Data Technician Apprentice

Summary

As a Data Technician Apprentice, you’ll assist with data management and analysis, focusing on collecting, processing, and maintaining accurate data. Collaborate with teams to ensure data integrity, provide insights, and support decision-making processes.

Wage: £20,000 a year
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Training course: Data technician (level 3)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 3 March
Duration: 1 year 6 months
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

Main duties:

Data analysis and modelling:

Perform data cleaning to ensure data quality and integrity before analysis and modelling.
Ensure data models are accurate, efficient, and meet organisational needs.
Collaborate with team members to understand data requirements and implement appropriate data models.

Data visualisation:

Create and maintain data visualisations to support business decision-making.
Use various data visualisation techniques to present data clearly and understandably.
Ensure visualisations are accurate, relevant, and tailored to the audience’s needs.

Correlation analysis:

Identify and analyse correlations within datasets to uncover meaningful insights.
Understand the benefits of identifying correlations to improve data-driven decisions.
Communicate findings from correlation analysis to relevant stakeholders.

Efficient data presentation:

Develop and implement efficient data presentation methods.
Use best practices in data presentation to enhance understanding and usability.

Timely data reporting:

Prepare and deliver data reports in a timely manner.
Work with team members to ensure data is collected, processed, and reported efficiently.

Key result areas:

An understanding of data collection, data cleaning and data modelling.
An understanding of data visualisation techniques.
Understanding the concept of identifying correlations and its benefits.
Understanding efficient data presenting concepts.
Presenting concise and accurate data in a timely manner.

Where you’ll work

Global Banking School, 40 Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3DL

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

METAGEDU APPRENTICESHIPS LTD

Your training course

Data technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents

Source and migrate data from already identified different sources.
Collect, format and save datasets.
Summarise and explain gathered data.
Blend data sets from multiple sources and present in format appropriate to the task.
Manipulate and link different data sets as required.
Use tools and techniques to identify trends and patterns in data.
Apply basic statistical methods and algorithms to identify trends and patterns in data.
Apply cross checking techniques for identifying faults and data results for data project requirements.
Audit data results.
Demonstrate the different ways of communicating meaning from data in line with audience requirements.
Produce clear and consistent technical documentation using standard organisational templates.
Store, manage and distribute in compliance with data security standards and legislation.
Explain data and results to different audiences in a way that aids understanding.
Review own development needs.
Keep up to date with developments in technologies, trends and innovation using a range of sources.
Clean data i.e. remove duplicates, typos, duplicate entries, out of date data, parse data (e.g. format telephone numbers according to a national standard) and test and assess confidence in the data and its integrity.
Operate as part of a multi-functional team.
Prioritise within the context of a project.
Source and migrate data from already identified different sources.
Collect, format and save datasets.
Summarise and explain gathered data.
Blend data sets from multiple sources and present in format appropriate to the task.
Manipulate and link different data sets as required.
Use tools and techniques to identify trends and patterns in data.
Apply basic statistical methods and algorithms to identify trends and patterns in data.
Apply cross checking techniques for identifying faults and data results for data project requirements.
Audit data results.
Demonstrate the different ways of communicating meaning from data in line with audience requirements.
Produce clear and consistent technical documentation using standard organisational templates.
Store, manage and distribute in compliance with data security standards and legislation.
Explain data and results to different audiences in a way that aids understanding.
Review own development needs.
Keep up to date with developments in technologies, trends and innovation using a range of sources.
Clean data i.e. remove duplicates, typos, duplicate entries, out of date data, parse data (e.g. format telephone numbers according to a national standard) and test and assess confidence in the data and its integrity.
Operate as part of a multi-functional team.
Prioritise within the context of a project.

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Team working

About this company

GBS is a higher education provider offering a range of sector-relevant courses across ten campuses in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. Working in partnership with several of the UK’s leading higher education providers, we deliver vocational, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in finance, accounting, business, construction, tourism, healthcare – and more.

After this apprenticeship

Excellent progression available within the company. This may lead to a permanent position with employer and future progression.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

METAGEDU APPRENTICESHIPS LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000297861.

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Closes in 21 days (Friday 28 February)

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