Nichola Long

Nichola Long is a Training Manager with Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB), where she manages skills development courses for jobseekers and those in employment.

WWETB provides education and training to over 28,000 students, in the areas of primary and post-primary education, further education and training, including apprenticeships. It employs 1,850 staff across Waterford and Wexford. Her work at WWETB includes managing apprenticeship training, post apprenticeship upskilling and managing courses delivered with industry partners in areas such as green skills, business, engineering, and film & TV.

Nichola managed the operational rollout of Green Skills courses at Ireland’s first NZEB Centre of Excellence in Enniscorthy, working with Wexford County Council to set a national benchmark for sustainable construction training.

Nichola represents WWETB on several national groups, including the SOLAS NZEB Centre of Excellence Managers Group, the Public Transport Workforce Taskforce and she is a board member of Screen Wexford.