My son loves woodwork and furniture design. Are CAO options available?

My son has at all times been good together with his arms. He developed a fascination with wooden throughout transition yr and now desires to review furnishings design and manufacture in school. What are his choices by way of the CAO?

It’s nice when a young person develops a ardour for one thing so early. In case your son feels that is the route for him, there are a fairly few programs accessible by way of the CAO.

Inside design (TU975) at Technological College Dublin in Grangegorman is one. It’s all concerning the artwork or means of designing the inside ornament of a room or constructing, and the way we expertise areas and the objects in them. Graduates discover work in design practices, architectural companies, furnishings manufacturing companies, show and exhibition firms and as personal designers.

There are 5 different furniture-related programs provided by way of the CAO at Atlantic Technological College (ATU) Connemara’s (previously Galway-Mayo Institute of Know-how) faculty of design and artistic arts. It’s a great match for these in search of an academic journey in wooden that integrates creativity with profession choices.

Programmes provided embody the BSc (Hons) Furnishings Design and Manufacture, the BSc (Hons) Furnishings Making and Architectural Woodworking, and the preliminary instructor training (ITE) programme – BSc (Hons) in Training (Design, Graphics, and Development). The factors for these programmes final yr ranged from about 335-400.

There’s a sturdy demand for college kids on the Furnishings Design and Manufacture programme and the Furnishings Making and Architectural Woodworking programme given the scarcity of expert professionals within the woodworking, fit-out, and furnishings industries.

The fashionable workshops and studios at ATU Connemara present college students with the instruments they should flip their concepts into purposeful creations. The curriculum additionally contains managerial and entrepreneurial modules.

A community of sturdy trade connections ensures college students are effectively ready for the workforce, and their year-long work placements present invaluable real-world expertise.

For these fascinated by following a profession path in instructing, the ITE programme ensures aspiring educators obtain good preparation for the classroom.

The college placement element goes past routine commentary, encouraging student-teachers to actively interact with college students, plan classes and produce their artistic design expertise into their supply within the classroom.

From changing into revolutionary designers and expert makers, to taking over roles in venture administration and development, or to instructing the subsequent technology, the chances on this sector are many and various.

CAO isn’t the one possibility, after all. Many faculties of additional training supply these choices. Dún Laoghaire Additional Training Institute, for instance, presents a one-year degree 5 course in furnishings design and making, with the choice of progressing to a degree six. There are related programs in Bray, Sligo, Inchicore and elsewhere. Verify FetchCourses.ie or Qualifax.ie for extra info.

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