Courses that can lead to a Major level 5 or 6 QQI Award

This course will provide you with the opportunity to develop transferrable skills that will be indispensable in any workplace environment across a range of industries.

We use industry leading accounting software and our teachers have years of both industry and educational experience to best prepare you for the world of work.

Certification: QQI level 5 Award in Business Studies (5M2102)

Modules: Modules offered will vary each term. Learners can choose to do between 1 and 4 modules up to 18 hours timetable per week.

• Marketing Practice (September to December)

• Accounting- Manual and Computerised (Using SAGE Software) (September to December)

• Microsoft Word (September to December)

• Communications (September to December)

• Personal and Professional Development (January to May)

• Microsoft Excel (January to May)

• Desktop Publishing- using Adobe InDesign software (January to May)

• Financial Services (January to May

• Assignment Preparation

Course Requirements: For those with English as a second language, a good standard of both written and spoken English is required.

Places available: 12

Progression Routes:

• Employment in a range of industries for a range of positions, for example, Sales, Administration or Book-keeping

• QQI Administration Level 6 Award in WFETC

• Further Education: Specialise in a specific area, for example a QQI Level 5 Award in Tourism or Medical Administration

• Third Level Education: Apply directly to an undergraduate degree or to Access Programmes in institutions such as UCD or Trinity College

This course is designed for those who would like to work in a supervisory role in a business. The course builds upon previously acquired skills to increase our student’s management ability.

Our subjects are taught with industry leading accounting and payroll software and our teachers use the practical application of subject matter to industry topics to enliven the workload.

Certification: QQI level 6 Award in Business (6M4985)

Modules: Modules offered will vary each term. Learners can choose to do between 1 and 4 modules up to 18 hours timetable per week.

• Customer Service (September to December)

• Taxation (September to December)

• Human Resources Management (September to December)

• Bookkeeping- Manual and Computerised (Using SAGE 50 Accounts Software) (September to December)

• Payroll- Manual and Computerised (Using SAGE MicroPay Software) (September to December)

• Personal and Professional Development (January to May)

• Business Management (January to May)

• Advanced Microsoft Excel (January to May)

• Assignment Preparation

Course Requirements: Relevant work experience or a related QQI level 5 Award is necessary to participate in this course. For those with English as a second language, a good standard of both written and spoken English is required.

Places available: 12

Progression Routes:

• Employment in a range of industries in a supervisory role

• Further Education: Specialise in a specific area, for example a QQI Level 6 in Retail Management or Hospitality Operations

• Third Level Education: Apply directly to an undergraduate degree or to Access Programmes in institutions such as UCD, Trinity College or Carlow IT (Clermont Campus)

Our Art, Craft and Design course is aimed at preparing students to progress to further or third level education and to also equip our students with the skills necessary to work creatively in many different environments.

The course offers instruction in both practical Drawing and Design skills and also in digital skills using Adobe Photoshop software. All art materials and equipment are provided.

Certification: QQI level 5 Award in Art, Craft and Design (5M1984)

Modules: Modules offered will vary each term. Learners can choose to do between 1 and 4 modules up to 18 hours timetable per week.

• Design Skills (September to December)

• Drawing (September to December)

• Communications (September to December)

• Image Processing, using Adobe Photoshop software (September to December)

• Painting (January to May)

• Sculpture (January to May)

• Ceramics (January to May)

• Personal and Professional Development (January to May)

• Assignment Preparation

Course Requirements: For those with English as a second language, a good standard of both written and spoken English is required.

Places available: 12

Progression Routes:

• Employment in a range of creative industries

• Setting up your own business

• Further Education: Specialise in a specific area, for example a QQI Level 6 in Furniture Design or Sculpture

• Third Level Education: Apply directly to colleges such as NCAD, DIT and IADT

Our Level 5 Health Service Skills Course will give you the qualification needed to work as a healthcare assistant in a variety of healthcare settings. It also provides you with the opportunity to progress to third level to study healthcare or social care.

We work with the HSE and other healthcare agencies to ensure that we prepare our students with the required abilities and skills that will allow them to enter into employment after graduation.

Certification: QQI level 5 Award in Health Service Skills (5M3782)

Modules: Modules offered will vary each term. Learners can choose to do between 1 and 4 modules up to 18 hours timetable per week.

