Group Work Experience

Equipeople can design work experience programmes to suit a school's individual needs. They can be of a one month duration or more and can be tailor-made to the demands of the school.

Fees for our services depend on the requirements of the school and the programme desired. Here are a few examples of some of this year's groups to date.

115 students from Austria

These students came over for a fourteen week work experience on a variety of Irish farms. We gave a three hour orientation seminar in Austria, provided and monitored placements, met students at the airport, organised onward travel, provided a Welcome Pack for each student detailing life in Ireland, its agriculture and places of interest both nationally and locally, visited each student on site and provided emergency backup. A high level of service was required by the school, but a very large number of students, so our fee was €270.00 per student.

10 Students from Sweden

These were dairy students who required a six week placement on a dairy farm. No orientation seminar was needed in Sweden but we organised a one-day orientation seminar in Ireland, along with meals and accommodation for two nights. Equipeople arranged the onward travel, airport collection, Welcome Packs and one site visit to each student. Although a small number of students, quite a high level of service. The cost equated to €400.00 per student.

25 Students from Poland

Work experience placement for two months, no orientation seminar requested, we arranged onward travel and monitored and provided emergency backup service. Each student received at least one phone call from us to ensure that the placement was going well. Medium number of students but we provided only placement and emergency service, so a low rate of €270.00 per student.

60 students from Sweden

This is a private school who stressed that they wanted a very high level of service and that the cost was not really an issue. They required a three month work placement, orientation seminar in Sweden and a two day orientation seminar in Ireland including agricultural language classes and a one day cultural trip around Dublin along with three nights accommodation, meals and evening entertainment. Equipeople guided the school on a bus tour around Dublin visiting historic buildings, streets and the main shopping area. Each student received a site visit and phone call from us during their stay. This group contained a high number of students and a very high level of service was required so a high fee of €500.00 per applicant was the price for this group.

17 students from France

These students are studying landscaping in a horticultural college. They are coming for four weeks during September and will be placed doing landscaping projects. Each student will be staying with a family and will have a landscape project to complete from start to finish. They will be required to keep a detailed record of the project from start to completion. We have organised placements and will provide emergency backup but will not be doing site visits. Our fee for this group is €270.00 per student.

Our programmes are extremely flexible and are designed with the school's needs in mind. Equipeople meet all groups at Dublin airport, provide Welcome Packs and organise the onward travel to the hosts' farms.