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C ERTIFICATE S UPPLEMENT *

1. T ITLE OF THE CERTIFICATE (EN )

Advanced Certificate Craft - Toolmaking

2. T RANSLATED TITLE OF THE CERTIFICATE (EN)

Advanced Certificate Craft - Toolmaking

This translation has no legal status.

3. P ROFILE OF SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

To be awarded this certificate the holder will have demonstrated formally through a process of assessment,

administered both on and off the job, an ability to:

 Comply with national building regulations and with national legislation related to health, safety and welfare

at work and protection of the environment

 Interpret engineering drawings and specifications to determine the layout and dimensions of production

tooling, also the types and quantities of materials required to manufacture and assemble them

 Plan the sequence of operations, select and use materials; machine tools and hand tools; precision

measuring equipment; metal cutting, forming, joining and welding equipment; and work techniques that

are appropriate to manufacture of production tooling suitable for the mass production of polymer and

metal products, for example, press tools, punches, dies, forming tools, moulds, jigs, fixtures and gauges

 Use CAD/CAM software to generate CNC part programmes; set up and use CNC machine tools and CNC

EDM processes; use co-ordinate measuring equipment

 Work alone or as part of a team to ensure that project deadlines are met

4. R ANGE OF OCCUPATIONS ACCESSIBLE TO THE HOLDER OF THE CERTIFICATE

 Toolmaker

* Explanatory note: This document is designed to provide additional information about the specified certificate and does not

have any legal status in itself. The format of the description is based on the following texts: Council Resolution 93/C 49/01 of 3

December 1992 on the transparency of qualifications, Council Resolution 96/C 224/04 of 15 July 1996 on the transparency of

vocational training certificates, and Recommendation 2001/613/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 July

2001 on mobility within the Community for students, persons undergoing training, volunteers, teachers and trainers. More

information on transparency is available at : www.cedefop.eu.int/transparency © European Communities 2002

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5. O FFICIAL BASIS OF THE CERTIFICATE

Name and status of the body awarding the certificate

Name and status of the national/regional

authority providing accreditation/recognition of

the certificate

Further Education and Training Awards Council

East Point Plaza, East Point Business Park, Dublin

3, Ireland

T: +353-1-8659500

F: +353-1-8650067

Web: http://www.fetac.ie/

Email: information@fetac.ie

Further Education and Training Awards Council

(FETAC)

FETAC is the single statutory national awarding body

for further education and training in Ireland.

Level of the certificate (national or international)

This Certificate is a Major award at Level 6 in the Irish

National Framework of Qualifications

Grading scale / Pass requirements

A Pass Grade is awarded if all the skill and

knowledge assessments were passed.

A Merit Grade is awarded if the pass standard is

exceeded.

A minimum score of 70% is required to pass

knowledge assessments

All essential criteria must be demonstrated to pass

skills assessments.

Access to next level of education/training

This Certificate may provide access and transfer to other

awards at Level 6 in the Irish National Framework of

Qualifications and or progression to awards at a higher

framework level.

International agreements

The Irish and United Kingdom awarding and

qualifications authorities have concluded an

exercise to enable broad comparisons to be drawn

between qualifications and their levels in Ireland,

Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Legal basis

Qualifications (Education & Training) Act 1999; Industrial Training Act 1967; Apprenticeship Act 1959

6. O FFICIALLY RECOGNISED WAYS OF ACQUIRING THE CERTIFICATE

Statutory Apprenticeship System and the Advanced Certificate

The Statutory Apprenticeship System is the recognised means by which people are trained to become proficient in

over twenty designated craft occupations in Ireland. Apprenticeship training is organised and controlled by FAS

(the National Training and Employment Authority) in co-operation with the Department of Education and Science.

Apprenticeship training is based on pre-defined standards developed jointly by education and training providers

and industry partners.

Training generally lasts for 4 years , and is structured in seven alternating phases. Four of these training phases

are delivered on-the-job by employers and three are delivered off-the-job by State funded training centres or

colleges.

Successful completion of each phase is mandatory and is measured through formal assessments of skill and

knowledge. It is the accumulation of the results of these assessments that lead to the award of the Advanced Craft

Certificate.

Entry requirements

Those entering into apprenticeship training must be at least 16 years of age and have passed the Junior

Certificate examination administered by the State Examinations Commission or a comparable examination

(National Framework of Qualifications Level 3).

Additional information

More detailed information about Europass, FETAC, and the National Framework of Qualifications is set out on the

following pages.

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EUROPASS

The Further Education and Training Awards

Council

Background to Europass

Europass was established in 2004 by a Decision of the

European Parliament and the Council on a single

transparency framework for qualifications and competences.

Europass aims to facilitate the mobility of European learners

and workers by making their skills and qualifications more

easily understood.

Background to FETAC

FETAC is the single statutory national awarding body

for the further education and training sector in Ireland. It

was established by the Qualifications (Education and

Training) Act 1999 and is funded by the National

Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI) through the

Department of Education and Science.

Europass consists of a portfolio of five standardised

documents:

 Europass Curriculum Vitae

 Europass Language Passport

 Europass Mobility

 Europass Diploma Supplement

 Europass Certificate Supplement

FETAC Standards and Quality Assurance

FETAC has specific responsibility for setting standards

and making awards at Levels 1 to 6 of the National

Framework of Qualifications (NFQ). These awards

provide access to employment and to further and

higher education and training opportunities in Ireland.

