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VOCATIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNTIES SCHEME ( VTOS – Full-Time )

VOCATIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNTIES SCHEME ( VTOS – Full-Time )

Contact : Joseph Gray • Telephone : 045-434297 or 087-1889291 Email : josephgray @ kwetb . ie
You may qualify for VTOS if you are aged 21 years or over and you are :
• Getting , Jobseeker ’ s Benefit or Jobseeker ’ s Allowance or signing for credits for at least 6 months ( 156 days ) OR
• Getting One-Parent Family Payment , Disability Allowance , Illness Benefit * or Invalidity Pension for at least 6 months ( 156 days ) OR
• Getting Blind Pension , Deserted Wife ’ s Allowance / Benefit , Widow ' s , Widower ’ s or Surviving Civil Partner ’ s Contributory Pension , Widow ' s , Widower ’ s or Surviving Civil Partner ’ s Non-Contributory Pension OR
• Prisoner ’ s Wife ’ s Allowance for at least 6 months ( conditions may apply in the case of these payments ) OR
• A dependent spouse , civil partner or cohabitant of an eligible person .
• A person who received statutory redundancy , but who has not been in receipt of a qualifying payment for the required period .
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