Our responsibilities to you and your responsibilities to us.
All courses involve attendance at various times and on various dates for varying duration depending on the course option chosen. We guarantee to provide all tutorials as advertised in literature specific to each course. It is the student’s responsibility to attend every tutorial. If a student misses any tutorial it may be possible, depending on the course, to attend the same tutorial on a different date and, possibly, at a different venue. Should a student wish to attend a missed tutorial they must pay a repeat tutorial fee. Where advance notification is given prior to a course starting date, it may be possible, subject to availability, for a student to attend on a different date and at a different venue without incurring any additional charge. This is not possible without approval prior to the course start date except where the Educational Committee of the National Training Centre have offered approval in response to a written student request where genuine compassionate or medical reasons have been offered. Where an individual’s ability to attend has been influenced by a medical reason, an opportunity to repeat may be offered and the fee payable waived. Medical reasons for non-attendance must be confirmed by means of a medical certificate and any social reason for missing a weekend e. g. wedding, holiday etc. will not be considered valid justification for waiving the repeat fee unless notification was given at the time of enrollment.
Students are eligible to sit final examinations irrespective of the number of tutorials attended, although the ability to pass final examinations, particularly those of a practical nature, diminishes in proportion to the number of missed tutorials. On courses which require it, students must complete their Learner Workbook and submit it on the specified days or dates. Failure to submit any of the required tasks precludes the student from qualification and graduation.
Any student who has a learning difficulty should bring this fact to the attention of our administration staff in advance of securing a place on their chosen course of studies. Alternatively, you can ask to speak to a senior tutor in confidence before paying any fees. NTC will always support students with learning difficulties as best we can, within our limitations.
The National Training Centre has set rules and regulations regarding professional attendance, time-keeping, personal appearance, conduct, etc. You agree to abide by such conditions, our Code of Ethics and National Standards and Guidelines.
All applicants for courses have a responsibility to ensure that they are not suffering from any illness or injury which may prevent their complete participation on the course. Applicants must also ensure that they do not suffer from any communicable disease and furthermore, should they contract such a disease during the term where they are participating on the course, that they will not attend for the duration of the period during which they could infect fellow students.
Before paying any deposit or course fees you must ensure that you have read all the information available regarding each course, including all published data on the National Training Centre website at www.ntc.ie and any downloadable literature which may be available for individual courses. If you would prefer a printed copy of the course literature please contact our office of administration and we will arrange a copy for you. Having read all available information please ask any additional questions you may have by telephone or at any open days or interviews. We want you to make the right choice.
The eligibility requirements for courses vary. Please check that you meet the eligibility requirements outlined for each course, where applicable, before enrolling. It is each student’s individual responsibility to ensure that they meet any and all eligibility requirements prior to enrollment and failure to do so may result in a student’s inability to complete a course or to receive any certificate or qualification resulting from participation.
Students who fail to complete any course will receive no refund of course fees paid and course fees which are owing will still have to be paid. For courses which allow booking through the payment of a deposit, any deposits paid are non-refundable in all circumstances and any balance of course fees which have been paid, either separately or as part of a single payment which includes the deposit and / or balance payment, may only be refunded in line with the advertised refund policy. Places on programmes of education are non-transferrable in all instances. Where there is a medical reason why a student is unable to commence or complete a course where fees have already been paid, they may apply to the National Training Centre to defer their participation to a later date. All deferral requests must be made in writing and be accompanied by relevant medical certification. Deferrals may only be granted, subject to availability. The decision of the National Training Centre in all such matters is final.
Where written notice of non-participation is received, fees, excluding the advertised deposit amount of the course, will be refunded on the following scale:
Refunds will not be considered in any circumstances once a course has started. All course fees must be paid once the course has started. If you must drop out of a course due to illness (or other reason), remaining course fees must be paid in full. For courses which have provision for the payment of fees by installment, students must complete and return an installment form at the time of enrollment. The facility to pay by installment is not a ‘Pay As You Go’ facility. The installment facility is intended to allow students to spread the payment of course fees over a specified time period. At the time of enrollment the student accepts that all of the course fees must be paid whether they complete the course or not. Non-payment of fees due by installment may result in a student being refused permission to continue with their participation on the course, to sit examinations, to receive examination results or to receive certification and all outstanding fees will remain due. If students face any unforeseen circumstances which have a negative impact on their ability to pay installments due, they should contact the NTC office of administration as soon as possible. Advanced certification programmes which do not have an option for payment of deposit and balance, are not eligible for the refund policy and all fees paid will be forfeited in the event of a student cancellation or non-attendance. Course registrations completed online are subject to the Consumer Rights Directive and you have the right to cancel your booking for any reason within 14 days provided that the course has not started within that period. If a cancellation notice is received within the required time period, the National Training Centre are obliged to refund your payment in full within 14 days of receiving such notice of cancellation.