• Activities of Patient Living Care (September to December)** NEW MODULE**

• Care of the Older Person (September to December)

• Communications (September to December)

• Care Skills (September to December)

• Care Support (January to May)

• Work Experience (January to May)

• Infection Prevention and Control (January to May)

• Safety and Health at Work (January to May)

• Assignment Preparation

• Additional certificates offered:

  • Patient Moving and Handling

Course Requirements:

• Garda Vetting will be required for work experience- Learner’s will need one current Photographic ID (Drivers License or Passport) and a Proof of Address document that is not a mobile phone bill or Revolut account statement. This proof of address will need to be dated within 6 months of the Vetting Application date. An example is a TV licence or Utility Bill in the Learner’s name.

• For those with English as a second language, a good standard of both written and spoken English is required.

Places available: 12

Progression Routes:

• Employment as a Healthcare Assistant either in home care or in nursing home care

• Further Education: Specialise in a specific area, for example a QQI Level 5 in Pre-Nursing

• Third Level Education: Apply directly to an undergraduate degree or to Access Programmes in institutions such as UCD, Trinity College or Carlow IT (Clermont Campus)

Our Early Learning and Care Level 5 Certificate will give you the industry required qualification to work in a childcare setting. Throughout the course you will gain an insight into how children learn and develop.

The course itself is very practical as work experience is a key component and students will both plan and implement activities in their service and will practice their skills on a weekly basis.

Certification: QQI level 5 Certificate in Early Learning and Care

Modules: Modules offered will vary each term. Learners can choose to do between 1 and 3 modules up to 18 hours timetable per week.

Modules:

• Professional Practice Placement in ELC- Term 1 and Term 2

• Early Childhood Growth and Development (September to December)

• Curriculum, Play and Creative Studies (September to December)

• Understanding and Assisting Children with Additional Needs (September to December)

• Children’s Rights, Legislation and Regulation (January to May)

• Holistic Care of Children (Birth to Six Years) (January to May)

• Assignment Preparation

Course Requirements:

• Garda Vetting will be required for work experience- Learner’s will need one current Photographic ID (Drivers License or Passport) and a Proof of Address document that is not a mobile phone bill or Revolut account statement. This proof of address will need to be dated within 6 months of the Vetting Application date. An example is a TV licence or Utility Bill in the Learner’s name.

• For those with English as a second language, a good standard of both written and spoken English is required.

Places available: 12

Progression Routes:

• Employment in a Crèche, Primary School as a SNA, Playschool or Montessori

• Further Education: Level 6 Advanced Certificate Early Learning and Care Award in WFETC

• Third Level Education: Apply directly to an undergraduate degree or to Access Programmes in institutions such as UCD, Trinity College or Carlow IT (Clermont Campus)

This course offers an opportunity for learners to acquire the knowledge, skill, and competence to work under supervision in a variety of social and community care settings, or to progress to further or higher education and training.

Our Full Award can be used for entry to Higher Education through the CAO system and this course will prepare learners academically for progressing to higher education.

Certification: QQI level 5 Award in Community Care (5M2786)

Modules: Modules offered will vary each term. Learners can choose to do between 1 and 4 modules up to 18 hours timetable per week.

• Safety & Health at Work (September to December)

• Social Studies (September to December)

• Care Provision and Practice (September to December)

• Work Experience (September to December)

• Equality and Disability (January to May)

• Human Growth and Development (January to May)

• Special Needs Assisting (January to May)

• Communications (January to May)

• Assignment Preparation

Course Requirements:

• Garda Vetting will be required for work experience- Learner’s will need one current Photographic ID (Drivers License or Passport) and a Proof of Address document that is not a mobile phone bill or Revolut account statement. This proof of address will need to be dated within 6 months of the Vetting Application date. An example is a TV licence or Utility Bill in the Learner’s name.

• For those with English as a second language, a good standard of both written and spoken English is required.

Places available: 10

Progression Routes:

• Third Level Education: Apply directly to an undergraduate degree or to Access Programmes in institutions such as UCD, Trinity College or Carlow IT (Clermont Campus)

• Further Education: Specialise in a specific area, for example a QQI Level 6 Award in Social and Vocational Integration (6M2218) or Inclusive Education and Training (6M2263)

• Employment as a care assistant in a variety of social, community or healthcare related fields.

• **Important Information regarding CORU**

  From 30th November 2025 the professional title ‘social care worker’ will become a protected title and only those registered with the Social Care Workers Registration Board will be permitted to use this title.

  CORU, Ireland’s Health and Social Care Professionals Regulator, will open the Register for Social Care Workers on 30th November 2023.

  Level 5 courses are not approved by the Social Care Workers Registration Board of CORU. A list of approved courses can be found here: CORU Approved Qualifications, Social Care Workers