{"id":2257,"date":"2025-01-30T21:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T21:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/further-education-and-training-fet-service\/quality-assurance\/quality-assurance-development-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T11:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T11:12:36","slug":"governance-and-management-of-quality-assurance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/ga\/further-education-and-training-fet-service\/quality-assurance\/governance-and-management-of-quality-assurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Rialachas agus Bainisti\u00fa an Dearbhaithe C\u00e1il\u00edochta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2257\" class=\"elementor elementor-2257\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f4efe e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"21f4efe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a045f09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a045f09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rialachas agus Bainisti\u00fa an Dearbhaithe C\u00e1il\u00edochta<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84a157b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"84a157b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fb3c2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fb3c2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">T\u00e1 tionscadal ar si\u00fal faoi l\u00e1thair chun strucht\u00fair, beartais agus n\u00f3sanna imeachta nua a fhorbairt chun rialachas an dearbhaithe c\u00e1il\u00edochta a bhainisti\u00fa i gcomhr\u00e9ir le ceanglais Threoirl\u00ednte QA L\u00e1rnacha agus Earn\u00e1la nua QQI. De r\u00e9ir mar a dh\u00e9antar strucht\u00fair nua a fhorbairt agus a fhaomhadh, foilseofar anseo iad.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00c27e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00c27e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Strucht\u00fair Reatha chun Dearbh\u00fa C\u00e1il\u00edochta a Rialachas agus a Bhainisti\u00fa<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed90875 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ed90875\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-686b3ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"686b3ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">T\u00e1 LOETB \u00e1 rial\u00fa ag Bord ar a bhfuil 21 chomhalta, agus t\u00e1 Pr\u00edomhfheidhmeannach (CE) LOETB freagrach ar deireadh as maoirseacht a dh\u00e9anamh ar Bhreisoideachas agus Oili\u00faint agus ar a bheartais agus a n\u00f3sanna imeachta dearbhaithe c\u00e1il\u00edochta.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b2ab3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b2ab3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/org1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2261\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/org1.png 724w, https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/org1-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31b737a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31b737a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\"><p>Tuairisc\u00edonn an Sti\u00farth\u00f3ir Breisoideachais agus Oili\u00fana (FET) don CE agus t\u00e1 freagracht oibr\u00edocht\u00fail air as Seirbh\u00eds\u00ed agus gn\u00edomha\u00edocht FET a chomhord\u00fa agus a bhainisti\u00fa, agus t\u00e1 s\u00e9 freagrach as sol\u00e1thar FET ar ardchaighde\u00e1n agus freagr\u00fail a phlean\u00e1il agus a shol\u00e1thar agus as rialachas agus bainisti\u00fa FET, chomh maith le Foireann Bainist\u00edochta FET a chomhord\u00fa agus a bheith freagrach as plean\u00e1il lucht saothair agus bainist\u00edocht feidhm\u00edochta.<\/p><p>T\u00e1 Foireann Bainist\u00edochta FET comhdh\u00e9anta de Sti\u00farth\u00f3ir FET agus ochtar bainisteoir\u00ed a bhfuil freagrachta\u00ed ar leith orthu maidir leis an tSeirbh\u00eds FET \u2013 C\u00e1il\u00edocht, Scileanna, Cuimsi\u00fa, Conair\u00ed, Print\u00edseachta\u00ed, Mount Lucas, agus tri\u00far Bainisteoir\u00ed FET at\u00e1 freagrach as Tionscadail Strait\u00e9iseacha. Tuairisc\u00edonn Bainisteoir\u00ed FET go d\u00edreach do Sti\u00farth\u00f3ir FET. Tagann Foireann Bainist\u00edochta FET le ch\u00e9ile go rialta chun saincheisteanna oibr\u00edocht\u00fala agus strait\u00e9iseacha a phl\u00e9.<\/p><p>Leagtar amach sa l\u00e9ar\u00e1id th\u00edos an strucht\u00far bainist\u00edochta \/ tuairiscithe l\u00edne reatha i Seirbh\u00eds\u00ed FET LOETB.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc9c5a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc9c5a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Org-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2260\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Org-3.png 859w, https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Org-3-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Org-3-768x411.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4f4e6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4f4e6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\"><h6>Dearbh\u00fa c\u00e1il\u00edochta Breisoideachais agus Oili\u00fana Strucht\u00fair Rialachais<\/h6><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-505fd7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"505fd7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FET-Governance-Structure.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2259\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FET-Governance-Structure.png 631w, https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FET-Governance-Structure-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58db37f elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58db37f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/loetb.ie\/fet-SMT\">Foireann Bainist\u00edochta Sinseara\u00ed LOETB<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loetb.ie\/fet-quality-council\">Comhairle C\u00e1il\u00edochta FET<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loetb.ie\/fet-programme-development-and-review-group\">Gr\u00fapa\u00ed Forbartha agus Athbhreithnithe Cl\u00e1ir<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loetb.ie\/fet-forum\">F\u00f3ram FET<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loetb.ie\/fet-qaforum\">F\u00f3ram C\u00e1il\u00edochta FET<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loetb.ie\/apprenticeship-consortium-steering-group\">Gr\u00fapa Sti\u00fartha an Chuibhreannais Print\u00edseachta<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loetb.ie\/quality-policy-development-and-review-groups\">Gr\u00fapa\u00ed Forbartha agus Athbhreithnithe Beartais ar Ardchaighde\u00e1n<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loetb.ie\/national-programmen-board\">Bord an Chl\u00e1ir N\u00e1isi\u00fanta<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loetb.ie\/loetb-results-approval-panel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pain\u00e9al Formheasa na dTortha\u00ed<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loetb.ie\/national-examination-board\">Bord N\u00e1isi\u00fanta na Scr\u00faduithe<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governance and Management of Quality Assurance A project is currently underway to develop new structures, policies and procedures to manage the governance of quality assurance in line with the requirements of QQI\u2019s new Core and Sectoral QA Guidelines. As new structures are developed and approved, they will be published here. Current Structures for the Governance and Management of Quality Assurance LOETB is governed by a Board comprising of 21 members, and the Chief Executive (CE) of LOETB is ultimately responsible for the oversight of Further Education and Training and its quality assurance policies and procedures. The Director of Further Education and Training (FET) reports to the CE and has operational responsibility for the coordination and management of FET Services and activity, and is responsible for the planning and delivery of high quality and responsive FET provision and the governance and management of FET, as well as coordinating a FET Management Team and having responsibility for workforce planning and performance management. The FET Management Team is made up of the Director of FET and eight managers with distinct responsibilities in relation to the FET Service \u2013 Quality, Skills, Inclusion, Pathways, Apprenticeships, Mount Lucas, and three FET Managers with responsibility for Strategic Projects. The FET Managers report directly to the Director of FET. The FET Management Team meets regularly to discuss operational and strategic issues. The diagram below outlines the current line management \/ reporting structure in LOETB FET Services. Further Education and Training quality assurance\u00a0Governance Structures LOETB Senior Management Team FET Quality Council Programme Development and Review Groups FET Forum FET Quality Forum Apprenticeship Consortium Steering Group Quality Policy Development and Review Groups National Programme Board Results Approval Panel National Examination Board<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2170,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"left-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2257","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2257"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5553,"href":"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2257\/revisions\/5553"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.loetb.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}