Galway students have been urged to consider an accountancy apprenticeship programme which will create 150 jobs in the private and public sectors nationally this year.

Applications have opened for the Accounting Technicians Ireland (ATI) Apprenticeship, in partnership with further education colleges in Galway, Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Meath, Monaghan, Waterford and Wicklow.

The apprenticeship is a funded, two-year, work-based learning education and training programme in which apprentices work, learn and earn at least €22,035 a-year while attending lectures one day a week at a local college.

It provides an alternative for school leavers who prefer practical training to a full-time college programme – or those who started a college course and found it did not suit them.

It is also an option for existing employees and mature learners who want to pursue accounting.

The apprenticeship enables employers recruit and upskill staff in a cost-effective manner as training fees are covered by state agency, SOLAS.

Employers can also avail of a grant of €2,000 per-year for each apprentice they employ.

Large firms and smaller practices, as well as industry and the public sector, have all embraced the programme.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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