Who is this course for?
This apprenticeship is ideal if you’re interested in:
- Embarking on a career in Data
- Developing your knowledge and understanding of key Data concepts and techniques
Level
Data Technician is a Level 3 Apprenticeship.
Duration
16 months total: 13 months Practical, 3-month EPA.
Funding
£12,000
Overview
Firebrand’s Level 3 Data Technician Apprenticeship trains apprentices to be able to source, format, and present data securely, in a relevant way for analysis, using basic methods.
Our programme will enable your apprentice to:
- Communicate outcomes appropriate to varying audiences
- Analyse structured and unstructured data to support business outcomes
- Blend data from multiple sources as directed
- Apply legal and ethical principles when manipulating data
With support from our Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Learning Mentors (LMs), and industry-leading Instructors, our programme prepares learners to work across all sectors, in any department assisting in effective analytics to drive decision-making.
Our programme also gives apprentices a clear understanding of the current and future technologies that underpin the storage, processing, analysis, and sharing of data.
Firebrand’s programme is taught through a blended framework of Residential and Online Classroom learning based on our Lecture, Lab, Review methodology.
Your apprentice will receive support from our SMEs as well as full access to an e-learning platform that covers all areas of Data Analytics and over 5,000 courses on other relevant business topics.
Prerequisites
Before attending this accelerated apprenticeship, you should have:
- A minimum of 5 GCSEs or A-Levels, a Level 2 qualification (apprenticeship or BTEC in a relatable subject), or relevant experience and/or an aptitude test
STEM subjects would also be beneficial to your application.
You should not have an existing qualification at the same level or higher than this apprenticeship in a similar subject.
Curriculum
- Role of the Data Technician
- Introduction to Excel
- Fundamentals of visualisation
- Open Source resources
- Types formats and structures of data
- Identification of Data Quality issues
- Database and Data Warehouse fundamentals
- Dashboarding
- Analysis of Data in Excel including power query and power pivot
End Point Assessment
All Apprenticeships end with the End Point Assessment (EPA). This is completed by a third party, the End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO).
The EPA evaluates all the work completed through the duration of the Apprenticeship.
For the Level 3 Data Technician Apprenticeship, the EPA consists of:
- a Scenario Demonstration with questioning, and
- a Professional Discussion underpinned by a portfolio of evidence, with the independent assessor
The apprentice will only enter the EPA Gateway once the employer is content that the apprentice is working at or above the occupational standard. In making this decision, the in-work mentor may take advice from Firebrand, but the decision must ultimately be made by them.
EPAO determines when all other Gateway requirements have been met, and the EPA period will only commence once the EPAO has confirmed this.
The EPA assessment period in Gateway can be anything from 4 weeks to 6 months.
For more information, check out our EPA Fact Sheet.
Exams
There are currently no formal exams for this accelerated apprenticeship.
Next steps
Upon completion of the Level 3 Data Technician Apprenticeship, progression routes include:
- Level 4 Data Analyst
- Level 6 Data Scientist (integrated degree)
- Level 6 Digital and technology solutions professional (integrated degree)