Careers & Employability Documents
Health and Safety Requirements
Certain placement programmes have health and safety criteria that the students must satisfy in order to be approved to attend placement.
- Health & Safety Statements
- Garda/Police Vetting
- Training Requirements
Work Placement Code of Conduct
This document outlines the expected behaviour and conduct of all DkIT work placement students.
It is based on the principals of professionalism, respect and confidentiality.
All students must sign this document prior to attending work placement, and ensure that their conduct is line with the outlined expectations.
Garda / Police Vetting Policy
Garda / Police Vetting is a pre-requisite for attending placement on certain programmes of study at DkIT. In these cases the students must adhere fully to the Garda Vetting process. Approval from DkIT to attend placement is subject to outcome of the Garda Vetting process.
Issues that impact on Garda Vetting include:
- Any minors (students under the age of 18) must get their Parent/Guardian to complete the official Consent form for the minor to be vetted
- Any student who has lived outside Ireland from 16 years of age must receive Police Vetting from the named country of residence It is the students own responsibility to liaise directly with the Embassy of that country and follow their identified procedures. Copies of this Police Vetting must be submitted to the Placement/Allocations Office prior to attending placement. The use of a Sworn Affidavit may be accepted for those students in exceptional circumstance who are unable to provide police vetting for their previous countries of residence.