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Post Leaving Certificate courses offered at Ballymahon Vocational School
The following full-time PLC courses are currently being offered by us:
   
  Horticulture
  Secretarial / Business Studies
 
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HORTICULTURE
FETAC Code: CASHX
Course Description: Practical course with broad range of subjects to suit individual needs. This course covers all aspects of plant production and landscape gardening
Course Content includes: 1. Landscape Construction and Maintenance.
2. Soil Science and Growing Media.
3. Plant Identification and Use.
4. Plant Science
Certification: FETAC Level 2 Award
Career Opportunities: Graduates have numerous employment opportunities in nurseries, golf courses, landscaping and garden centres. Alternatively, they may proceed to Horticultural Colleges, or Institutes of Technology including courses linked to the National Botanic Gardens.

Following this course students with a distinction in five module, may obtain entry to a degree course.
Centre Name: Ballymahon Vocational School
Telephone: +353 (090) 6432211
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SECRETARIAL / BUSINESS STUDIES
FETAC Code: BBSSX
Course Description: This is a one-year computer-intensive course designed to enable students gain a broad understanding of information technology and office administration and to learn advanced techniques in all aspects of the use of computers in the workplace including Internet and E-mail.
Course Content includes: 1. Word Processing.
2. Payroll – Manual and Computerised.
3. Computerised Accounts.
4. Database / Spreadsheets.
5. E-mail and Internet.
6. Business Calculations.
7. Information Technology.
8. Computer Applications.
9. Communications.
10. Work Placement.
Certification: FETAC Level 2 Award, Word Processing at Level 3 and ECDL.
Career Opportunities: Graduates may enter the labour market in a wide range of clerical and administrative positions in the private and public sectors.
Centre Name: Ballymahon Vocational School
Telephone: +353 (090) 6432211
   
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