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Space Industry Skillnet Awarded Funding for 2008 - 2009 Training Networks Programme

New training programme launched by Space Industry Skillnet for 2008 - 2009

Space Industry Skillnet has received approval for funding of its unique enterprise led network training programme for Irish companies in the space industry for the period 2008/2009.

The Space Industry Skillnet

The Space Industry Skillnet is an enterprise led training network that organises essential training for Irish companies who are or who want to be involved in the delivery of technology and services to the European Space Agency (ESA) in support of its space programmes (www.esa.int). The Space Industry Skillnet is a national training network and operates in all technology sectors. The objective of the Space Industry Skillnet is to encourage and enable more Irish companies to consider the space industry as a truly commercial opportunity and to provide them with the skills to do so.

Access to High Quality Training

Being a member of the Space Industry Skillnet enables low cost access to high quality training that is relevant to your business. The training network will assist your company to overcome barriers that may be preventing it from reaching its potential through delivering state of the art training locally for employees at all levels in your organisation

• How to Write Winning Proposals for ESA Contracts
• Quality Assurance in the space industry
• Space Systems Safety
• Software Development in the space industry
• Space Qualified Soldering and Electronic Assembly
• Materials in the space industry
• Technology Transfer and Licensing
• Management & Supervisory Skills
• Information Technology Skills
• Craft Technical Skills
• Project Management Skills
• Report Writing, Time Management & Presentation Skills
• Sales/Marketing Skills

Network member companies enjoy up to 50% reduction in training fees for all Space Industry Skillnet training programmes.

New Training Schedule for 2008

The Space Industry Skillnet is launching a new training schedule for 2008 including a number of unique courses aimed at companies in the space industry, provided by leading experts in the field from NASA and ESA.

• Writing ESA Proposals (Provided by: ESA - Location: Dublin) - Spring 2008
• Introduction to Space Systems Safety ( Provided by IAASS - Location: Athlone) 6th to 9th May 2008
• GPS Training Courses (Provided by: GPS Ireland - Location: Athlone & Cork) March to December 2008
• Towards the Lean Enterprise (Provided by: WBS - Location: Athlone) March to June 2008
• ESA Soldering & Electronic Assembly - Operator & Instructor Level (Provided by: ESA Solder School - Location: Ireland) Spring 2008
• IPC Soldering Certification - Operator & Instructor Level (Provided by: ATEK - Location: Killaloe) Various Dates 2008
• Business Skills Training (Provided by: Kevin J Reid - Location: Athlone) Various dates 2008

Please see individual course descriptions for detailed syllabus and course booking information.

Benefits of Networking

The national Skillnets programme has been operational since 1999 and funded over 90 training networks in more than 30 industry sectors and supported over 5,000 companies and 30,000 managers and staff to raise their skill levels.

Space Industry Skillnet is funded by member companies and the Training Networks Programme, an initiative of Skillnets Ltd., funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. See www.skillnets.com

The Skillnets experience has shown that there are major benefits from participating in the training network including;

• Sharing best practice with other member
• Developing new business opportunities
• Enabling greater buying power for specialised training
• Access to a greater range of relevant training topics
• Stimulates collaboration between members with innovation and R&D
• Companies receive targeted training suited to their specific needs