ICT Application Apprentice

Summary

You will be responsible for designing, developing & implementing custom business applications using Microsoft Power Platform, particularly Power Apps. You’ll not only have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the dynamic world of IT and construction, but you’ll be working alongside our talented team to learn & develop your skills & experience.

Wage

Competitive

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Annual pay review

Training course

Digital product manager (level 4)

Hours

Monday to Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm.

35 hours a week

Possible start date

Sunday 2 March

Duration

2 years

Positions available

2

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

Assist in designing, developing, and deploying Power Apps to improve business processes
Create automated workflows with Power Automate for process optimisation
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand user requirements and deliver effective solutions
Support the maintenance and troubleshooting of existing Power Apps
Participate in training sessions and workshops to enhance your technical skills and industry knowledge
Contribute to the documentation of development processes and best practices
Stay updated with the latest features and updates in the Power Platform

Where you’ll work

Hertford Road

Hoddesdon

Hertfordshire

EN11 9BX

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

QA LIMITED

Your training course

Digital product manager (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents

Diagnose problems by breaking problems down systematically into component parts and identify the relationships between those parts.
Reflect critically on results/data/insights to identify improvements.
Utilise iterative and sequential methodologies as appropriate to develop products.
Work within a multi-disciplinary team through two or more phases of the product delivery lifecycle.
Manage the operational running of a live product or service.
Identify, understand, and define problems, analyse and help to identify the appropriate solution using relevant methodologies, principles and approaches.
Support the development of artifacts for assessment.
Translate back log and roadmap, and show how it aligns to strategy.
Identify users, who they are, and what their needs are, based on evidence.
Define user stories, write stories and acceptance criteria.
Engage various stakeholders, utilise the vision, goals, KPI’s and objectives for the product or service.
Ensure methods and techniques for structured reviews are applied, for example but not limited to peer review, formal technical review, user research and testing.
Utilise planning and prioritisation techniques to organise and manage the product backlog to deliver value and benefits.
Produce reports, roadmaps, plans to report progress and support governance processes and stakeholder management at various levels within the organisation.
Use product management life cycle tools and techniques. Where appropriate automate mechanical tasks such as scheduling, resource balancing, and time recording.
Manage, mitigate and investigate product risks and ensuring product meets the need of its users.
Use data to inform decision making.
Diagnose problems by breaking problems down systematically into component parts and identify the relationships between those parts.
Reflect critically on results/data/insights to identify improvements.
Utilise iterative and sequential methodologies as appropriate to develop products.
Work within a multi-disciplinary team through two or more phases of the product delivery lifecycle.
Manage the operational running of a live product or service.
Identify, understand, and define problems, analyse and help to identify the appropriate solution using relevant methodologies, principles and approaches.
Support the development of artifacts for assessment.
Translate back log and roadmap, and show how it aligns to strategy.
Identify users, who they are, and what their needs are, based on evidence.
Define user stories, write stories and acceptance criteria.
Engage various stakeholders, utilise the vision, goals, KPI’s and objectives for the product or service.
Ensure methods and techniques for structured reviews are applied, for example but not limited to peer review, formal technical review, user research and testing.
Utilise planning and prioritisation techniques to organise and manage the product backlog to deliver value and benefits.
Produce reports, roadmaps, plans to report progress and support governance processes and stakeholder management at various levels within the organisation.
Use product management life cycle tools and techniques. Where appropriate automate mechanical tasks such as scheduling, resource balancing, and time recording.
Manage, mitigate and investigate product risks and ensuring product meets the need of its users.
Use data to inform decision making.

Your training plan

We will enrol you with a training provider and you will attend weekly virtual classroom sessions.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 4 or above)

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
Customer care skills
Team working
Initiative

About this company

VolkerWessels UK is a leading multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure. The company employs around 4,000 staff across the country and brings together best practice through five business units: VolkerFitzpatrick, VolkerRail, VolkerStevin, VolkerHighways and VolkerLaser. These business units each have a long and successful heritage built on delivering quality and bespoke projects as well as providing specialist skills, plant and equipment. Our success is founded on our ability to deliver in challenging environments and regularly winning repeat business from established clients.

https://www.volkerwessels.co.uk/en/who-we-are/about-us (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Competitive salary, Competitive annual leave, Private medical care, Pension, Life Assurance, Vouchers, rewards, & discounts, Training & development opportunities, Family friendly polices, Employee Assistance programme.

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Higher level apprenticeship is an option on successful completion of this programme.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

VOLKERSERVICES LIMITED

Carla Stacey

Carla.Stacey@volkerwessels.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000299286.

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Closes in 5 days (Friday 28 February at 11:59pm)

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