Level 5 IT Higher Level Apprenticeship

IT Apprenticeship

Closing Date: 09 July 2022

Gain IT skills and experience with excellent employer opportunities and training delivered by Northern Ireland's designated Digital IT Curriculum Hub. 

Higher Level Apprenticeship offers the opportunity to gain quality training and a recognised higher qualification while in paid employment. The HLA will be two and a half years in duration starting in November 2022 and ending May 2025. Apprentice will spend one day on the programme for 30 weeks and the remaining 4 days in employment each year. 

The qualification titles for these HLAs are as follows: 

Foundation Degree in Cyber Security & Networking Infrastructure 

• Apprentices will attend a 3 day per week bootcamp for two weeks (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday). 
• The apprentices will study towards Cisco Cyber security Essential 
• Apprentices will spend one day on the programme for 30 weeks and the remaining 4 days in employment each year. 
• Read more here 
  

Foundation Degree in Software in Software, Cloud & Application Development 

• Apprentices will attend a 3 day per week bootcamp for two weeks (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday). 
• The apprentices will study towards the IT Specialist Certification in Python 
• Apprentice will spend one day on the programme for 30 weeks and the remaining 4 days in employment each year
• Read more here 

Successful applicants will be employed in one of the participating companies and receive "on-the-job" training from Belfast Met.

Entry Requirements 

• Hold 64 UCAS points  
• GCSEs at C or above in English and Mathematics, or equivalent, such as Level 2 Essential Skills in Numeracy and Literacy
• Consideration for prior learning can also be submitted 

Key Dates

Please note if successful at the first stage of the application process, you will be entitled to apply to Level 3 employers as well as Level 5