“It is estimated that nearly every aspect of work will be optimised by data by 2025 and organisations and individuals who are able to make the most progress will capture the highest value.”
McKinsey Global Institute
2025 is fast approaching, which is why The Apprentice Academy is pleased to announce the launch of their New Level 5 Data Engineering Apprenticeship, the latest addition to their suite of growing Data Analytics training programmes.
The Importance of Data in a Modern Business
It cannot be overstated how important the collection and analysis of data is for businesses.
Our Top 5 reasons for organisations to have a data mindset:
- Data can feed into resource allocation, streamline processes and reduce waste which helps to improve operational efficiency.
- Data informs decision-making and growth by revealing current trends about products, customer service, customer behaviour and competitors.
- Data supports compliance activities and the ability to better manage and mitigate risk.
- Data can be used to tell a story and predict future outcomes.
- Data can boost competitive advantages by inspiring new ideas, innovations and improvements to existing products.
To realise these benefits employees throughout a business need to understand how to work with data confidently and competently!
The Apprentice Academy offer Data Apprenticeships from level 3 to level 5 which are designed to equip employees with all the knowledge, skills and behaviours to be highly competent data professionals, increasing their confidence, competence and career capability and ability to add more value to their employers!
Interestingly the roles and age ranges of employees enrolling onto these programmes varies widely from age 16 to 60. Even senior data professionals with more than 15 years of data analysis experience are benefiting from upskilling to fill gaps in knowledge and skill and learn the latest tools to enhance their performance.
Data Apprenticeships – Learning the Basic Fundamentals to Highly Advanced Knowledge and Skills
An Overview of Each Data Apprenticeship
The Level 3 Data Technician Apprenticeship covers the fundamentals of how-to best work with data and maximise its potential for business purposes. This programme is very generic and supports a wide range of employees working within any role or department who use data to produce business information and reports (which covers most people!). By the end of the apprenticeship, employees will understand all the fundamentals of how to best manage data, how to source, format and present data, how to analyse structured and unstructured data; how to blend and manipulate data from multiple sources and how to apply legal and ethical principles to comply with data security standards and legislation.
The Level 4 Data Analyst Apprenticeship is for employees who already work in a data analytics role and want to develop their knowledge and skills to a higher, more technical level. Learning covers programming languages, data visualisation tools, statistics for data analysis, databases, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
The Level 5 Data Engineer Apprenticeship is typically for employees who work in a data engineering or architect role. By the end of the apprenticeship employees will be able to use advanced engineering tools to create data workflows and pipelines, understand how to use AWS to create automated data processes and be able to confidently use advanced machine learning tools and generative AI models.
Employees share their views on Data Apprenticeships
Four employees, Daniel, Rory, Stephen and Basia, talk about the support they have received from The Apprentice Academy, and share what they have learned, and how their confidence and competence has developed.
Data is everywhere and if managed effectively will support informed decision-making, drive efficiency and foster innovation. To learn more about our Apprenticeship programmes and how to upskill for the future, please contact The Apprentice Academy today.