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Data Technician Level 3

  • 3

    Level
    Level 3

  • Duration
    2 years

  • Start Date
    September 2024

  • Venue
    City College Norwich campus

  • Course Code
    E0281

Start Date

  • September 2024, Apprenticeship, Day

Summary

This course will help apprentices develop the skills to source, format and present data securely for analysis. Data is commonplace within all businesses and analysis can give businesses a significant advantage. This apprenticeship introduces the concepts, tools and techniques that underpin this fast-growing area of business using up-to-date, industry-standard software and tools. Apprentices will gain and build skills that can translate raw data into information and knowledge, which will drive better business decisions.

Teaching takes place in the college’s state of the art DigiTech Factory. This provides apprentices with a hybrid learning environment where software and tools they’ll use at work are provided, so that they can earn and develop skills ready for sourcing, formatting, and presenting data for analysis at work.

Course content includes:

  • The role/ value of data
  • Lifecycles
  • Legal requirements
  • Data collection, preparation and analysis techniques
  • Validation of analysis
  • Visualisation and presentation of data and results

You will complete the Level 3 Data Technician apprenticeship standard.

  • This apprenticeship will involve college attendance and off the job training.
  • You will also develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours.
  • You need to have an employer to support your apprenticeship and be employed in a relevant job role.
  • The typical length of this apprenticeship course is 24 months.
  • This course has multiple entry points.

Contact our Apprenticeships Team to find out when our next course start date is. If you already have an employer for your apprenticeship, or would like more information on how to find an apprenticeship, please click Apply Now.

If you are an employer who is looking to recruit an apprentice or already have someone you would like to enrol onto the apprenticeship course, please contact our Apprenticeships Team on 01603 773365 or email Apprenticeships@ccn.ac.uk to discuss the next steps.

Why Our College?

Get paid to train

Apprenticeships provide fantastic career opportunities and allow you to get a qualification and earn money at the same time

Designed for opportunity

94% of apprentices stay in work after finishing an apprenticeship, and 47% have received a promotion

Hands on learning

We work closely with employers to deliver training both on and off the job. In most cases, you’ll come into college one day a week, as well as getting planned training and development with a mentor in the workplace

Entry Requirements

  • GCSE Grade 4/C in Maths and English (Language or Literature) or Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and English
    In order to enrol onto an apprenticeship, you need to be employed in a relevant job role and undertake a range of tasks which would enable you to complete the apprenticeship qualification.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, learners will be awarded a Level 3 Data Technician Apprenticeship Standard.

Assessment

Training and assessments are delivered in the workplace and in college. Apprentices will be required to attend college-based sessions as part of their training, whilst also completing off-the-job training in the workplace. You will also complete assessments and observations in the workplace.

At the end of the apprenticeship, the apprentice will be ready for EPA which includes:

  • 90- minute scenarios demonstration with questioning, containing 2 45- minute tasks
  • 60- minute processional discussion underpinned by the portfolio of evidence

Progression

On successful completion of this apprenticeship apprentices could investigate further continuation, development or promotion at work or within this sector.

Career Progression

Successful apprentices may also want to consider progression on to higher education or further apprenticeships, such as Level 4 Data Analyst.

Fees

Apprenticeship course fees are subject to the age of the apprentice, and the size of the company.
 
For employers with less than 50 employees who do not pay the apprenticeship levy and who take on an apprentice who is aged between 16-21 at the start of their apprenticeship, there will be no direct cost and the full training costs will be covered by Government funding. If the apprentice is aged 22+ the government partially subsides the training costs and the employer will need to pay 5% of the costs. In the case of this course, the fee would be £600.
 
For an employer with more than 50 employees a 5% charge will be implemented regardless of the age of the apprentice which in this case would be £600.
 
A levy paying company will pay the full cost of the apprenticeship from their levy account which in this case would amount to £12,000.
 
Please note that course fees are to be paid by the employer and apprentices cannot be asked to make a financial contribution toward their training.
 
To discuss apprenticeship course fees in more detail or for more information on recruiting an apprentice, please contact 01603 773365 or Apprenticeships@ccn.ac.uk.

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Why Our College?

Get paid to train

Apprenticeships provide fantastic career opportunities and allow you to get a qualification and earn money at the same time

Designed for opportunity

94% of apprentices stay in work after finishing an apprenticeship, and 47% have received a promotion

Hands on learning

We work closely with employers to deliver training both on and off the job. In most cases, you’ll come into college one day a week, as well as getting planned training and development with a mentor in the workplace