The Hospitality Sector has very specific requirements when it comes to operating during COVID-19 and the Athlone Training Centre is delighted to offer training to support the hospitality sector during COVID-19.
This course has been specifically designed to address these needs in compliance with Health and Safety Legislation with the aim of preparing management and staff in all areas of operation when returning to a workplace in the hospitality sector.
This is a short 3 Hour on-line course &is available for immediate start.
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Anyone interested in enrolling for this programme or looking for further information email our recruitment team at daycourses.atc@lwetb.ie or call us on 090-6424200.
The course is a QQI Level 6 programme. You will cover two broad areas: Electrical Electronic Control Systems and Programmable Automation. The aim of this course is to provide industry with personnel trained in Electrical Engineering principles and is used to control, amongst other things, industrial production lines. Graduates from this course frequently take up employment as Maintenance Technicians in modern automated industries.
It is desired that you will have experience in some of, if not both, of these two areas. A considerable commitment to study of both these modules is required. This is a Blended learning course and runs for 30 weeks in the Athlone Training Centre. The course will consist of 2 days a week in the Training Centre and 3 days a week studying online.
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Anyone interested in enrolling for this programme or looking for further information email our recruitment team at daycourses.atc@lwetb.ie or call us on 090-6424200.
Today the Athlone Training Centre launch it's newly designed news page.
On this page we will endedeavour to keep up to date with Training Centre news on courses, open days and other Training Centre news items.
If you ever have any questions about the Training Centre or any of our courses contact our Rectruitment Team on 090-4224200 or email on daycourses.atc@lwetb.ie or nightcourses.atc@lwetb.ie
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The purpose of our new Online course is to equip the learner with the Knowledge skill and confidence to prevent and control infection within the health services area.
Do you have a QQI level 5 major award (or higher)? Or are you currently working towards a Level 5 major award in Healthcare Support Service Skills or Nursing Studies?
In response to the current urgent need for people to register to be on call for the HSE, LWETB are offering online training in Infection Prevention and Control (QQI Level 5)
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Anyone interested in enrolling for this programme or looking for further information email our recruitment team at daycourses.atc@lwetb.ie or call us on 090-6424200.
In response to the COVID19 situation eCollege courses are temporarily being made available FREE of charge.
eCollege courses are temporarily being made available free of charge to over 16's as an additional support to those impacted by Covid-19 containment measures. eCollege courses may benefit those already doing a FET course who would like to augment their learning, those who have recently become unemployed or had their hours reduced, and those wishing to upskill and reskill in digital, ICT and business skills related areas.
For more information on the course or to apply for the course contact the recruitment team today on: daycourses.atc@lwetb.ie
The walk will begin at Donegans Spar Shop, Garrycastle - Athlone at 2.00pm on Sunday 09th April. The distance is what you make it, we will have distance markers up to 10km along the Greenway (Old Rail Trail) so you can challenge yourself. Car Parking is available beside Spar 60 + spaces and Athlone Training Centre - 155 + spaces.
This event is being organised by T-E-N (Training Entrepreneur Newbies) a group of Adult learners engaged on a QQI-6 entrepreneurship training course ran by Athlone Training Centre - Garrycastle. The group set up this event to raise awareness of Suicide and the helpful supports that are available. The information has been compiled on their website www.t-e-n.co.nf and will be displayed at the event. Pieta House will have volunteers available on the day to help raise funds for providing vital free services, for people bereaved by suicide, in suicidal distress, or suffering from suicidal ideations and self harm. Find your nearest Pieta House by calling 1800 247 247. The walk will also support awareness of the H.S.E Assist & Safetalk training programs available, and the National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) supports & services in Ireland. The Samaritans are another helpful resource and front line support for preventing suicide. The SAMARITANS provide 24 hour/365 day a year services, and people can volunteer to contribute to this work.
Your support to this worthy cause would be greatly appreciated by us & Pieta House. Please bring suitable walking attire/waterproofs to suit weather conditions on day & Hi Vis Vests (for safety on the trail). Light refreshments may also be desirable & served. All are welcome to attend & we look forward to meeting you all on the day.
