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Construction
Anyone who knows how to stick two bricks together will get a job in Ireland right now. Yes, times have rarely been so good for the building trade and labourers, brick - layers, plasterers, carpenters and architects are all favoured cubs of the Celtic Tiger.
Naturally, some builders won't want their career prospects to be bricked in by the next contract. They'll want to build upon their good fortune and perhaps find a new niche for themselves in their profession.
Well, there's plenty of opportunities to move up the ladder… The Cork Institute of Technology has a course in Construction Studies. Successful students get a national diploma in construction studies or can alternatively aim for a national diploma in construction management. FAS in Cork meanwhile offer a course in a very important area of the building industry: Construction Safety. The FAS offices are handily located on Rossa Avenue in Bishopstown and can be contacted at 021 856200.
According to James McCarthy, architect at McCullough Mulvin Associates in Dublin, says that loads of builders are taking night courses - brickies, carpenters, labourers, you name it. These guys figure that they want to move ahead into a good career in the construction and a favourite position to move into is that of a building services consultant - the person who goes out and looks at a job and works out the wiring, the piping etc. The Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) branch at Cathal Brugha St is the favourite spot for builders taking evening classes: We're talking here about diplomas that take two to three years in courses like Construction Economics and Mechanical Engineering. James recommends that people interested in these courses should consult the DIT Career Advisory Service at Pembroke St.
FAS Training Centre on Bannow Road in Cabra offer an open learning programme in industrial pneumatics while Trinity College is running a programme in construction law and contract administration. Both of the Trinity courses are one year postgraduate diplomas and involve Saturday classes.
Joe Melia is one builder looking for a career change. From Mayo, this 22 year old came to Dublin to work on building sites two years ago. I spent two years in college, then I dropped out. I needed the money I suppose. There's loads of good money to be made in this business if you put in the hours, but I'm getting a bit tired of it now. I've been seriously regretting leaving college like I did says Joe. A former student of Accounting and Finance at Dublin City University, Joe is now considering either quitting his job to begin a full time training course with FAS or he might look for something I can do in the evenings and cut back a bit on the day job…My big problem is not finishing college. I'd like to work in the construction or property areas for sure, but not as a labourer. In a way it was good that I did what I did I suppose because I definitely wasn't made for accounting this Ballinrobe man told Nightcourses.com earlier this week.
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