Due to the nature of dissection courses whereby many items, including cadavers, must be booked and paid for at least six months ahead of the scheduled course date, a different refund policy exists. Where written notice of non-participation is received, fees will be refunded on the following scale:
Refunds will not be considered in any circumstances less than twelve weeks before the course start date. If you must drop out of a course due to illness (or other reason), remaining course fees must be paid in full. If students face any unforeseen circumstances which have a negative impact on their ability to pay fees due, they should contact the NTC office of administration as soon as possible. In some instances refunds will have the PayPal transaction fee deducted from any amount due. This occurs when PayPal will not refund the transaction fee to NTC. In instances where PayPal do refund the transaction fee to NTC this will also be refunded to the student. Course registrations completed online are subject to the Consumer Rights Directive and you have the right to cancel your booking for any reason within 14 days. If a cancellation notice is received within the required time period, the National Training Centre are obliged to refund your payment in full within 14 days of receiving such notice of cancellation.
Students wishing to sit final examination for the National Qualification in Exercise, Health Studies and Personal Training must pay examination fees at approximately week 12 of the programme. The cost for assessment for the National Qualification in Exercise, Health Studies and Personal Training Upgrade Course must be paid when registering for assessment. Where applicable the cost of examination and assessment for all other programmes is included in the course fee.
When making an online booking our payment services are primarily handled by Stripe Inc., who are one of the world’s leading providers of e-commerce payment solutions. They handle billions of euro in transactions per annum on behalf many thousands of clients. These transactions for NTC may be processed in Euro (€), US Dollar ($) or Sterling (£) depending on the course booking. You should note that when paying with a card which is issued outside the Euro currency zone, your card issuer may make additional charges for currency conversion etc.
Any prevention, delay or stoppage due to strikes, lockouts, labour disputes, acts of God, including but not limited to adverse weather conditions, acts of war, terrorist acts, inability to obtain services, labour, or materials or reasonable substitutes therefor, governmental actions, civil commotions, fire or other casualty, pandemic, and other causes beyond the reasonable control of the party obligated to perform, except with respect to the obligations imposed with regard to payment of fees, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these terms and conditions, shall excuse the performance of such party for a period equal to any such prevention, delay or stoppage and, therefore, where a course specifies a time period for performance of an obligation of either party, that time period shall be extended by the period of any delay in such party’s performance caused by a Force Majeure. During a Force Majeure event the method for delivery of content may be changed, where possible, to ensure continuity of education.
For students to get the best out of their time at the National Training Centre, we must both recognise that we owe obligations to each other. Our obligations require us to deliver and support your individual programme of study and we want your experience with us to be positive and enriching. At the same time, we have to balance the interests and entitlements of many other students and our obligations to manage finite resources efficiently. Your obligations include pursuing your studies diligently, treating fellow students and staff with respect and abiding by the National Training Centre’s rules and regulations. The purpose of this section is to set out clearly and in detail what your and our obligations are. When you accept the offer of a place at the National Training Centre, a legal contract will come into existence between you and the National Training Centre. The terms and conditions of the contract are as set out below and your acceptance of a place is expressly subject to them.
NTC agrees, subject to these conditions, to deliver the Programme with reasonable care and skill and to make available to you learning support facilities and other services as it considers appropriate.
NTC may make changes to the Programme as it was originally described. These changes typically result from moving Programmes to new or improved buildings or sites; timetabling alterations; changes to optional modules or other syllabus changes which may result from staff turnover, student numbers required to provide an adequate student experience, improvements in technology or developments in the subject; changes to placements or changes to the Regulations to address requirements of external bodies or to make improvements.
If such changes are required and may reasonably be expected to have a significant adverse effect on you, or NTC discontinues or merges the Programme or combines it with other programmes of study, NTC will give you as much notice as it can, take your views into account; and take reasonable steps to minimise those effects.
