Level 3 IT Apprenticeship
IT Apprenticeship
Closing Date: 15 June 2024
Gain IT skills and experience with excellent employer opportunities and training delivered by Northern Ireland's designated Digital IT Curriculum Hub.
Belfast Met offers two A-Level equivalent Level 3 IT Apprenticeship programmes at the Castlereagh Campus. The current programmes offers two IT apprenticeship routes. These are Networking Infrastructure and Software Development.
Level 3 Apprenticeship in Networking Infrastructure
- Apprentices will attend a 3 day per week bootcamp for 5 weeks (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday). The apprentices will study towards the Cisco Networking Essential certification
- The topics covered with this certification includes networking devices, configuring routers and switches and device security
- Apprentices will also cover employment rights and responsibilities
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Level 3 Apprenticeship in Software Development
- Apprentices will attend a 3 day per week bootcamp for 5 weeks (Wednesday, Thursday & Friday). The apprentices will study towards the new Pearson IT Specialist Certification in Software Development
- This course will give students an introduction to general software development and will then walk them through the basics of general software development, core programming, object-oriented programming, web applications and databases
- Apprentices will also cover employment rights and responsibilities
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Successful applicants will be employed in one of the participating companies and receive "on-the-job" training from Belfast Met.
Entry Requirements
- Experience is not required
- Minimum of 5 GCSEs of Grade C or above, including English and Mathematics
Key Dates
Verification Dates:
- 29 & 30 March 2024 - Remote testing via Microsoft TEAMS*
- 25 & 26 April 2024 - Remote testing via Microsoft TEAMS*
- 30 & 31 May 2024 - Remote testing via Microsoft TEAMS*
- 18 & 19 June 2024 - Remote testing via Microsoft TEAMS*
* Webcam and high internet speed required
Assessment Results
- Issued by Mindmill to successful applicants week commencing 24th June 2024