Clare's PLC options run from workboat masters to aviation-apprenticeship prep.
A Holland Code interest profile matched against over 1,870 PLC courses nationwide — including specialist local options like Kilrush's Workboat Master Traineeship, the first of its kind in Ireland.
PLC courses rarely get the same structured attention the CAO does
LCETB runs Further Education and Training across seven Clare campuses — Ennis, two at Shannon, Kilrush, Miltown Malbay, Scariff and Ennistymon — each with its own specialism rather than one generic FET building. Kilrush alone runs Ireland's first Workboat Master Traineeship.
The PLC Course Match Test treats the further-education route with the same structure as everything else: a proper interest profile, scored against a genuinely national database, so the shortlist you get back reflects fit rather than whatever course happened to be in a leaflet.
Three steps to your PLC shortlist
Build your interest profile
A RIASEC assessment — the same Holland Code framework used across CourseCompass's tests — mapping what genuinely interests you rather than what sounds impressive on paper.
Get matched against 1,870+ courses
Your profile is scored against a nationwide database of over 1,870 PLC courses, well beyond the shortlist any one guidance counsellor could realistically hold in their head.
Receive your top 10
A ranked list of your top 10 PLC matches, each with a personalised explanation of the fit and a direct link to apply.
A real Irish company, not an anonymous website
Career Guidance Clare is powered by CourseCompass, an Irish company that works directly with schools and students on CAO decision-making — not a faceless test generator.
Real reviews, published with permission
These are genuine testimonials from CourseCompass users — see the full reviews page for more.
“I liked that CourseCompass looked beyond just CAO points. The questions covered interests, preferences and other areas that helped build a more complete picture. It gave my daughter some options to research that we probably wouldn't have thought about ourselves.”
“I went into the test without really knowing what I wanted to do. The results gave me a few different options and, more importantly, made me think about what I actually enjoy and what I could see myself doing. It definitely made researching my CAO choices easier.”
“I found the test really easy to get through and it didn't feel like I was just answering the same question over and over. What I liked most was seeing why certain courses were recommended for me. It gave me a much better starting point for researching my CAO choices.”
Get a further-education shortlist built from your own interests.
A Holland Code interest profile, matched against over 1,870 PLC courses nationwide.
- Your top 10 PLC course matches from a database of 1,870+ courses
- A Holland Code (RIASEC) interest profile
- A personalised explanation for each match
- A direct link to apply for every course in your shortlist