IT Apprenticeships
Course duration: 2 years
Available Course Dates:
Please call for available dates
Prerequisites:
You must be between the age of 16 and 24 when the course commences
You must be in employed in an I.T. related job role within Cumbria.
Course Details:
Apprenticeships are high quality; work based learning programmes for young people who want to develop their prospects and career.
Apprenticeships focus on the whole job, not just the individual skills.
Apprentices learn through a combination of on and off the job education and training. On the job they work alongside your staff and the rest they learn from a local provider (on a day release basis). Apprenticeships help you stay competitive by developing the kind of people your business need for the future.
The IT systems Support apprenticeship will be completed over a period of two years. Training and assessment will take place at our purpose built training suite at our Carlisle airport premises and the candidates’ place of work and is geared towards Computer Maintenance and Network Support Staff.
Apprentices work towards a:-
- BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners(System Support)
- National Vocational Qualification for IT Professionals at Level 3
- Key Skills (Numeracy and Literacy)
Course Stucture
Year 1
- Computer Systems
- Maintaining Computer Systems
- Installing And Upgrading Software
- Computer Architecture
- Communication And Employability Skills For IT
- IT Technical Support
- IT Systems Troubleshooting And Repair
- Communication Technologies
Year 2
- Principles of Computer Networks
- Network Management
- Networked Systems Security
- Impact Of The Use Of IT On Business Systems
- Information Systems
- Organisational Systems Security
- IT Project
- Advanced Database Skills
- Advanced Spreadsheet Skills
In order to place an employee on an apprenticeship the employer must commit to paying the employee’s salary for the apprenticeship period and be prepared to release the candidate one day a week for practical training. Collection from the town centre can be arranged in order to bring the apprentices to the airport.
Ideally the candidate will have grades A-C GCSE or above to qualify for the apprenticeship, however if a candidate shows a good level of key skills prior then this would also enable them to apply. This can be discussed at a later date.
National Vocational Qualification
The National Vocational Qualification will be assessed in the work place the units are assigned once the candidates line manager has been talked to and the types of jobs they will be doing have been agreed a typical IT Professionals NVQ consist of
Mandatory unit
- Develop Personal and Organisational effectiveness
- Health and Safety in ICT and contact centres
Optional units
- Software Installation and Upgrade
- Technical fault diagnosis
- Technical fault Remedy Selection
- Working with ICT hardware and equipment
- User profile
- Testing ICT systems
