10th July 2005, 12:04 PM
If you have been employed by a company prior to getting your safe pass, then the company is legally obliged to pay for the course.
The situation has developed over the last couple of years where companies generally will not employ anyone without a safe pass in order to save themselves some money.
As for the cost, I haven't seen it as mush as 200 euro yet but generally Lucy is right when she says its more expensive in Dublin.
I've had to arrange a few courses and obviously its cheaper if you can get a group to do it. Similarly, when i did mine, i did one that didn't provide a lunch so it was slightly cheaper.
As far as i am aware, you cannot do the safe pass course outside ireland, but you can book in advance, come over, do the course and start work imediately. Believe me, its impossible to fail
The situation has developed over the last couple of years where companies generally will not employ anyone without a safe pass in order to save themselves some money.
As for the cost, I haven't seen it as mush as 200 euro yet but generally Lucy is right when she says its more expensive in Dublin.
I've had to arrange a few courses and obviously its cheaper if you can get a group to do it. Similarly, when i did mine, i did one that didn't provide a lunch so it was slightly cheaper.
As far as i am aware, you cannot do the safe pass course outside ireland, but you can book in advance, come over, do the course and start work imediately. Believe me, its impossible to fail