Earn and Learn: A perfect path to career success
Dr Mary Liz Trant, director of National Apprenticeship Office, with Irish Rail apprentices Aaron Deane (electrician), Ellen Kellegher (fitter), Nathan Byrne (electrician), and Matthieu Taieb (HV mechanic).
Dr Mary-Liz Trant is a person who gets things done. When the National Apprenticeship Office (NAO) was established by SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority (HEA) in 2022, she was appointed as its director.
From the outset, the NAO was tasked with implementing the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025. This plan aims to expand the types of programmes available and increase the number of apprenticeships to 10,000 per year by 2025.
