Students at Kilkenny City Vocational School complete Safe Pass course

Students from Kilkenny City Vocational School successfully completed their Safe Pass training with the Construction Industry Federation and SOLAS before Christmas.

Safe Pass is the national mandatory safety training for the construction industry and students from the college undertook the training as part of their transition year and senior cycle programmes.

Dermot Carey, Director, Safety & Training at CIF congratulated the students and wished them well over the coming year. “Congratulations to the students of Kilkenny City Vocational School on completing their Safe Pass training. Ms Purcell and the school must be commended for giving their students every opportunity to develop their skills and their career options.”

Students from Kilkenny and across Ireland are undertaking Safe Pass training with Construction Industry Federation as part of Transition Year, Leaving Cert and Leaving Cert Applied courses in schools this year. The initiative is part of the CIF’s Careers Campaign to support students interested in a career in the construction industry

According to Jane Purcell, a teacher with Kilkenny City Vocational School, who coordinated the training: “The students really enjoyed the day. Our trainer was patient and kind with our students, and we really appreciated his time with us.”

“Across Ireland from civil engineers, architects, site managers to work experience labourers, Safe Pass is what we all have in common and it is the gateway to some great career options for the future. I hope  Kilkenny City Vocational School enjoyed the training and learned a lot,” said Dermot Carey, Construction Industry Federation.""