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DT035
Electrical Services & Energy Management

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Undergraduate awards typically reflect three to five years of study after secondary school and include Ordinary (Level 7) and Honours Bachelor Degrees and Higher Diplomas (Level 8's).

Undergraduate awards may be achieved directly or through a series of progression steps. Learners may choose to progress upwards from a Level 5 to a Level 6, Level 7 and finally a Level 8.

Undergraduate awards are awarded by the QQI, HEA or Higher Education Institutes.

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3rd level Graduates are qualified for a wide range of occupations, and their education prepares them for roles involving specific skills, and for coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, computer programmers, teachers, chemists, environmental engineers, criminal investigators, and financial analysts.

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Electrical Services and Energy Management graduates will be equipped with the fundamental engineering, management and design skills necessary to design electrical services for facilities, and manage the energy consumption within facilities.

Graduates will have a thorough knowledge of the electrical services engineering, which includes, safety, power distribution and information network systems, cabling/wiring systems, energy management systems and the application of these to various industries such as data centres, manufacturing, large commercial, multinational facilities, etc.

Health & safety awareness and application, together with all relevant legislation is integral to the course. Students are taught about the management of these facilities to the highest international standards to ensure graduates can operate and maintain large facilities.


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PLC courses leading to the following QQI Major Awards may be used for entry into this course.

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Old Code New Code Award Title
  5M0536  Computer Systems and Networks
  5M17814  Computer Systems & Networks
ACADX  5M1940  Computer Aided Design
CENGT  5M2061  Engineering Technology
CSSTX  5M2109  Security Systems Technology
  5M2564  Computer Network & Maintenance
CCONT  5M5010  Construction Technology
CCNMX    Computer and Network Maintenance
CCTXX    Control Technology
CELTX    Electronic Technology
CITXX    Information Technology

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Career opportunities are excellent. In recent years all of the graduates have gained excellent opportunities for employment or have opted to engage in research. The industrial links coupled with the work placement and the final year project mean that the BSc in Electrical Services and Energy Management is the ‘go-to’ programme for prospective employers in this sector.

Graduates have gained employment in a diverse range of industries that includes food production, manufacturing, data centres, wind farms, and electrical consultancy. Companies such as Intel, AECOM, Wind Prospect, ESB, ESB International, Mercury Engineering, JV Tierney and Amazon are among those who have employed our graduates, many of whom have progressed into technical management roles with high salaries.



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