Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
VTOS provides unemployed adults opportunities to return to fulltime education and training.
VTOS Applicants may apply for any of our Level 5 or Level 6 PLC programmes.
VTOS courses are free. Students do not pay examination fees and there is no payment required for course materials.
Who is eligible to apply for a free course under VTOS?
People aged 21 years by their course start date and in receipt of one of the following payments for 6 months (156 days by their course start date):
- Jobseekers Allowance
- Jobseekers Benefit
- One Parent Family payment
- Disability Allowance
- Disability Benefit
- Invalidity Pension
- Blind Person’s Pension
- Dependant Partners of people who are eligible for VTOS
- People signing for credits
Further information on eligibility or entry requirements please contact
Ms Deirdre Finneran, VTOS Coordinator
Email: deirdre.finneran@ide.cdetb.ie
Telephone: 018443250 During term time
Telephone: 018342333 Outside term time
You may also receive further information from your local Intreo Office. The nearest office is on Mellowes Road, Finglas (opposite the Fire Station)
VTOS Programmes 2021-2022:
Level 5 VTOS Programmes:
- Early Childhood Care and Education
- Community Health Services
Level 6 VTOS Programmes:
- Early Childhood Care and Education
- Health Services Supervisory Management
