A SUCCESSFUL CAREER STARTS WITH A GREAT EDUCATION
Dun Laoghaire Community Training Centre provides education and training programmes for Early School leavers. The Centre has been in existence since 1986 and as well as providing fully accredited QQI training programmes, it offers support, guidance and a range of services for Early School leavers.
This website will provide you with information on the courses run from here along with other relevant information. We trust you will find it useful, but feel free to call to the centre, phone or email us with queries and we will get back to you.
Recruitment for courses goes on throughout the year so feel free to apply at any stage and someone will get back to you to let you know the stages to go through to complete the process as well as advising you of a start date.
Funding for Dun Laoghaire Community Training Centre comes from Dublin Dun Laoghaire Education Training Board.
Course information
QQI Level 3 and Level 4 programmes are on offer. These are fully accredited qualifications and have equivalence with the Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate. On completion of the QQI Level 4 programme, entry to PLC is possible. This qualification is also the entry standard for Apprenticeship.
All courses have mandatory subjects: Communications, Maths, IT, Personal effectiveness.
On top of these Learners choose one of the following course areas:
- Gateway – available at Level 3 (part – time)
- Catering – available at Level 3 and Level 4
- IT Skills – available at Level 3 and Level 4
- Childcare – available at Level 4
- Woodwork – available at Level 4
Hair and Beauty course – VTCT Diploma (equivalent to QQI Level 4). This programme does not have a requirement for the mandatory modules as above, but is a very practically based, hands on course leading to an industry recognised qualification.
If you would like to do a Level 4 course but, have not yet completed a Level 3 programme, you can consider coming to complete the Level 3 course first and then progress to Level 4
Courses
YOUR FUTURE STARTS HERE
Testimonials
It’s hard to find the words to say how thankful we are for DLCTC. When the education system wasn’t working for our family and we had exhausted every option, we were thrilled to find a warm welcome from the exceptional staff at the Centre. Working with them, we created a pathway through the QQI levels to third-level education that interests our daughter, and she is well along that pathway.
The team at the Centre is passionate about their work, skilled, and truly dedicated to the students. It is a wonderful asset to our community and deserves the support to allow it to continue its hugely valuable work. For us, the Centre worked exactly as intended – to create a pathway through education so that each young person’s talents can be developed and ultimately contribute to our society and economy.
Maire O’Dwyer
Parent
I wanted to let you know that I have completed my course in Law in Blackrock, and I have received 8 distinctions, in 8 of my subjects. This hopefully gives me the best chance for my CAO application.
I wanted to thank you so much for everything last year. Without the Hair & Beauty course, this wouldn’t have been possible. Attending the centre last year prepared me for the course in BFEI and I can’t thank you enough for your help.
Sophie
Learner 2013-2014)
Our son dropped out of secondary school at the age of 15. He struggled with just about everything and for a while we lost hope entirely. When we managed to get him enrolled in the DLCTC everything changed in a matter of weeks. The motivation to learn came back. He was comfortable in the small and informal classrooms, and happy with the personal attention. In 18 months his and our lives were transformed. From a no-hoper he had finished the equivalent of the Junior and Leaving Cert. What turned out to be really important is that the DLCTC provided him also with the opportunity to work together and assist his fellow students and as a result he graduated with a degree of confidence we had never seen in him before. That graduation was absolutely wonderful, because it became clear that what DLCTC had meant for us was shared with other students and parents with equally life-changing experiences. Now a year after his graduation he has successfully completed a year-long intensive course in Computer Game Design in the Blackrock Further Education Institute. He will be going to university in the next academic year. What is funny is that instead of making up for lost time, he is now a year ahead of his former classmates in their secondary school. We will be eternally grateful to the DLCTC and its wonderful staff. We don’t know what we would have done without them!
Jan de Vries
