ICT Apprentice

Summary

Come and start your IT career by joining a fantastic ICT department at Bedales who offer on-the-job training and the opportunity to experience a well-funded, modern ICT environment set in a wonderful, rural location within a role that offers a huge number of benefits and training opportunities to help launch your ICT career.

Annual wage: £12,480 to £22,308 a year
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Training course: Information communications technician (level 3)
Hours: This post works all year round, two thirds of which are during term when teaching is taking place and also during the school holidays. You will be required to work 7.5 hours per day, 5 days a week, working your hours between 07:00 and 18:00.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Wednesday 1 January
Duration: 4 years
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

You will be responsible for:

     ·     Maintaining the printer and photocopying estate, resolving issues and liaising with suppliers to ensure they are optimised and                  working for all staff

Resolve day-to-day ICT queries & technical issues with an emphasis on maintaining equipment utilised by staff and pupils (e.g. PCs, laptops, printers, photocopiers, scanners, audio/visual systems, telephones and other hardware) whilst supporting audio visual requirements at regular and impromptu school events

Where you’ll work

BEDALES SCHOOL

CHURCH ROAD

STEEP

PETERSFIELD

GU32 2DG

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

PETA LIMITED

Your training course

Information communications technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Interpret and prioritise internal or external customer's requirements in line with organisation's policy

Apply the appropriate tools and techniques to undertake fault finding and rectification

apply Continuous Professional Development to support necessary business output and technical developments

Operate safely and securely across platforms and responsibilities maintaining the security of personal data of internal and external stakeholders

Communicate with all levels of stakeholders, keeping them informed of progress and managing escalation where appropriate

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, customers and other relevant stakeholders

Manage and prioritise the allocated workload effectively making best use of time and resources

Complete documentation relevant to the task and escalate where appropriate

Install or undertake basic software upgrades,either physically or remotely

Establish and diagnose the extent of the IT support task, in line with the organisation's policies and Service Level Agreements

Provide remote/F2F support to resolve customer requirements

Maintain a safe working environment for own personal safety and others in line with Health & Safety appropriate to the task

Identify and scope the best solution informed by the system data associated with the task

Test and evaluate the system's performance and compliance with customer requirements.

Escalate non routine problems in line with procedures

Use basic scripting to execute the relevant tasks for example PowerShell, Linux

Carry out routine maintenance across systems, (such as IT, Communications), ensuring organisational compliance at all times

Apply the necessary security, in line with access and/or encryption requirements

Use a range of Cabling or Connectors equipment in line with technical requirements for example physically or remotely

Test and evaluate network environments

Monitor performance and usage of a network

Deploy applications on a network

Set up storage and data access for staff

Apply necessary security measures, in line with access requirements to a network

Carry out routine maintenance across network systems, ensuring organisational compliance

Monitor network-related workloads including DNS and firewalls

Install or undertake basic upgrades, either physically or remotely

Establish digital communication or telecommunications systems through, for example cabling and connecting equipment.

Identify a range of tools and or diagnostic equipment, for example, Hardware or Software components, to resolve Communications or Telecommunications requirements.

Undertake basic telecommunications activities, in response to an allocated task, designated responsibilities, instructions or customer’s requirements.

Use information necessary to identify operational issues and rectify or escalate accordingly in line with policy