Lir Business Services & Training Centre

25/08/2026

Thinking about developing your skills as a workplace trainer?

Training Needs Identification & Design (6N3325) is a QQI Level 6 component focused on an important part of effective training: understanding what people need to learn before deciding how the training should be designed.

The course explores areas such as identifying training needs, Training Needs Analysis, programme design, adult learning, learning outcomes, and assessment planning. It is particularly relevant if you train colleagues, support staff development, deliver induction, or help plan workplace learning.

📅 Starts: 7 September 2026
🕡 Time: 6:30pm–8:00pm
💻 Live Tutor-Led Online

Learners can also benefit from Tutor Support, the Lir Learner Community, Gamification, and the Lir AI Study Buddy as part of the learning experience.

Training Needs Identification & Design 6N3325 is one of the two QQI Level 6 components that combine to achieve the 6S3372 Training & Development Specific Purpose Award.

If this is relevant to the training responsibilities you have now — or would like to develop — you can explore the course and see whether it fits your next step.

Email [email protected] - https://training.lirbusinesscentre.com/courses/training-needs-identification-design-6n3325-live-tutor

24/08/2026

“I’m not good at maths — would I struggle with bookkeeping?”

It’s a question many people have when they first consider learning bookkeeping.

Bookkeeping isn’t about doing complicated calculations in your head. A large part of it is understanding the process and learning where information belongs.

Think of it as:

📝 Transaction → Record → Check → Balance

As you learn, you begin to understand how purchases, sales, cash transactions, VAT, ledgers and reconciliations fit together.

And if something doesn’t balance?

Finding the difference and correcting errors is part of bookkeeping too. Making a mistake while you’re learning doesn’t mean you can’t do it — learning how to identify and correct errors is an important skill in itself.

Bookkeeping (Manual & Computerised) 5N1354 is a QQI Level 5 Component Certificate designed to develop practical bookkeeping knowledge and skills.

The aim is to build your understanding step by step — not expect you to know it all before you begin.

22/08/2026

18/08/2026

Interested in learning how payroll actually works — not just how to use the software?

Our next Payroll (Manual & Computerised) 5N1546 – QQI Level 5 Live Tutor-Led course starts on 27 August 2026.

Payroll software can process calculations, but understanding what is happening behind those figures matters too. This practical course introduces learners to both manual and computerised payroll, helping you understand the processes behind payroll calculations and apply them in realistic payroll scenarios.

You’ll explore areas including:
🔹 PAYE, PRSI and USC
🔹 Cumulative payroll
🔹 Emergency and Week 1/Month 1 taxation
🔹 Weekly and monthly payroll
🔹 Payslips and payroll documentation
🔹 Computerised payroll processing

💻 Live Tutor-Led Online
📅 27 August – 1 October 2026
🕤 9:30am – 1:00pm
📚 QQI Level 5 | 5N1546

Level 5 is particularly suitable for people who are new to payroll, as well as those who have some practical experience and would like to develop a recognised payroll qualification.

If payroll is a skill you’d like to develop, you can explore the course and current learning options with Lir.

17/08/2026

Ever compared your bookkeeping records with your bank statement and wondered why the figures don’t match?

That’s where a bank reconciliation comes in.

A bank reconciliation involves comparing your bookkeeping records with your bank statement and identifying the reason for any differences.

For example, you may need to check for transactions that haven’t yet appeared in both records, entries that need reviewing or errors that need correcting.

It’s a useful bookkeeping process because it helps you:

✓ Check the accuracy of your records
✓ Identify differences or possible errors
✓ Keep financial information up to date
✓ Understand what’s happening behind the figures

Bank reconciliations are one of the practical areas covered in Bookkeeping (Manual & Computerised) 5N1354, a QQI Level 5 Component Certificate.

💬 Have you ever had to search for the one figure stopping everything from balancing?

17/08/2026

Choosing a course isn’t about finding the highest QQI level you can take.

A better starting point is to ask:

• What experience do I already have?
• Am I learning something new or building on skills I already use?
• Do I need a foundation, or am I ready for more advanced learning?
• Am I looking for one skill or a fuller qualification?

For someone starting, returning or rebuilding confidence, Level 5 may be a useful direction. For someone with relevant workplace experience who wants to develop further, Level 6 may be worth exploring.

The important thing is finding the level that fits where you are now and what you want to do next.

12/08/2026

Leadership Course - QQI Level 6 (6N2191): take the next step to lead with clarity and confidence. This blended and online module (offers 8 evening 'Live' tutor sessions (or Fully Online Self-paced study via the Lir eLearning Hub), plus supported online learning and an induction session - focused on defining tasks, managing people and processes, and building practical workplace skills. To start, enrol on the course, pay the course fee, then book your induction. Questions? Call Lir Reception on 044-9342754 or email [email protected]. Ready to strengthen the leadership skills employers recognise - what’s the one skill you want to develop most? Click to book your place. 👍

12/08/2026

📞 Could you see yourself working in Reception or a Frontline Office role?

A good receptionist does much more than answer the phone.

You may be the first person a customer speaks to, the person keeping appointments and information organised, and an important link between customers, colleagues and the wider organisation.

Our QQI Level 5 Reception & Frontline Office Skills – 5N1407 course is designed to help you develop practical skills and greater confidence for this type of work.

📅 Starts: Monday, 17 August 2026
🕦 Time: 11:30am–1:00pm
📚 Duration: 8 weeks
💻 Live Tutor-Led Online Classes

Over the course, you'll develop skills relevant to professional reception and frontline office work, while learning with the structure and support of scheduled live online classes.

This course may be worth exploring if you're:

✓ considering reception or office-based work
✓ returning to work after some time away
✓ looking to strengthen existing frontline skills
✓ building your QQI Level 5 learning
✓ looking for structured learning with tutor support

You don't have to know everything before you start. Learning is about developing your skills, understanding and confidence step by step.

👉 Interested in finding out more?

Visit lirbusinesscentre.com or contact Lir Business Services & Training Centre to explore the course and see whether it suits what you want to do next.

11/08/2026

"I train new staff at work. Which Lir Pathway, or qualification should I explore?"

Because you already train new staff as part of your job, I’d suggest exploring the Train the Trainer Authority Pathway first. It’s aimed at people who train colleagues, deliver induction, support staff learning or facilitate workplace training—you don’t need to be a full-time trainer.

Within that pathway, the main QQI Level 6 options are:

Training Needs Identification & Design – 6N3325 — focuses on identifying training needs, designing programmes, learning outcomes and planning training.

Training Delivery & Evaluation – 6N3326 — focuses on delivering training effectively, engaging learners and evaluating whether the training worked.

Completing both components leads to the QQI 6S3372 Training & Development Specific Purpose Award.

So, if your role involves both planning what new staff need to learn and actually training them, the full 6S3372 route may be worth exploring. If your responsibilities are mainly on one side—design or delivery—one component may be the more relevant starting point.

A useful way to think about it is: knowing your job well gives you the subject expertise; Train the Trainer develops the separate skill of helping somebody else learn it effectively. That fits Lir’s practical, adult-focused approach to professional development.

If you’re still unsure whether you need one trainer component or the full award, the Lir Skills Finder is also designed to help people who train others narrow down the appropriate learning direction.