumna on Saturday, 4 […]
A Housing for All FutureBuilding Initiative dedicated to recruit construction workers has been launched. This initiative aims to spearhead activation and recruitment for the construction sector and drive internal projects to support this work. The FutureBuilding Initiative is an 18-month pilot which will operate through a team staffed by Intreo from the Department of Social […]
Grants have been awarded for a wide range of archaeological heritage projects under the Department’s 2022 Community Monuments Fund. 128 projects are being supported with an overall investment of €6 million. This investment builds on last year's investment under the scheme in which which 139 awards were granted to an amount of just under €4.2 […]
A new gender-based bursary for apprenticeship employers has been announced by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science The bursary is worth €2,666 and is available to employers who employ apprentices on any national apprenticeship programme with greater than 80% representation of a single gender. The new gender-based bursary comes into […]