Dublin

Lean - Operational Efficency Bootcamp

Network: 
ManagementWorks
Course Fee The subsidised cost of the programme is €3,500 per company for up to three participants (ex. VAT). This includes all training, mentoring, course materials, lunches and refreshments.
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment Course run several times throughout the year. Contact ManagementWork on 01 207 9630 or info@managementworks.ie for dates.
Course Content What is the Operational Efficiency Boot Camp?
In the current climate operational efficiency can mean the difference between survival and failure of your Business. Equally it can be what makes the difference between scraping by and making good profits. The Boot Camp provides you with the opportunity to engage in a highly practical programme that is action-centred and requires each participant to deliver a lean improvement project within their business.

Who should attend?
Senior Managers, including Owner Managers and Managing Directors, of Irish SMEs who want to maximise efficiencies and reduce waste in their operating systems, processes and workflows.

What does the programme consist of?
• A twelve-week focused business impact programme
• Eight half-day in-company mentored sessions working on the specifics of your business
• Four practical one-day workshops
• Learning is practical and dynamic with a strong emphasis on business impact
• Participants will be encouraged to share and pool experiences so that delegates will benefit from ‘real life’ experiences

How will your business benefit?
• Develop a clear understanding and practical knowledge of the tools and practices underpinning operational efficiency
• Learn business skills to apply the tools necessary to enhance your company's performance
• Have mentor support on a project specific to your company that will have immediate impact on your company’s operational performance

Adopting lean tools and techniques is a new approach to business that’s being embraced by companies nationally and around the world and is delivering serious competitive advantage to companies who engage in the process.

Further Enquiries Brian Colleran
For Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Meath, Wicklow
Email: b.colleran@skillnets.com
Tel: +353 87 2928900
Course Web Page: 
http://www.managementworks.ie/business/operational-efficiency-boot-camp
Available to Job Seekers: 
No
Certified: 
No

Managing Director Action Programme

Network: 
ManagementWorks
Number of Places 12
Course Fee €1,800 excluding VAT
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment Start date: Sligo 23rd January
Start date: Waterford January 30th
Start date: Cork 28th February
Start date: Dublin 06th March
Course Content There is also Mentoring provided. The Programme Manager will review the individual Company requirements and recommend a suitable, compatible mentor to engage with them. Compatibility will be based on experience, expertise and fit.

What is the Managing Director Action Programme?
This is a unique opportunity for you to take time to engage in a highly practical programme that will focus on the strategic business objectives of growth, profitability and delivering sustainable results.

Who should attend?
Owner Managers or Managing Directors of Irish SMEs who want to develop and grow a profitable and sustainable business. Strong management is widely recognised as the key factor that will determine which companies will survive the recession and which will not.

What does the programme consist of?
• A short series of practical half-day and one-day workshops over 6 months
• Support from an experienced business mentor during and between workshops
• Learning is practical and dynamic with a strong emphasis on business impact
• Mentoring will explore effective practices and opportunities to drive business performance

How will your business benefit?
• Develop a clear plan of action for your business to drive future performance in terms of efficiency, scale and profitability
• Learn business skills that will enhance your performance as a Managing Director / Owner Manager
• Increase operational and financial knowledge to survive the recession and increase sustainability
• Develop results driven outcomes - revenue growth, improved productivity, competitive advantage - and create jobs.

Further Enquiries Liz Cassidy - West & North
Phone:0876816404
Email:l.cassidy@skillnets.com
or
Brian Colleran - Dublin & East
Phone:0872928900
Email:b.colleran@skillnets.com
or
Enda Hogan - South
Phone:0868372388
Email:e.hogan@skillnets.com
Course Web Page: 
http://www.managementworks.ie/business/managing-director-action-programme
Available to Job Seekers: 
No
Certified: 
No

