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Engineering Trades

Function

This Department offers block release courses for apprentices in the following disciplines Agricultural Engineering and Carpentry & Joinery. ITT offers these courses in association with FÁS and the Department of Education & Science. 

Courses available in this department: Engineering Apprenticeship

Services Provided

  • Preparation and organisation of timetables (3 changes per year)
  • Ensure classrooms, workshops, labs and equipment are available and in a suitable condition
  • Allocate non-academic duties to all full-time lecturing staff and support staff.
  • Confirm that sufficient class materials are available
  • Interview part-time staff when necessary
  • Prepare induction material for all students in the department
  • Control student timesheets and ensure their return to FÁS on a weekly basis
  • Control payment for setting examination papers for FÁS
  • Prepare and organise examination timetables and repeat timetables
  • Organise end of term examinations and board meetings (3 per year)
  • Enter final examination results and check before posting to student and FÁS
  • Monitor all arrangements for examinations, referrals, board meetings and ensure that they conform to the National Procedures/Department of Education & Science
  • Attend Institutes of Technology Apprenticeship Committee meetings and Institutes Curricula meetings (National)
  • Report to Head of Department and Head of School on a regular basis
  • Retraining of staff has to be planned to suit timetabled/lecturing hours
  • Set up new courses and assist in the planning of new workshops, laboratories and classrooms
  • Organise extra summer courses in the areas of carpentry and joinery
  • Prepare budgets and detailed schedule of expected expenses for the year
  • Consultations with FÁS, Department of Education & Science (National and Regional), Industry, students and parents
  • Lecture up to 6 hours per week
  • Notify repeat students

Classes of Records Held

  • Minutes of Course Board Meetings
  • Examination papers (past)
  • Examination results (assessment summary sheets)
  • Continuous assessment result for scheduled assessments
  • Examination Appeals documentation
  • Student class and address lists
  • Student attendance records
  • Copies of results letters to students
  • Medical certificates submitted by students
  • Course and staff timetables
  • Staff and student references
  • Course documentation
  • ITAC regulations and reports (FÁS / Department of Education & Science)
  • Non-pay budget details
  • Copies of examination payment claim forms
  • Copies of orders placed
  • General Correspondence

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