• Enjoy working with your hands
• Enjoy being physically active on your feet
• Enjoy being part of a Team
• Enjoy learning how machines function
• Enjoy learning new knowledge and craft related skills.
• Taking responsibility for your own learning, including the allocation of study time.

• Practical skills and theoretical knowledge
• Principles of operating Machines while working in a workshop environment
• How to control and adjust equipment
• Understanding Instructional manuals including technical drawings and diagrams
• How to apply physics and mathematical principles
• How to work with control systems
• How to ensure accuracy and attention to detail in all aspects of work
• How to keeping accurate records & reports

• 3 Off-the-Job Phases with the Education & Training Boards (ETB)/ Solas/Institute of Technology (approx. 40 weeks in total)
• 4 On-the-Job Phases with Dublin Aerospace in our Landing Gear Facility, Ashbourne, Co. Meath.
• Successful completion is achieved when all the required theory and practical tests have been passed to the required standard set by Solas.

• To become an apprentice in Ireland you must be hired by an employer. Apprenticeship employers are formally approved by SOLAS in advance of employing apprentices. Apprentices get a formal contract of employment as part of their apprenticeship.

DO I PAY ANYTHING?

• Apprentices complete two of their three phases of off-the-job training in a higher education institution. A student contribution must be paid for this part of the training.
• The amount of the student contribution is a proportion of the annual student contribution paid by students who are attending a full-time course in higher education. The student contribution is paid directly to the higher education institution.
• The student contribution for this apprenticeship is €1,000 for Phase 4 and €1,000 for Phase 6 – this is paid by the employer.

• Be over 18 years of age on the 31st December, 2024
• Be permitted to live and work in Ireland without restriction;
• Be able to pass a medical assessment.