Apprenticeship employer service - LOETB
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
Laois, Offaly
Guidance on employer registration, apprentice recruitment and work-based training.
Education and Training Board
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
Laois and Offaly ETB offers Enterprise Support and Contract Training for businesses, plus apprenticeships delivered through its named FET centres.
Operates in Laois, Offaly · 8 listed services · 1 facility
What they do
Laois and Offaly ETB (LOETB) provides Enterprise Support to help businesses upskill staff, describing it as a way to gain competitive advantage while reducing employee turnover costs. Its Training Services division delivers training through four separate but interlinked units, including Contract Training, where outsourced provision is shaped to labour market needs across Laois and Offaly. Apprenticeships and courses are delivered through named Further Education and Training Centres in Abbeyleix, Banagher, Birr, Clara, Edenderry, Mountmellick, Portarlington and Portlaoise. LOETB also runs Skills to Advance for employees seeking to progress or adapt to job market change, and an Adult Guidance and Adult Literacy service. Employers can engage through the Enterprise Support unit or Contract Training pages, contacting the ETB by phone in Portlaoise or Tullamore or by email, to discuss workforce training arranged around business needs.
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board lists 8 services and 1 facility on Irish Resource Hub in Laois, Offaly. The listed provision covers service, training, advisory support, programme, diagnostic or assessment. It addresses grow and scale, mentoring and advice, digital and ai, skills and training, hiring and people, innovation and r&d, specialist facilities. 1 distinct eligibility condition is recorded across those services.
Business support informationWhere they operate
Recorded coverage for the following areas.
Types of support available
Listed provision includes service, training, advisory support, programme, diagnostic or assessment.
Who the support is for
- Business stages
- Thinking about starting, Startups, Established, Scaling
- Company sizes
- 1–9 people, 10–49 people, 50–249 people, 250+ people
- Sectors
- General FET, Workforce development, Community training, All sectors
- Audiences
- Employers, Employees, Jobseekers, Early school leavers
Taken from this organisation's record and its published services.
Access and eligibility
Skills to Advance and Contract Training availability depends on scheme criteria stated on the relevant LOETB pages.
No organisation-wide eligibility rule is recorded. Eligibility is set by each individual service, so conditions vary by service and some support may not be open to every business.
Each distinct eligibility condition recorded for this organisation's services — check the service page for the full conditions.
- Work placements and talent pipeline - LOETB
Employers and employees in the ETB functional area; programme rules apply
The same conditions also apply to 7 further services listed below.
Check access with Laois and Offaly Education and Training BoardServices and programmes (8)
Service Training Bespoke employer training - LOETB
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
Laois, Offaly
Tailored course design and delivery aligned with an employer's operational needs.
Advisory support Employer engagement service - LOETB
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
Laois, Offaly
Single contact route helping employers identify workforce and training requirements.
Training Flexible course provision - LOETB
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
Laois, Offaly
Accredited and non-accredited provision through online, blended, evening and campus delivery.
Programme Skills to Advance - LOETB
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
Laois, Offaly
Subsidised, flexible upskilling and reskilling for employees, with particular support for SMEs.
Service Traineeship employer partnership - LOETB
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
Laois, Offaly
Employer collaboration route combining classroom learning with work-based experience.
Diagnostic or assessment Training needs analysis - LOETB
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
Laois, Offaly
Employer-focused assessment identifying current and emerging workforce skills gaps.
Service Work placements and talent pipeline - LOETB
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
Laois, Offaly
Employer route into learners, placements and sector-specific talent pipelines.
Facilities (1)
Facility LOETB National Construction Training Campus
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board
Mount Lucas, Offaly
LOETB National Construction Training Campus delivers ETB education and training. Business access is normally mediated through employer engagement, Skills to Advance, apprenticeship or other scheduled provision.
Access through programme