Management Development Programme

Network: 
ManagementWorks
Duration 1 day a month for 8 months
Number of Places 12-20
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment Start date: 27th February 2013 Dublin City Centre
Start date: 11th February 2013 Kildare
Start date: 30th January 2013 Waterford
Start date: March 20th 2013 Cork
Course Content This programme will be delivered over an 8 month period. Each module will be delivered in a workshop format over one full day a month. During the workshops participants will be encouraged to share challenges and brainstorm solutions.
Further Enquiries Liz Cassidy - West & North
Phone:0876816404
Email:l.cassidy@skillnets.com
or
Brian Colleran - Dublin & East
Phone:0872928900
Email:b.colleran@skillnets.com
or
Enda Hogan - South
Phone:0868372388
Email:e.hogan@skillnets.com
Learning Outcomes Before the end of each module each participant will complete a monthly coaching focus sheet which will clearly define the top 4 goals to be achieved within the following 4 weeks. It will also have a top learning’s goal. Each mentoring session will last an hour and be focus on the meeting of these goals. The responsibility to attend the mentoring sessions remains with the SME and not the coach.
Course Web Page: 
http://www.managementworks.ie/business/management-team-development-programme
Available to Job Seekers: 
No
Certified: 
No

Personal Profile Analysis

Network: 
Outsourcing Skillnet
Duration 1 day
Course Fee Contact Course Provider
Subjects Taught • The system and terminology
• Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Compliance Framework
• Marston Theory
• Meaning and interpretation of graphs
• Learning to read profiles
• Observable behaviour
• Giving feedback
• Human job analysis
• System uses
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment Contact Network Manager
Course Content This course presents the uses of personal profile analysis in a business environment. Methodologies and tools to devise appropriate questions arising from a personal profile are presented. The course aims to demonstrate the usefulness of personal profile analysis by applying the Marston DISC framework to workplace examples. This course offers mechanisms to anticipate and support an individual’s limitations, as identified through profiling. Participants are taught how to apply profile readings to the internal systems of a business.
Entry Requirements Participants must hold a Leaving Certificate, equivalent qualification and / or have relevant life and work experience.
Further Enquiries outsourcing@ccma.ie
Learning Outcomes • Learners will have specialised knowledge in the principles and uses of personal profile analysis
• Learners will understand the theoretical framework underpinning personal profile analysis
• Learners will understand the application of profile analysis in a business environment
• Learners will be competent anticipating and supporting an individual’s limitations as highlighted by their personal profile
Location of Course Nationwide
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

Programming with HTML 5

Network: 
Outsourcing Skillnet
Duration 2 Days
Course Fee Contact course provider
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment Contact Network Manager
Entry Requirements Participants must hold a Leaving Certificate, equivalent qualification and / or have relevant life and work experience.
Further Enquiries outsourcing@ccma.ie
Location of Course Nationwide
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

High Performance Management Development

Network: 
South East Micro Skillnet
Duration 3 Full days plus 2 half days
Number of Places 12
Course Fee €650 per participant for the programme
Subjects Taught • Communications
• Effective Leadership
• Customer care
• Delegation
• Teamworking
• Effectiveness
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment To be confirmed
Financial Support Funded by South East Micro Skillnet, the cost detailed is the funded cost.
Entry Requirements None
Further Enquiries South East Micro Skillnet
info@se-microskillnet.ie
086-8170791
Eligibility Employed participants must be from the private sector
Trainer To be confirmed
Location of Course Various (Dublin & to be confirmed)
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

