Digital Industries Trailblazer Apprenticeships

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Digital Industries Trailblazer Apprenticeships

• Employers Getting and Staying Involved

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Brief Overview

1. The work of the Digital Industries Steering Group
2. Employer Engagement and Consultation
3. Perspective from one Steering Group employer
4. Discussion

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The digital industries trailblazer group
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Digital Industries Steering Group
IBM Accenture British Airways British
Telecom Capgemini Cisco Fujitsu HP John
Lewis Lloyds Bank Microsoft NCA Qinetiq The
National Crime Agency The RAF The Royal
Signals Telefonica The Test Factory Virgin
Media Visa BCS
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Steering Group Work RoundOne

• Two roles Software Developer and Network
  Engineer
• A sub-group working on each
• Consultation employers, providers, awarding
  bodies
• Developed one page Standards and high level
  approach to assessment

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Consultation

• Online consultation
• Pushed out consultation through Steering Group
  channels and other routes to market
• Face to face meetings with individual employers
• Group workshops with employers

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Key feedback, issues and challenges

• A lot of interest, and scope for more
  apprenticeships
• Build on what works well opportunities to
  enhance for SMEs and non IT businesses
• Variety of job roles, job titles, levels of roles
• These roles specialist and also need for
  foundation, core and options apprenticeships
• The value of internationally recognised vendor
  and professional qualifications or equivalent
• Importance of interpersonal skills and business
  understanding

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Key feedback, issues and challenges (cont)

• Breadth of job role varies significantly
• Importance of transferability and portability
• Entry requirements vary significantly
• Need to understand the bigger picture to
  comment effectively

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A suite of IT Apprentice Occupations Work in
Progress May 2014
GCSEs/A level
Key
Published standards
Level 4 IT Apprenticeships
Level 3 IT Apprenticeships
In development
Application Developer
Software Developer
Web Developer
IT Practitioner
Potential standards
Mobile Solutions Developer
Options
Level 2 IT apprenticeships
Network Engineer
Network Engineer
Systems Engineer
Core
Infrastructure
Business Analyst
Software Dev Testing
IT Traineeship
Software Tester
Software Tester
Software Test Analyst
Data
Applications Consultant
Enterprise Application Specialist
Applications Specialist
Service Mgt
Digital Marketing and Social Media Specialist
Digital Marketing Specialist
Web Content Manager
Networks
Database Developer
Database Specialist
Database Administrator
1st line support
Core Options
General Applications
Data Analyst
Big Data Consultant
Data Analyst
Telecoms and Cabling
IT Administrator
Cyber Intrusion Analyst
Network Security Engineer
IT Security Analyst
Cyber intrusion operator
Internet TV technician
Internet TV Analyst
Broadcast Engineer
IT helpdesk
IT Support
Digital Marketer
Systems Administrator
IT Support Engineer
IT Project Manager
Project Manager
Home digital media technician
Project Office Support Analyst
Unified Communications
Note that all language and positioning is
subject to change other than in published
standards
Ongoing Employment
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Current Position

• Implementing Round One standards 11 July
• Occupational brief
• Detailed specification for assessment
• Go live January 2015?
• Developing Round Two standards 18 June
• Two cyber apprenticeships
• Digital Marketer
• Software Tester
• Digital Media
• IT Practitioner