The aim of this training programme is to enable students to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to work effectively as a beauty therapist. The programme aims to enable the student through practical experience to integrate the theoretical and practical aspects of working in the beauty industry.

NLN delivers a number of catering courses which offers students the opportunity to achieve all or part of the NFQ Level 4 Certificate in Catering Support. Work experience is a significant element of this course and students can benefit from training in one our many state-of-the-art production kitchens.

The courses are designed to give students the skills and work behaviours needed to get and keep a job in the hotel, catering and tourism sector. The course is also designed to address the identified training needs of people with disabilities who are experiencing exclusion and labour market disadvantage, to provide learner-focussed training and related services and to assist the learner to achieve a nationally recognised qualification, which will aid progression to further training and/or education and employment.

This course will provide students with the knowledge, skills and competence to select, establish, grow and maintain a range of plants and vegetables. The horticulture and environmental sectors are vibrant and diverse. Gardening, commercial growing, green-keeping, sales and ground maintenance are just some of the possibilities open to you. So, if you prefer to work outdoors these training programmes could be just right for you.

These skills are complemented by general skills such as work experience in a horticultural environment, to give participants an opportunity to apply learning in a real work setting.

This course is designed to support students explore options for either work or for going on to further education whilst gaining their QQI Level 4 Major Award. Split over three phases, Kick Start offers optional training modules in areas such as hospitality/catering, retail skills, IT/office administration or they may opt for a general learning award whilst gaining practical work experience with an employer.

New skills are acquired through a combination of practical demonstration, instruction, supervised practice, e-learning and on-the-job training with an host-company

If you need to improve your computer skills along with mathematics and Communications this course is for you. If you have been out of the work force and out of Education and need to upskill this course is for you.

The Preparation for Leaving Certificate with ESOL Programme is a Transition Year course which will allow learners to come back to education and prepare for either the Leaving Certificate or a Further Education and Training Course. As such, it’s a starting point for all other courses in Pearse College and beyond.

QQI Level 4 Component Certificates in General Learning.

This is a QQI level 4 course and is also available to VTOS applicants if eligible. It provides students with a general all-round knowledge in key aspects of horticulture. Students are offered a good balance of practical and theory-based skills including: growing vegetables, horticultural practice, plant care and identification. This course will enable you to gain an understanding of the fundamentals of horticulture with real hands-on experience.

This one year programme is designed for anyone interested in studying Science and who may want to progress to our QQI Level 5 Science Programmes. This introductory programme will allow you to explore science at a very practical level with lots of hands-on exploration of the sciences including work experience.

This course offers people essential work skills. These are the kind of skills that apply to most workplaces. Most of the course involves computing, though it is not merely another computer course. It’s Bookkeeping, for example, is genuine bookkeeping – the kind that is coming into demand once more. This is about real learning that can be applied to real jobs. Most of us do not know exactly where we will work in the future; the wise move is to gain skills that will always be useful. This course offers just that.

The purpose of this award is to enable the learner to develop the relevant knowledge, skill and competence in a broad range of employment and personal skills which enable employment, under direct supervision, in a variety of sectors, or progression to further education or training.