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South West Regional Skills Forum (RSF)

Cork and Kerry employers are guided by manager Siobhan Bradley to University College Cork, Munster Technological University and the Cork and Kerry ETBs.

Operates in Cork, Kerry · 6 listed services

What they do

The South West Regional Skills Forum serves Cork and Kerry, chaired by Patrick Buckley of EPS Group and managed since 2017 by Dr Siobhan Bradley, formerly of Cork Chamber of Commerce. It brokers employer introductions to University College Cork, Munster Technological University, Cork Education and Training Board and Kerry Education and Training Board, plus Skillnet activity through Cork Chamber. From establishment the forum built industry-led sector partnerships, initially in manufacturing and engineering and in pharma and bio-pharma, bringing companies together with UCC, the former CIT and IT Tralee, and the two ETBs. Current members include Castille Technologies, Fexco and PJ Hegarty, with Ibec and Cork Chamber as industry associations and Enterprise Ireland as a statutory partner. The forum works one-to-one with companies on skills audits and access to government training funding supports.

South West Regional Skills Forum lists 6 services on Irish Resource Hub in Cork, Kerry. The listed provision covers service, diagnostic or assessment, programme, and training. Its support includes Skills and training, Hiring and people, Innovation and R&D, and Networking. 1 distinct eligibility condition is recorded across those services.

Business support information

Where they operate

Recorded coverage for the following areas.

Types of support available

Listed provision includes service, diagnostic or assessment, programme, training.

Who the support is for

Business stages
Established, Scaling
Company sizes
1–9 people, 10–49 people, 50–249 people, 250+ people
Sectors
All sectors

Taken from this organisation's record and its published services.

Access and eligibility

Open to employers based in Cork or Kerry; engagement is through the named regional manager's free one-to-one service, not a paid membership.

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.

The same conditions also apply to 5 further services listed below.

Check access with South West Regional Skills Forum

Support offered (6)

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