Each of the documents has been designed in such a way as

to help people chronicle their skills and competences in a

coherent manner, whether they are planning to enrol in a

programme of education and training, looking for a job, or

getting experience abroad.

FETAC develops national standards of skill, knowledge

and competence for its awards in consultation with its

industry, education and training partners. It then quality

assures the education and training providers that offer

its awards.

What is the Europass Certificate Supplement?

The document that you are currently reading is a Europass

Certificate Supplement. It is made available to individuals

who hold a further education and training award certificate

by the body that issued the award certificate.

Providers must satisfy FETAC that they have the

necessary personnel and facilities to develop and

deliver efficient and effective programmes to learners.

Learners must demonstrate through a process of

assessment that they have acquired pre-defined

national standards of skill, knowledge and competence

that underpin FETAC awards.

The Europass Certificate Supplement aims to make the

award certificate more easily understood, especially by

employers and learning institutions by providing information

that is additional to that provided on their award certificate. In

the main, this information relates to -

 the awarding status of the body that issued the

award

 the skills and competences acquired by ALL

holders of the award

 the level of the award in the national awarding

system

 the typical entry requirements to programmes that

lead to the award

 the typical employment or learning opportunities

that are accessible to holders of the award

All providers are quality assured by FETAC.

In the main, programmes that lead to FETAC awards

are offered by State funded education and training

providers. Private providers and companies that offer

work based training also provide programmes.

What awards does FETAC offer?

FETAC sets standards and issues awards at NFQ

Levels 1 to 6 in the following fields of learning

 Business & Administration

 Agriculture, Science & Computing

 Construction/Built Environment

 Engineering & Manufacturing

 Education, Health & Welfare

 Tourism, Hospitality & Sports

 Services

 Core Skills, Languages & General Studies

 Arts, Crafts & Media

Who will benefit from the information provided in the

Europass Certificate Supplement?

The information provided in the Europass Certificate

Supplement will benefit award holders, employers, education

and training providers and guidance counsellors:

 award holders will be able to communicate their

qualifications and competences in an effective way

 employers will find the qualifications and

competences of job-seekers easier to understand

 education and training providers and guidance

counsellors will find it easier to provide accurate

advice to award holders regarding suitable

learning opportunities

How does FETAC contribute to EUROPASS?

FETAC contributes to Europass by issuing Certificate

Supplements for its major and special purpose awards.

Award holders, employers, education and training

providers and guidance councillors can use this

information to clarify the standards that underpin

FETAC awards.

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The National Framework of Qualifications

Background to the National Framework of Qualifications

The Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999,

proposed the development of a National Framework of

Qualifications, based on standards of knowledge, skill and

competence, i.e., what a person knows, can do and

understands at a given level.

In addition to major awards, the NFQ also includes

hundreds of other awards that recognise learning

achievement. These awards, entitled minor,

supplemental and special purpose awards, are

generally components of, or are otherwise related to,

major awards.

How are NFQ awards developed and delivered?

To be included in the NFQ, awards must be quality

assured. This means that they must meet nationally

agreed standards and are subject to internal and

external quality reviews to ensure that they maintain

those standards.

The Act focused on issues such as the establishment of

consistent standards in education and training, the

promotion of quality, increasing access, transfer and

progression opportunities and being able to recognise and

compare qualifications gained both in Ireland and abroad.

The National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) was

developed by the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland

(NQAI) and was launched in 2003. NQAI is an agency of the

Department of Education and Science and the Department

of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Awards are developed by the awarding bodies and are

made available through programmes delivered by

learning providers.

Awarding bodies set the standards for their awards,

then validate and monitor the programmes developed

and delivered by providers that lead to these awards.

NQAI is responsible for maintaining the NFQ and for

promoting and facilitating greater access to education and

training and progression through the NFQ.

Providers deliver programmes through Ireland's school,

further education and training and higher education and

training systems.

Structure of the National Framework of Qualifications

The 'fan diagram' below illustrates the 10 levels of the NFQ.

The Framework allows for recognition of all levels of

learning, from the very initial stages to the most advanced, it

is a framework for lifelong learning. Each level is based on

nationally agreed standards of knowledge, skill and

competence.

Benefits of the National Framework of

Qualifications

The NFQ facilitates the understanding and recognition

of Irish awards both nationally and internationally by

 allowing learners to compare and contrast

awards and to plan their education and training

and career progression.

 helping employers to recognise and understand

the level and standard of Irish awards by acting

as a tool for identifying 'appropriate fit' awards for

specific roles

 providing a way of comparing Irish awards with

awards gained in other national qualifications

systems thus facilitating learner and worker

mobility

The diagram indicates the names of bodies whose awards

are included in the NFQ. These are the bodies that have a

statutory remit to make awards in Ireland.

Also set out are the titles of the MAJOR awards that are

included in the NFQ. Major awards recognise the acquisition

of a significant volume of learning.

KEY FETAC - Further Education and Training Awards Council SEC - State Examinations Commission

HETAC - Higher Education and Training Awards Council DIT - Dublin Institute of Technology Universities

AWARDS IN THE FRAMEWORK Major Awards are the principal class of awards made at a level

Minor Awards are for partial completion of the outcomes of a Major Award Supplemental Awards are for learning

that is additional to a Major Award

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Special Purpose Awards are for relatively narrow or purpose-specific achievement

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