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Skills to Compete – Supervisory Management

The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the relevant knowledge, skill and competence to work in a range of industry sectors independently in a supervisory capacity.

Minor Award

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Course Overview

To provide participants with the skills and related knowledge in the area of Supervisory Management and to develop personal effectiveness and job seeking skills.

This course is scheduled online for 2 evenings a week, Tuesday and Thursday from 6.30pm to 9.30pm for 12 weeks.

Learners are required to have a minimum B2 CEFR level in English when accessing this course. Kerry College reserves the right to request a copy of a learners English proficiency certificate.

Please note that the initial class and all assessments will be delivered in the Kerry College, Monavalley Campus but all other classes will be delivered online.

What will I study ?

  • Summarise the duties and responsibilities of a supervisory manager
  • Evaluate up-to-date industry standards, guidelines and recommended practices that affect the work environment
  • Describe the precautions necessary to safeguard information and/or records
  • Describe key steps required to recruit staff
  • Analyse the risks for which adequate insurance cover is recommended
  • Draft a range of procedures for work-related activities, to include lines of communication with clients, colleagues and other relevant parties
  • Devise a system for maintaining work-related records,
  • Prepare a departmental budget
  • Train staff, drawing on up-to-date industry standards in training using appropriate aids and supporting material
  • Carry out staff evaluations to include achievement of objectives, feedback on performance, identification of opportunities for personal development.

What's the certification?

QQI Level 6 Minor Award Certificate in Supervisory Management (6N4329)

What is the cost?

There is a fee of  €200 for this course.

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).

Learners in employment may also be granted a fee waiver under the Skills to Advance Initiative. For more details on this please contact Claire at [email protected]

What are the entry requirements?

Education: NFQ Level 5 in a relevant discipline when accessing a Level 6 programme. CERFL proficiency at B2 for access to Level 6 courses for those whose first language is not English Mature learner entry requirements available via the local ETB pathway Additional requirements may apply to non-EU/EEA Applicants and may be subject to full international fees (Please refer to Information for International Learners) *Each provider may have additional requirements, not outlined above.

Aptitude: Applicants must have a motivation to learn, an interest in the subject and the ability to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies set out in the course.

Previous Experience: Applicants must be able to demonstrate a broad range of knowledge, skills and competencies relevant to the course and be able to exercise initiative and independence when carrying out course activities.

Still have questions?

Contact our Kerry College Admissions Offices – Tralee on 066 714 9696, Killarney on 064 662 2593 or [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.

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