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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, May 10, 2021
QUESTION NO. 13
QUESTION: Councillor Shane Moynihan
To ask the Chief Executive about the number of apprenticeships operated by the Council every year for the past ten years and the functions performed, and if there are any plans to increase the number of apprenticeships operated by the Council in the coming years, as part of the National Action Plan for Apprenticeships.
REPLY:
The Council supports a number of educational and developmental programmes as part of our Employer of Choice strategy. Apprenticeships are one element of this and work particularly in the trades disciplines which we try to promote and support as local employment opportunities, particularly in local disadvantaged communities. We also participate in Graduate programmes which similarly support early employment opportunities across a range of skill areas including the professional and technical disciplines but also in areas of particular skill sets such as project management, communications, and data analytics. The below table presents information on all of these initiatives in terms of the positions required as identified in the Council's Workforce plan. This Council was an early starter in supporting apprenticeship positions since the ending of the recruitment embargo in 2015 and will continue to support the National Action Plan for Apprenticeships that was launched in April.
Table: Workplace Plan positions for Apprenticeship and Graduate positions
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2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
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Apprentice Painter |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
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Apprentice Carpenter |
|
5 |
2 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Apprentice Plumber |
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
Apprentice Fitter Mechanic |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Apprentice Bricklayer |
|
6 |
5 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Apprentice Plasterer |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Internship |
|
|
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Graduate Engineer -Civil |
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|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
Graduate Engineer – Mechanical |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
3 |
3 |
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Graduate Planner |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
3 |
|
Graduate Scientist |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Graduate Landscape Architect |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Graduate Architect |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
LEO Graduate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Graduate Broadband |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Student Landscape Architect |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
LGMA Graduates |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
7 |
|
Total |
0 |
20 |
9 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
19 |
19 |
21 |
26 |
34 |