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THE majority of employers agree that training and skills development is a ALE ERCLo)eayoLeyelos tL MEO MNMSLomeleayodle)oyeatonle of a business in today’s fast moving economic environment. Training and skill’s development serve to motivate and engage staff and build moral within the team all which positively impacts on the bottom line.
Clare Campus Skillnet 1s promot- ed by Clare College of Further and Higher Education Ltd, and has been established to address the training and skills needs amongst businesses in all sectors and industries. It aims to provide flexibility, innovative, clear and succinct certified training programmes at affordable prices while developing networking prac- tices amongst network members.
Clare Campus Skillnet provides op- portunities for:
e Business co-operation, alliances and networks
e Substantially reduced Business Training Costs
e Business to achieve economies of scale, scope and speed in the devel- opment and delivery of training
e Learning from others and share best practice
e The creation of strategic alliances in your area
¢ Growth and personal development of your workforce
¢ New business opportunities
Why become involved?
¢ Highest quality FETAC/HETAC accredited. training delivered by expert
e Credits awarded for training pro- grammes completed
¢ Opportunity to collect credit towards a Qualification
e Practical and workbased projects
incorporated into training pro- erammes
e Accreditation of prior learning where appropriate.
What’s involved?
¢ Minimum 60 per cent subsidised DeeDb Ope NTSs
¢ Networking opportunities for companies and businesses to share best practice
e Certified Training on the National Framework for Qualifications
e The practice is in line with recom- mendations of the 5th expert skills group-to increase numbers of people in the workforce in Clare with qualifications from level four to nine on the NFQ.
e This is Enterprise working for En- terprise-Clare Campus Skillnet will be run by the steering committee chosen from member companies
e Members identify training require- ments, appropriate intervention, supported by a professional network nervereRexo we
Sinead Mellett is the new network manager, she has a number of years experience working on international research in the area of learning and small and medium enterprises, she has a Masters in Technology Man- agement from the University of Lim- erick and is completing a PhD in the area of eLearning and small medium enterprises.
Ina Reddan, network administrator, worked for many years in Shannon Development in both a Project and Marketing capacity in Small Busi- ness Development.
For further information contact Adult Education Centre, Clon- road Business Park, Ennis. Sine- ad Mellett, Network Manager, sinead@clarecampus.org or Ina Reddan, Network Administrator, inareddan@clarecampus.org.