Dublin has two ETBs running PLC courses — most students only ever check one.
A Holland Code interest profile matched against over 1,870 PLC courses nationwide — spanning both City of Dublin ETB's 16 colleges and Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB's newly-unified “Dublin College” network of 32 campuses.
PLC courses rarely get the same structured attention the CAO does
Most Dublin students only ever look at whichever ETB happens to cover their own address — but CDETB and DDLETB between them run so many PLC courses that comparing across both, not just your local one, genuinely changes the shortlist.
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 Dublin 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 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.”
“As a parent, it can be difficult to know how much to get involved when your child is choosing their CAO courses. CourseCompass gave us something useful to discuss together and helped explain why certain courses might suit them. It was a good starting point for having that conversation.”
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