Vocational Training and Opportunities Scheme – VTOS

Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) provides a range of supports to allow individuals who are unemployed to return to education or training. The scheme allows successful applicants to keep their Social Welfare Allowances while attending their course in the college. All full-time day courses in the College are eligible for VTOS.

To qualify for VTOS, applicants must be over 21 years of age and have been receiving certain social welfare payments for at least 156 days (6 months). You may qualify for VTOS if you are unemployed and receiving any of the following benefits for at least 6 months:

  • Jobseekers Allowance or Jobseekers Benefit
  • One Parent Family Allowance
  • Blind Person
  • Deserted Wife’s Allowance; Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory Pension; Widower’s or Civil Partner’s Non-Contributory Pension.
  • Prisoner’s Spouse Allowance
  • An Adult Dependent on a person in receipt of Unemployment Assistance
  • Disability Allowance
  • Illness Benefit (you must apply to the Exemption Section, Department of Social Protection, Store Street Dublin 1 for an exemption to attend the course)

Places are LIMITED on the VTOS programme and are prioritised on the basis of:

  • Educational need
  • Period of time in receipt of Social Welfare payments

 

To apply for VTOS in the College:

You must be offered a place in the College.

You must upload your documents to your online account

https://eduportal.enrol.ie/

THIS IS SEPARATE TO APPLYING FOR VTOS

Fill out  the VTOS Application form – Cork College of FET

Email completed form to

DSC-VTOS@corketb.ie

VTOS Bank Mandate Form 2024-25

Email completed form to

DSC-VTOS@corketb.ie

 

Please ensure the the vtos form is only filled in and submitted once you have secured a place on a course in Douglas Street Campus

The closing date for receipt of VTOS application forms is Friday 6th September 2024 at 4:00pm.Application Forms received after this date will be treated as a late application and may not be processed in time for approval

Further Enquiries: DSC-VTOS@corketb.ie

Forms will not be processed until the end of August and places will be allocated mid September 

Also please note that a person cannot be in receipt of both vtos and BTEA at the same time. This also applies to people who are in receipt of the SUSI grant