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VTOS

The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme is a special range of courses designed to meet the education needs of unemployed people.

The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (VTOS) is a European Social Fund supported intervention in the Irish labour market to enable, as a priority group, unemployed people who have been on the Live Register for at least six months to access education and training with a view to progression to employment. Ten per cent of places may be allocated under certain conditions to a wider category of unwaged people including lone parents and people in receipt of Disabled Persons' Maintenance Allowance who are seeking employment. In all cases, the minimum age for participation in VTOS is 21 years.

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• VTOS
  VTOS means "Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme" and gives unemployed adults the opportunity of returning to full time education without losing their benefits... more »
• Social Welfare
  The Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme is an educational opportunities scheme for unemployed persons which is funded by the Department of Education and Science... more »
• Citizens Information
  VTOS offers you an opportunity to return to full-time education if you are an unemployed adult or in receipt of certain benefits. One aim of the scheme is to give unemployed people education and training opportunities... more »
• Department of Education and Science
  To be eligible for the scheme, one must be over 21 years of age, unemployed, and at least six months in receipt of specific social welfare payments... more »