Mobile Air Conditioning (Automotive) Refrigerant Handling

Network: 
Refrigeration Skillnet
Duration 1 day
Comment 1 day blended learning, also available in house
Subjects Taught • Refrigerant handling • Service • leak detection • Refrigerant recovery
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment to book call 01 8855200
Financial Support Subsidised for Refrigeration Skillnet member companies
Fully subsidised for job-seekers
Course Content Gain the knowledge skills required to handle refrigerants used in mobile air conditioning (M.A.C.) which are classified as either fluorinated gasses (F-Gas) or Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) This is necessary for the service, maintenance, recovery and leak checking of mobile air conditioning.
Through our innovative blended learning programme, training is delivered via one-day training sessions, reducing workplace absence though:
 Self-directed distance learning
 Online support & learning materials
 Group tutorials
 Practical workshops and visual aids
Careers or Further Progression City & Guilds (5101) Level 3: Unit 1 Refrigerant Handling for Mobile Air Conditioning Systems
Entry Requirements Working knowledge of automotive mechanical or electrical systems
Further Enquiries Tel: 01 885 5200
Email: info@refrigerationskillnet.ie
Learning Outcomes 1. Understand the function, layout and operating principles of mobile air conditioning systems, including the components, equipment, tools for system recovery, vacuum, recharging and flushing.
2. Understand the procedures required for service and general maintenance.
3. Understand the environmental implications, legal, equipment, procedures and Health and Safety requirements for storage, refrigerant identification, refrigerant recovery, system evacuation, adding oil refrigerant recharging, final leak detection, flushing and disposal of Mobile Air Conditioning refrigerants and components.
4. Competency in refrigerant identification, initial system evaluation – testing, via pressure gauges, temperature, air distribution and speed. Recovery, vacuum check, leak detection, visual, electronic, oil injection and charging for service and general maintenance and repair procedures for both thermal expansion valve or fixed orifice tube air conditioning systems.
Trainer South Eastern Regional College
Location of Course Refrigeration Skillnet Training Centre, Northwest Centre, Blanchardstown

or on site

Course Web Page: 
http://www.refrigerationskillnet.ie/
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
Yes

Manual Handling Instructor

Network: 
Refrigeration Skillnet
Duration 5 days (3 days week 1, 2 days week 2)
Comment The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Regulations 2007 require that all companies: (1) Carry out a manual handling risk assessment; (2) take appropriate steps to avoid or reduce manual handling risks; and (3) provide manual handling training to relevant staff.

But bringing in external consultants to carry our risk assessments and to provide training can be expensive and time-consuming. The solution? Send a select few on a manual handling instructor course and let them become instructors themselves. For a small outlay, you could save vast amounts of money by getting your own staff to train new members of the team. Not only will you benefit from the cost savings, but you will reap the benefits from your newly skilled staff who will appreciate the investment in them.

Number of Places 10
Course Fee €450 Subsidy for Refrigeration Skillnet Members
Subjects Taught Unit 1 Legislative requirements and health benefit
Unit 2 Anatomy and back care
Unit 3 Ergonomic principles and risk assessment
Unit 4 Manual handling principles and techniques
Unit 5 Planning and design of manual handling training programmes
Unit 6 Delivery of manual handling training
FETAC Code 6S0242: Manual Handling Instruction
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment Please see contact detail below
Financial Support Subsidised for Refrigeration Skillnet member companies
Fully subsidised for job-seekers
Course Content The purpose of this course is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to conduct manual handling risk assessments and to design and deliver manual handling instruction in the workplace. This is an intensive course and highly participative. It addresses both the theoretical and practical aspects of manual handling and the skills of providing instruction.
Entry Requirements Working knowledge of Health & Safety requirements
Further Enquiries Tel: 01 885 5200
Email: info@refrigerationskillnet.ie
Learning Outcomes On completion of this course learners will be able to:
• Explain the main components of relevant health and safety legislation
• Define the main components of the spinal column
• Explain the main risk factors for back injuries related to manual handling
• Describe the concepts of ergonomics
• Explain the manual handling risk assessment process
• Carry out manual handling risk assessments
• Describe a range of controls to avoid and reduce the risk of injuries
• Apply the main principles of inanimate manual handling to a range of manual handling tasks
• Analyse the learners performance of manual handling techniques
• Develop inanimate manual handling training programmes
• Deliver effective manual handling training programmes
• Demonstrate understanding of adult learning principles
• Give effective instruction in practical manual handling techniques
Trainer Qualtec Ltd
Location of Course Refrigeration Skillnet Training Centre, Northwest Centre, Blanchardstown
Course Web Page: 
http://www.refrigerationskillnet.ie/course_schedule.shtml
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
Yes

Mobile Access Work Platform Training (MEWP)