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For the first time the Training Centre added a Web Design Hub to conclusion of its Web Design course. The Athlone Training Centre was delighted at the success of this new module which allowed for the Trainees to successfully manage a real world Web Site design project from start to completion.
The Web Design course introduces trainees to web design using HTML (Hypertext Mark-up Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Throughout the course trainees are introduced to planning and designing effective web pages, implementing web pages by writing HTML and CSS code, enhancing web pages with the use of page layout techniques, text formatting, graphics, images and multimedia and producing a functional multi-page website using Adobe Dreamweaver and Adobe Fireworks/Photoshop. This course recognise the importance of the Digital Economy and the requirement for trained employees in this area. In addition to the structure course time the Athlone Training Centre decided that an extra practical element should be added to the course and to meet this goal the Design Hub was incorporated.
For Hub the Trainees were divided into self-sufficient micro teams who then managed their own project through all its steps. The Trainees found the process both engaging and invaluable, surmounting many project concerns, from dealing with real clients’ needs on a one-to-one basis, optimising team dynamics to final site testing & troubleshooting.
On completion on the Hub the Athlone Training Centre was delighted to host a Web Site unveiling night on which each team presented their website to their clients, members of the Athlone Training Centre management, their friends and family. The well attended evening also allowed both the Design Hub clients and the Athlone Training Centre to thank the Trainee for their designs, due care and diligence displayed throughout the process and to wish the Trainees congratulation on their successful completion of their course.
On Friday 24th March in the Greville Arms Hotel, Mullingar, 11 learners graduated from their 9 month full-time studies on a Healthcare Support course. This course was run by Longford and Westmeath Education & Training Board and training was carried out by Cenit College.
All learners graduate with a QQI Level 5 Major Award in Healthcare Support. In addition to the 8 modules on the course the learners completed 300+ hours workplace training in various nursing homes, hospitals and medical centres. They also participated in several workshops, attended an International conference and undertook industry specific further training. In the final week of the course all learners were interviewed and all have successfully secured employment in the Healthcare industry.
The graduation ceremony held in the Greville Arms Mullingar was attended by Minister Corcoran Kennedy, who presented each learner with their scroll.
Following on from the fantastic success of last year awards the Athlone Training Centre is delighted to have again been nominated in the Athlone Chamber of Commerce Athlone Business Awards 2017. This year the Training Centre has been Nominated in the Environmental Award Category Sponsored by Direct Medical.
Athlone Business Awards 2017 Shortlist
Athlone Training Centre on winning the professional service provider of the Year Award at the Athlone Business Awards 2016.
Saturday April 16th was a fantastic night for Athlone Training Centre at the Athlone Business Awards. We are so proud to have won professional service provider of the Year for 2016. It is very much appreciated to have the formal recognition and support of local businesses that value and use our services during the year demonstrated in such a tangible meaningful way. This achievement is possible thanks to our fantastic hardworking staff and tutors who make us what we are today.
John Costello, Athlone Training Centre Manager said “We are delighted to win this award, it was a tough category. The genuine support and collaboration we have received from the IDA and local businesses in developing and tailoring our courses to meet local needs has been realised with this win”.
Councillor Aengus O’Rourke of Snap Printing sent “Congratulations to Athlone Training Centre, winners of Professional Service Provider of the Year Award at Athlone Chamber Business Awards 2016. I was delighted to sponsor this award”.
Athlone Training Centre (ATC) is part of Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board and is the leading provider of skills training meeting the current needs of all sectors of industry in the Midlands area. The Training Centre has a proven track record working with SME’s to large multinationals from existing to new start-up businesses. In the past 12 months Athlone Training Centre has collaborated with a number of varied local companies to deliver tailored training programmes to their specific needs.
Our courses are predominantly market-led. The Training Centre looks to identify local business needs, meet employer demand and train to meet these needs and provide a skilled workforce for the midlands. In 2015 over 2000 trainees successfully completed courses relevant to local business requirements. Projected figures for 2016 are in excess of 2300 including an expansion of employer led apprenticeship programmes.
Athlone Training Centre would like to extend congratulations to all our graduates who received their City & Guild Level 3 Diploma in Social Media for Business at the graduation ceremony which took place recently in the Jury’s Inn Hotel, Custom House, Dublin.
