Skills to Advance – Understanding Discipline in the Workplace
Gain the confidence and knowledge to handle disciplinary matters professionally with Understanding Discipline in the Workplace (ILM 8600-314) — part of the ILM Leadership and Management suite of qualifications.
Skills to Advance Business Support Unit
Course Overview
This practical course helps current and aspiring managers understand the principles and processes of maintaining discipline in the workplace. Learners explore fair and lawful disciplinary procedures, the manager’s role in promoting good conduct, and how to deal with issues such as misconduct or poor performance effectively and consistently.
Ideal for supervisors, team leaders, and managers, this module strengthens your ability to apply organisational policies in line with best practice and employment legislation, helping to create a fair, transparent, and productive work environment.
This course is due to run Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
What are the entry requirements?
- Applicants must be at least 18 years
- Must have achieved a minimum of a NFQ level 5 major award or its equivalent prior to entry to the programme, or have achieved the relevant skills, knowledge and competences through work experience.
- Good verbal and written command of the English language (Common European Framework B2 or equivalent)
- Participation Selection Criteria As per ETB Operating Guidelines and Skills to Advance Route 3 Criteria. Nominated participants must meet the criteria outlined in the Target Participant Profile
- Non EU/EEA applicants must have permission to work in Ireland
What will I study?
On successful completion of this programme, learners will be able to:
- Describe the purpose of discipline in the workplace and its role in effective people management.
- Explain the legal, procedural, and organisational frameworks relevant to disciplinary practice.
- Outline the stages of a fair and transparent disciplinary process.
- Identify the roles and responsibilities of managers and HR personnel in handling disciplinary matters.
- Apply fair and consistent procedures to resolve misconduct and performance issues.
- Promote a positive and compliant workplace culture through effective communication and leadership.
What is the certification?
Understanding Discipline in the Workplace (8600-314)
Fee Information
This course is offered under the Skills to Advance Initiative. With this, a certain eligibility criteria applies. To find out if you are eligible, contact the Business Support Unit on 066 714 9690 or [email protected].
A fee waiver is in place for applicants in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment. You can check your fee waiver eligibility with Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP), INTREO or your Local Employment Service (LES) office.
Still have questions?
Call Claire 066 714 96 90 or get in touch by email: [email protected]
Part-time Courses - FAQs
FET is short for Further Education & Training. Kerry College is an integrated college of FET. This means we do both progression-focused further education programmes and a range of employment-focused skills training programmes.
We enroll twice each year - January and September.
Part-time programmes run on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings, Friday afternoons, Saturday mornings, and increasingly online.
This depends on the course you choose.
Some courses have long waiting lists, others - not so much. Places are filled on a first-come, first-served basis so the best advice we can offer is to apply in plenty of time.
We enroll over 1000 applicants to our part-time courses each year - so it's always busy.
As places are offered based on the date of application, our team could be working their way down through the list.
That said, always check.
You can call Mary on our Part-time courses team at 066-7149696.
Although all of our part-time courses are fee-paying, we do have a DEASP Fee Waiver in place for those in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment.
This is subject to a waiting list and demand for course places.
Most part-time courses run at Kerry College are Minor awards.
A Minor award is commonly referred to as a module - but also as a component certificate or a certificate of unit credit.
These single 'modules' may be completed and certificated individually. All minor awards are linked to a major award that allows learners to collect and build their minor awards and work towards gaining a major award.
Applications for all part-time programmes should be made online - via the Kerry College website or www.fetchcourses.ie
FETCH COURSES is the national application system for all FET course applications.
All new applicants must set up a free account on www.fetchcourses.ie. You must use this to apply for all further education and training progarmmes anywhere in Ireland.
For existing Fetch Courses account holders, login and apply as before.
You can reset your password using your email or mobile phone. When you do, make sure you keep it for future reference.
Bear in mind, FETCH uses your PPS number to identify you - so although you might be able to set up a second account - it won't work properly.
If you're still stuck, contact our Admissions team on 066-714 96 96
No, aside from the DEASP Fee Waiver, all part-time courses are fee-paying.