Network: 
Refrigeration Skillnet
Duration 1 day
Number of Places 8
Financial Support €75 Subsidy for Refrigeration Skillnet members. Fully Funded for job seekers (subject to availability, terms & conditions)
Course Content • Duties of operator
• Pre- Shift inspections & maintenance of machine
• Hazards associated when operating the MEWP
Entry Requirements Must have 6 months construction or engineering experience.
Further Enquiries 01 88 55 200 info@refrigerationskillnet.ie
Eligibility Must by 18 years or older
Download Application Form http://goo.gl/eedmC
Methods of Assessment • Inspections before use
• Demonstrate safe operation and control of MEWP
• Travel & manoeuvring of MEWP
• Working the MEWP at heights
• Emergency procedures in case of MEWP malfunction
• Wearing of correct PPE
• Recognition of approved hand signals
Location of Course Nationwide
Course Web Page: 
http://www.refrigerationskillnet.ie/course_schedule.shtml
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
No

F-Gas & ODS Regulations C&G 2079 Cat I

Network: 
Refrigeration Skillnet
Duration Two days during week one, 12 days distance study and two days week two which includes assessments .
Number of Places 6
Course Fee €849.00
Subjects Taught • Identify basic terms, principles, units, theory and thermodynamics of vapour compression cycles and refrigerants.
• Identify the causes and effects of global warming and climate change.
• Identify causes and effects of ozone depletion.
• Identify stationary refrigerant, air conditioning and heat-pump system components, functions and leakage risk.
• Identify the hazards and safe working practices for the installation, commissioning and handling of refrigerants.
• Fabricate, braze and examine pipework.
• Undertake pressure testing, evacuation and record completion.
• Undertake refrigerant charging, leak checking and record keeping.
• Recovery and disposal preparation of refrigerant and oil.
Enrolment and Start Dates Comment Course Dates: 21st / 22nd May / 4th / 5th June 2013
Full Course
Financial Support Subsidised for Refrigeration Skillnet member companies Fully subsidised for job-seekers (Subject to suitability and place availability)
Course Content The aim of this course is to provide the experienced engineer with the knowledge, skills and certification to work on the installation, service, maintenance, recovery and leak checking of stationary refrigeration, air conditioning or heat pump equipment that contains refrigerants classified as either fluorinated gasses (F-Gas) or Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS).

Workplace absence is reduced through our innovative blended learning programme, training is delivered with 3 day classroom training and 1 day assessment with:
• Self learning materials
• Online support
• 1:1 tutorials
• Group tutorials
• Practical workshops

Careers or Further Progression Level 2 Certificate in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Entry Requirements Working within Refrigeration or Air Conditioning.
Further Enquiries Tel: 01 885 5200
Email: info@refrigerationskillnet.ie
Eligibility Blended learning course: internet access required.

Note this course is a blended learning course and internet access is required.

Minimum requirements: Explorer / Mozilla, adobe reader, flash player.

Download Application Form http://alturl.com/szuhn
Learning Outcomes • Understand health, safety, communications issues in the Mechanical Engineering Sector (MES) and it’s main bodies and organisations
• Interpret drawings, specifications, data and describe the use of I.T. in the sector
• Describe the tools and the work processes used in the MES sector.
• Calculate and quantify from drawings and mark and set out refrigeration plant.
• Understand construction methods and the materials used in the MES sector.
• Describe the structure and organisation of the RAC industry and its contribution to GDP.
• Explain the relationship between cooling systems, energy usage and the environment.
• Describe and explain cooling systems and technology.
• Explain the basic science of cooling and use charts to calculate quantities.
• Describe and explain small cooling system electrics, electronics and controls.
• Describe and explain brazing principles and processes.
Methods of Assessment Practial Workshop Asseeement & On-line Theory Assessment
Trainer George Condell
Location of Course Refrigeration Skillnet Training Centre, B6 Centrepoint, Rosemount Business Park, Ballycoolin, Dublin 11.
Course Web Page: 
http://www.refrigerationskillnet.ie/bookatrainingcourse.shtml
Available to Job Seekers: 
Yes
Certified: 
Yes
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