Athlone Training Centre was delighted to be one of the first three centre in Ireland to offer this SOLAS funded Momentum program in partnership with FIT and Cenit College.
This very successful course consisted of 19 week classroom training in the Athlone Training Centre followed 13 to 17 weeks job placements in the midlands area.
Athlone Training Centre is looking forward to evening courses starting in September.
The Training Centre offers a wide range of courses from IT, Welding, Engineering, First Aid, Start your own Business and Train the Trainer
Please check out our full list of courses or contact us today.
Athlone Training Centre is looking forward to the New Year with lots of courses starting in between January & March.
The Training Centre offers a wide range of courses from old favourites like CAD - 3D Parametric Modeling , Welding, Retail Sales & Industrial Automationto our new course ICT Associate Professional which will run in conjunction with FIT
Please check out our full list of courses or contact us today.
Athlone Training Centre would like to extend congratulations to all our graduates who received their Certification at the Advanced Certificate Craft Presentations in the Mullingar Park Hotel Thursday the 6th of November.
Athlone Training Centre would like to thank the Mullingar Park Hotel for the facilites and Clare Frances Photography who for the photographs of the day.
Twenty four people who completed a Retail Sales course in the Training Centre start a three week work placement at the new SuperValu shop on the Ballymahon Road Athlone.
During the placement the students will be given the chance to impress management at the store and potentially secure employment.
After meeting with SuperValu the Training Centre designed a tailored made to meet the needs of a modern retail store. The eight week course commenced after an open where over 100 interested people expressed interest in the course.
The course covered a range of areas applicable to retail including customer care, security payments handling, food hygiene, first aid and manual handling
Those who took up the course are either unemployed or school leavers. There is a wide variety of experience amoungest the group ranging from 16 to 60. Some of the people who attended the open day were identified as job ready and some needed to up-skill.
All this shows that Athlone Training Centre is committed to responding to local employment needs. SuperValu owner Mary Croughan is delighted that her business and the Training Centre have worked so well on this initiative. "It was a tremendous community initiative. This is a result of months and months of work. What impressed me was it was a relevant programme. We ended up with a superb programme which was really benefical and the Training Centre worked tirelessly to make it work. It is a terrific example of a partnership that works" Mary said. "Thoses who were passionate about food and good value were selected to do the course. The candidates were very enthusiastic about getting bak to work. They will be given an opportunity to make it work. The training has been so good I would be surprised if they are not successful" Mary added.
Each of the trainees will be given the opportunity to push for various sections of the store including the bakery, off-licence, deli, in administration or the bak store. It's all about getting a match. That is what about the three weeks is about. They will see the store going from bricks and mortar to a live store.
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As featured in the Westmeath Independent
Mullingar Chamber of Commerce and the Westmeath County Council are organising a Midlands Industrial Expo Event on Thursday 18th June in the Mullingar Park Hotel.
Aimed at providing a forum for midlands based SME Companies to meet with the key decision makers and buyers of large multinational and indigenous companies.
In addition, there will be a series of Industry Seminars during the event on topical issues. Details to follow.
The initiative is being supported by Enterprise Ireland and the IDA, who see this as an opportunity to encourage local sourcing in Ireland and stimulate growth in the midlands region.
Athlone Training Centre attended the event to promote the Centre and its courses and to promote the Centres approach to training in Manfactoring Engineering.
Ray Ballantine - KK Kenny - Len Oshea
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Cullen devoted an afternoon to give a talk to learners attending the Business Management and Office Administration courses run by Athlone Training Centre.
The topic of the lecture was “Survive and Thrive in Tough Times”. Mr Cullen drew comparisons between the current economic climate and that which he experienced growing up in the impoverished Dublin inner city. Learners listened attentively as Mr Cullen gave advice on how to find success in their careers, remain positive and stay healthy.
Mr. Cullen recalled past achievements but also described his current challenges, in particular his on-going battle with various lending institutions. Despite the David and Goliath battle facing him, he continues to remain positive. And it is this message that he conveyed to students currently seeking employment. His message to them, once they have found employments is, “Do more than you are paid to do, and soon you will be paid more”.
Mr Bill Cullen with the Business Management learners.