NTC will not be liable for any failure or delay in performing its obligations if the failure or delay is due to any cause beyond NTC’s reasonable control, which includes (without limitation), any governmental action, any act or omission of third parties which wholly or partly provide or fund the Programme, political unrest, fire, flood, war, strike or other labour dispute, staff illness, public health concern, extreme weather conditions, natural disaster or act of God.
NTC shall be entitled to end this Agreement immediately by notice in writing to you in the following circumstances:
You agree to comply with your obligations under these conditions and the following:
It is your responsibility to ensure that tuition fees in respect of the Programme (as stated in programme specific documents and on programme specific web pages) (‘the Fees’), and all other expenses relating to the Programme, are paid in line with the advertised fee structure of the Programme. Unless NTC agrees otherwise in writing, the Fees should be paid at the beginning of the Programme or Academic Year, whether directly by you, or on your behalf by a third party (such as your employer or sponsor). Where someone else is responsible for payment on your behalf, you must ensure that they do so. You remain responsible if they do not pay.
If the Fees due to NTC remain unpaid 28 days after the date they are due NTC shall be entitled:
You must comply with the following policies, codes, rules, regulations and requirements of NTC:
You will be entitled to the IPR in theses, dissertations, exercises and answers to tests, assignment tasks and examinations produced solely and exclusively by you as part of your course-work or research except where:
NTC does not accept responsibility, and expressly excludes liability, for the following, in respect of which you are advised to arrange appropriate insurance cover
If at any time NTC terminates this Agreement as a result of its rights under these conditions or if this Agreement terminates automatically:
On street pay and display parking is available at NTC’s Dublin venue. It is your responsibility to ensure that any relevant parking fees are paid and NTC cannot be held responsible in any manner for any fees payable by you as a result of failure to comply with parking requirements. Some regional venues may provide parking and you agree to comply with any requirements relating to the use of any facilities provided to you. You have no automatic right to park at any venue.
If you have enrolled online you have the right to cancel this contract within fourteen days without giving any reason. To exercise this right to cancel you must inform NTC in a clear statement (i. e. by letter, email or by telephone) of your decision to cancel this contract. To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired. If you cancel this contract, NTC will reimburse to you all payments received from you not later than 14 days after the day on which NTC is informed of your decision to cancel. NTC will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise. Your right to cancel will be waived if, before any cancellation period has expired, you complete the full Programme enrolment form.
NTC may use and process personal data or information regarding you whilst you are a student of NTC and after you have left NTC. By accepting a place on the Programme and enrolling you are consenting to NTC processing data you give, including sensitive personal data, for the purposes and in the manner set out in this Condition. Sensitive personal data includes information held by NTC as to your physical or mental health, sexual life, racial/ethnic origin, the commission or alleged commission of any offence by you and any proceedings for an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by you (including the outcome or sentence in such proceedings). The purposes for which NTC may process your personal data (including sensitive personal data) include:
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in NTC’s web pages and in the associated pages. The information presented within this website is accurate at the time of publication. Whilst every effort is made to provide accurate, up-to-date information, neither NTC or our Web Team can be held responsible for any errors or omissions. Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions reserves the right to make changes to the information given. Applicants will receive additional, current information during the admissions process and on joining NTC.
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Last Updated: December 5th 2024
ONSITE LESSONS
Practical classes take place either at NTC or SPORTSCO, Ringsend, Dublin 4
Saturday from 10:30am to 1pm and 2pm to 4:30pm
October 2024 – 12th♦, 19th, 26th
November 2024 – 2nd, 9th, 23rd, 30th
December 2024 – 7th, 14th
January 2025 – 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th♦
February 2025 – 1st, 8th♦, 15th, 22nd
Examinations and/or class will start at 9:30am on dates indicated with ♦
ONLINE LESSONS
Tuesday and Thursday Evenings from 7pm to 9pm
(Recordings available afterwards)
October 2024 – 15th, 17th, 22nd, 29th, 31st
November 2024 – 5th, 7th, 12th, 14th, 19th, 21st, 26th, 28th
December 2024 – 3rd, 5th, 10th, 12th
January 2025 – 7th, 9th, 14th, 16th, 21st, 23rd, 28th, 30th
PROVISIONAL PRACTICAL EXAMINATION DATES
February 2025 – 23rd March 2025 – 1st, 2nd
(Individual and group times will be issued by the NTC examination’s office)
OPTIONAL FREE COURSE
National Qualification in Kettlebell Training
January 19th, 2025 – Sunday from 10:00-17:00