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Your skills are in need in new high value employment sectors. Springboard+ will help you make the transition.

DkIT Springboard Courses for 2019/20

The courses are funded by the Springboard+ initiative to help gain qualifications and up-skill in sectors where skills shortages have been identified. Feedback from employers confirms Springboard is producing throughput of skilled, job-ready personnel that they need.

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Springboard Courses Offered in 2019/20

Category	Course Title
Business & Hospitality	Certificate in Culinary Skills (January 2020 intake)
Business & Hospitality	Certificate in Digital Marketing & Digital Media Management (September 2019 and January 2020 Intakes)
Engineering	Certificate in Applied Robotics (Course Details TBA)
Engineering	Certificate in Digital Design & Fabrication (Course Details TBA)
Informatics & Creative Arts	Certificate in Data Wrangling & Digital Imaging (January 2020 Intake)
Informatics & Creative Arts	Certificate in Distributed Ledger Technology (January 2020 Intake)

Category	Course Title
Informatics & Creative Arts	Certificate in Mathematical & Computational Finance (January 2020 Intake)
Informatics & Creative Arts	Higher Diploma in Science in 3D Computer Animation (January 2020 Intake)
Informatics & Creative Arts	Higher Diploma in Science in Augmented & Virtual Reality Development (January 2020)
Informatics & Creative Arts	Higher Diploma in Science in Computing (January 2020 Intake)
Informatics & Creative Arts	Higher Diploma in Science in Data Analytics (September 2019 Intake)
Health & Science	Certificate in Fundamentals of Food Production Management (September 2019 Intake)

Springboard+ Student Stories

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“The course at DkIT was one of the best things I have ever done. It elevated me to a whole new career level and already opened the doors to so many amazing opportunities. It just goes to show how hard work and determination can pay off!”

Lorraine Larkin | Certificate in Digital Marketing and Digital Media Management, 2017

"From my experience, very few people want to do a bad day’s work, so having a good robust quality management system is priceless. If processes and training are in place, everyone is far happier across the board"

Mairéad Hickey | Diploma in Food Supply Chain Operations

“I definitely think that the smaller classes at DkIT and the hands-on practical tutorials were very beneficial. Especially for an IT course or any sort of course that is technical.”

Joe Mc Mahon | Springboard-supported conversion course to ICT

“I had the musical expertise but learning how to apply it to gaming and understanding the technology behind it was probably the most difficult part.I couldn’t praise the course lecturers enough."

Ronan McQuillan | Diploma in Composing for Games

‘I was drawn to Digital Marketing because photo agencies have now evolved to include videography, an essential part of digital marketing communications. It also links in with the transfer onto digital of the images in Irish Photo Archives."

Sean Walsh | Certificate in Digital Marketing and Digital Media Management.

“I saw tremendous opportunities for German speakers so I went home, packed my bags, spent over a year in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to improve my knowledge of the language, then landed in Dublin in December 2014 and got a bus to Dundalk to start work in PayPal as a Customer Solutions Agent.”

Rosvaldas Nudas | Certificate in Digital Marketing and Digital Media Management

Have a question about Springboard+ Courses at DkIT?

Sara Farrell
Lifelong Learning Centre

springboard@dkit.ie

+353 42 9370291