Listing Awarding Bodies
Corporatetraining.ie lists all of the awarding bodies in Ireland, the UK and abroad. Most major awards are made by bodies with statutory powers, but there are also many professional organisations that make their own awards. While training courses in Ireland lead to qualifications from Irish awarding bodies, it sometimes be the case that training courses lead to non-Irish awards, for example awards from international bodies, or national awards from other countries.
Certain Irish institutions are both providers of training courses and awarding bodies in their own right: these are the Irish universities and the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).
In Ireland, following the changes in the qualifications system as a result recent legislation, the number of statutory bodies has been reduced as the new awards councils FETAC and HETAC have assumed the the awarding functions previously fulfilled by several other Irish organisations such as the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA), National Council for Vocational Awards (NCVA), Solas, Teagasc, the National Tourism Certification Board (CERT) and Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
Corporatetraining.ie lists all of the awarding bodies in Ireland and the UK below.
The Irish Training and Education Centre (ITEC) was established in the late 1990s as a distance learning college. They now offer a variety of learning options. ITEC now delivers education through:
- Distance learning
- eLearning
- Classroom attendance
- Blended learning, which combines both classroom and distance or eLearning modules
Accreditations
Irish Training and Education Centre offers a number of courses validated by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI). QQI– formerly FETAC – is the state agency responsible for the quality of further and higher education and training. QQI validates programmes. They also make awards for certain education providers.
ITEC provides study programmes and courses for a variety of individuals. This includes anyone seeking a career change, hoping to widen their career opportunities or enhance their skills. The Centre also has courses for people who wish to set-up their own business or who own or manage a business.
In addition to QQI accredited courses, ITEC also offers general and self-interest courses as well as hobbies and craft skills programmes.
