Rural Enterprise Training Partnership (RETP)

Education and training opportunities for rural based businesses in Ireland

Training, Workshops and other Offerings.


Training programmes
Training will be organised and delivered locally to serve the needs of the members of each cluster as identified in the training needs analysis of the individual companies. The list below comprises the proposed programmes to be offered over the lifespan of the project. Of course the Partnership Coordinator will work with member companies to determine their evolving needs and the plan may be adjusted to take account of new training requirements.

  • Managing People - more information here

  • Selling Skills - more information here

  • Performance Appraisal - more information here

  • Managing People - more information here

  • Supervisory Management - more information here

  • Report Writing Workshop - more information here

  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - more information here

  • Environmental Management - more information here

  • Fundamentals of Finance - more information here

  • Cost of Quality - more information here

  • Train-the-Trainer - more information here

  • Sustainable Production - more information here

  • Food Safety Trainers' Skills - more informationhere

  • Basic Computer Skills - more information here

  • WWTP Operation

  • Basic Book keeping

  • European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)

  • Enterprise Skills

  • Green Purchasing

  • Project Management

  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)


Workshops
In addition to the training programmes list above the Partnership will organise workshops on the topics listed below.
  • Basic Computer Skills. Now available, click here for more details

  • Basic Trainer Skills

  • Free and Open Source Software for Business. Now available, click here for more details

  • Introduction to Food Safety Concepts

  • Introduction to Quality Assurance

  • Entrepreneurship


Other Events Planned
  • Breakfast Briefings will be held in each cluster area; speakers and topics will be chosen after consulatation with cluster members.
  • A new distance education programme on Rural Business Sustainability will be developed and piloted during the lifespan of the project.