Upcoming Events
CPD Engagement Programme
SETU CPD Engagement Programme for Industry
SETU Carlow Department of Built Environment is running a New In-person CPD Engagment Programme for Industry.
The programme consists of 4 CPD seminars throughout the year. Each session will have an interactive workshop element that will ensure there is collaboration and peer to peer learning benefits for candidates.
Overview of Seminars:
10th March Applying Assertiveness in the Construction Industry
16th June Understanding Site Investigations
29th September Geothermal Energy
24th November Applying modern surveying and GPS techniques in Civil Engineering and Construction Projects
Benefits of CPD:
- Keeping skills up to date
- Linking learning to practice
- Ensure credentials remain current
Seminar 2: Understanding Site Investigations
The Problem
- Have you ever looked into an excavation and pondered whether it’s good enough to support your foundation or are the sides stable?
- Have you ever picked up excavated soil and wondered “what is it”? Is it soft or loose or firm or stiff or dense? And what does soft or loose or firm or stiff or dense mean to foundations?
- Have you ever come across the term CBR but not realised there are different types of CBR values for different construction uses?
The Presenter
Brian O’Byrne is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at SETU Carlow, a Fellow of Engineers Ireland and a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Health and Safety Practitioner and Registered Ground Engineering Professional (RoGEP – Adviser Level), ICE. He has more than 30 years experience working with Civil Contractors, Geotechnical Contractors and Engineering Consultants.
Recent Events
Offshore Wind for Professionals
Offshore Wind for Professionals
Two-Day Specialised Training Course
The Faculty of Engineering at SETU and the Engineering the South East Cluster are partnering with Dutch offshore energy training provider DOB-Academy to deliver a bespoke training programme on April 5th and 6th in the SETU Waterford Campus for those active/interested in the Offshore wind sector in Ireland.
DOB-Academy specialise in Offshore Energy for professionals and have successfully delivered programmes for many of the sectors largest international players.
From Government stakeholder to SME, whatever your level of involvement in Offshore wind is, this programme has elements that will be relevant to you. For further information click here
This programme is part funded by the Green Tech Skillnet.
To express an interest please click here or contact Stephen Rooney (Stephen.rooney@setu.ie).
Toys 4 Engineers
Toys4Engineers 2022
The countdown is on to this years Toys4Engineers Conference taking place on 6th October 2022 at SETU Arena, Waterford.
This is a must attend event for anyone in Engineering, Tech, Pharma and Renewable energy industries. Engineering the South East has partnered with Waterford Chamber this year in order to get more of the regions cluster companies taking part in the event.
Engineering / Manufacturing Breakfast Briefings
Engineering the South East recently held breakfast briefings in Carlow, Waterford and Wexford organised in conjunction with South East Regional Skills Forum & South East Technological University.
These events were designed to brief those in the engineering and manufacturing industries on new and upcoming upskilling opportunities available to their staff. Representatives from SETU, Skillnets and the local Education & Training Board were in attendance to discuss training needs and offerings.
If you missed our breakfast briefings and would like some advice on training opportunities get in touch with us today.
Recent Events
Attracting Interns and Graduates for Engineering
Recruitment and retention is a huge problem for our Cluster members so we recently ran an event for our regional SME`S
who we interested in learning what measures they can put in place to strengthen their position
as attractive employers for young graduates
Benefits of the initiative:
- Clarification of what Internships or placements should involve from the employers perspective
- Creating awareness of recruitment timelines that work for both student and employer
- What Recruitment Programmes are and why they work
- Best practice for recruitment & retention of graduates (activity that employers need to be doing)
- Clarification to industry exactly what skills a graduate will have (ie what they will know, both when qualified and at the different stages of their degree)
Impacts of the initiative:
Companies are taking more initiative in their long-term recruitment strategy. Companies realise the value of getting students working in their business before they actually graduate. To avail of this the IoT’s offer a function to advertise Part-Time work for engineering students so that companies can start creating relationships with potential talent early.
We are working on an initiative to get Cluster members utilising the “Final Year Project” as a tool to increase engagement with students and bring more relevance to their project.
ESE is working with some of the Cluster member companies on a series of lunch box talks where some of their staff will present to the engineering students themselves.
Companies involved:
- Delmec
- PB Machine Tech
- Pneumatics & Sensors Ireland
- Bolster Group
- BRG Geological
- Carlow Toolmaking
- Seerys Foods
- Murphy Precast
- Clancy Construction
- Airconmech
- Oglesby and Butler
- CDS Metalwork / Duggan Lynch
- Horan Automation
Latest News
23 May 2022
Really good insights from a number of the regions energy solutions providers at Waterford Chamber recent “Going Green for Business” event which was held at the South East Technological University. The scale and impact of some of the case studies from Enerpower, 3 Counties Energy Agency (3cea) and Energia is really impressive. These are great examples of...
8th April 2022
Many thanks to Kieran Comerford and the team at inCarlow | Carlow Local Enterprise Office who organised a visit to the MACH 2022 manufacturing technology exhibition in the NEC Birmingham recently. It was great to have some of the Engineering the South East cluster members in attendance with us. #research #engineering #future #team #collaboration
7th April 2022
SEAM Research Centre recently hosted a number of Engineering the South East cluster companies for a tour of the facilities this week. Dr Ramesh Raghavendra, SEAM Centre Director, and the team are providing a great service and the cluster companies were really impressed with the equipment and capabilities that are...
8th March 2022
Engineering the South East are delighted to be part of The South East Engineering Festival which takes place from 4-11 March and is part of National Engineers Week. The event is organised by Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology, Carlow and aims to reach over 6000 primary and secondary school students over the...
7th March 2022
70% of Europe’s cars have components that are made on machines manufactured by TBE Ireland in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny. Last week our cluster members visited the TBE facility in order to learn how they have created a truly international business and how companies such as BMW have placed their trust in them. The...
11th February 2022
Engineering the South East were delighted to meet with Minister Simon Harris, Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science last week at the Institute of Technology, Carlow Wicklow Campus in Clermont House. Minister Harris was updated on proposals for the further development of the Campus. Of particular interest to the engineering cluster were...
4th February 2022
Thanks to the Magna International Autolaunch Ireland team who opened up their doors this week to Jones Engineering and Tanco for a collaborative cluster visit. The theme was “Quality Benchmarking for Engineering Processes” and demonstrated world class manufacturing and great peer to peer learning. #learning #engineering #team #collaboration
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