Dairygold has partnered for the first time with some of Munster’s leading pharma companies BioPharmaChem Ireland and Munster Technological University (MTU) on their new industry-led Laboratory Apprenticeship Programme. The programme will be delivered at the Munster Technical University Cork campus in September 2022.
The programme has seen fantastic growth since inception in 2018 and has given many candidates the opportunity to gain their science qualifications while benefitting from hands-on work experience at some of Ireland’s most successful companies.
As part of the programme, Dairygold Agri-Business is seeking applicants for two laboratory analyst (two-year Level 6 Certification of Science) apprenticeship positions. This is a two-year programme that will see the successful apprentice work three days on site per week in Dairygold’s high-tech Analytical Services Laboratory at Lombardstown Mill and spend two days per week at Munster Technological University.
The programme is designed for those who wish to develop a career in the laboratory environment of food and drink, biopharmaceutical, chemical manufacturing, medical devices and diagnostics and analytical testing laboratory sectors. Successful applicants will gain industry experience and mentoring all while gaining a national qualification. The programme is suitable for leaving certificate students, career changers, mature students, those with an equivalent qualification, who have an interest in pursuing a career in science or anyone looking to retrain or upskill in this sector.
The Dairygold Analytical Services Laboratory opened in 1987 and received INAB accreditation in 1989, the first in the industry to do so. The state-of-the-art facility is equipped to analyse the full range of proximate, trace elements, pesticides, residues, toxins and vitamins in water, food, feed, supplements, soil, herbage and grass.