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Digital and Technology Solutions Professional Apprentice
As a Digital and Technology Solutions Professional apprentice you will learn how to implement technology solutions that enable businesses to develop new products and services and to increase an organisation's productivity using digital technologies. In this apprenticeship, you will gain a level 6 bachelor’s degree.
Wage
£33,160 a year
Training Course
Digital and technology solutions professional (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday, shifts to be confirmed 37 hours 30 minutes a week
Start Date
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Duration
3 years
Positions Available
1
What you'll do at work
- Assist in database design and creation and amend existing databases
- Test databases and write user guides for their operation
- Administer, monitor, and support databases
- Extract data and assist others in the use of the database
- Liaise with internal/external clients to analyse business procedure, clarify clients’ requirements and to define the scope of existing software, hardware and network provision
- Communicate the impact of emerging technologies to clients and advise upon the potential introduction of such technology
- Research, analyse, evaluate and monitor network infrastructure and performance
- Examine existing software and determine requirements for new/modified systems in the light of business needs
- Write and code individual programs according to specifications
- Develop user interfaces
- Test and correct software programs
- Implements and evaluates the software
- Plan and maintain database structures
- Write operational documentation and provide subsequent support and training for users
- Develop website and website interfaces and establish methods to ensure appropriate website security and recovery
Where you'll work
Granville Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S2 2RL
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Training Provider
SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
Training Course
Digital and technology solutions professional (level 6)
What you'll learn
Course Contents
- Analyse a business problem to identify the role of digital and technology solutions.
- Identify risks, determine mitigation strategies and opportunities for improvement in a digital and technology solutions project.
- Analyse a business problem in order to specify an appropriate digital and technology solution.
- Initiate, design, code, test and debug a software component for a digital and technology solution.
- Apply relevant standard processes, methods, techniques and tools. For example, ISO Standards, Waterfall, Agile in a digital and technology solution project.
- Manage digital and technology solutions projects. For example, identifying and resolving deviations from specification, applying appropriate Project Management methodologies.
- Work effectively within teams, leading on appropriate digital technology solution activities.
- Apply relevant organisational theories. For example, change management principles, marketing approaches, strategic practice, and IT service management to a digital and technology solutions project.
- Apply relevant security and resilience techniques to a digital and technology solution. For example, risk assessments, mitigation strategies.
- Initiate, design, implement and debug a data product for a digital and technology solution.
- Determine and use appropriate data analysis techniques. For example, Text, Statistical, Diagnostic or Predictive Analysis to assess a digital and technology solutions.
- Plan, design and manage simple computer networks with an overall focus on the services and capabilities that network infrastructure solutions enable in an organisational context.
- Report effectively to colleagues and stakeholders using the appropriate language and style, to meet the needs of the audience concerned.
- Research, investigate, and evaluate innovative technologies or approaches in the development of a digital and technology solution.
- Apply relevant legal, ethical, social and professional standards to a digital and technology solution.
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Training Schedule
Digital and Technology Solutions Professional Level 6.
You will be required to attend Sheffield Hallam University on a series of study blocks.
Essential Qualifications
A Level in: Any subject (grade BBC / Distinction Merit Merit)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
About This Employer
The Sheffield College is a further and higher education college that provides academic, vocational and professional qualifications to approximately 13,218 young people and adults a year. Our mission is transforming lives through learning.
The college, which is Ofsted graded ‘good’, provides high quality academic, technical and vocational training to enhance qualifications, skills and employability across the region, and operates from a number of campuses and sites across the city.
After This Apprenticeship
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The employer is ready to invest in the development of the successful candidate. This is a long-term career opportunity.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000041772.
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