Digital Business Services (ICT for Business) T-level

Data analysis has become a vital element in every organisation from sport performance to marketing. Data technicians are responsible for collecting, analysing, and implementing information, as well as facilitating data storage processes, creating detailed reports based on their work, and providing conclusions based on their observations. This course will help you to develop your skills using databases and spreadsheets and apply them in business contexts. Business analysts use the data to identify new clients, products, improve training and processes, and help their companies become more effective and profitable.

This course is made up of different sections. The first is the core. This will give you a baseline understanding of the industry. It covers a range of areas, giving you a vital underpinning knowledge and understanding of concepts and the skills that you’ll need in this sector. You will also complete an "Employer Set Project"  as part of this core learning.

The core elements of digital will cover a host of themes including the following:

• The business environment
• How organisations respond to change
• Ethical and moral issues in IT
• Concepts and fundamentals of data
• Understanding algorithms and how they work
• Abstraction, Action, Decomposition and Patterns
• Digital environments
• Emerging technologies
• Planning and Security
• Fundamentals of testing
• Digital tools

In addition the employer set project will test you on a host of skills including:

• Communication skills
• Problem solving
• Working with others
• Setting performance criteria
• Carrying out primary research

The specialism part of the qualifcation covers content which aligns with industry specific skills or directly relevant content for your chosen occupation. The third section of the course is an “Industry Placement” which gives you valuable work experience and also has a work related project attached to it. In addition, there are a host of other elements such as preparation for work, T-Level specific tutoring and careers advice and guidance to make a relevant and substantial study programme.

The specialist elements of digital will cover through developing your skills:-

• Source, organise and format data securely in a relevant way for analysis
• Blend data from multiple sources
• Analyse structured and unstructured data to support business outcomes
• Interpret data and communicate a result appropriate to the audience
• Can apply legal, ethical and professional principles when manipulating data
• Discover, evaluate and apply reliable sources of knowledge

Careers could include

• Business Information Systems Analyst
• Data Analyst / Technician
• Database Engineer/Analyst
• Business Analyst
• Business Intelligence Analyst
• E-Commerce / Digital Marketing data Advisor
• Digital Marketing data Advisor
• Data Support Analyst
• Junior Data Analyst
• Junior Information Analyst.

The work placement will be over 45 days. You will have the opportunity to work with one or two employers within in the IT industry. Your work placement could be a day release or a number of weeks. We work with many organisations within the IT industry and will help you find a suitable placement. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain skills using the latest technology.

Over 80 Universities currently accept T-levels. The T-level Digital qualification is equivalent to UCAS points however please keep in mind that T-levels have very much been designed to prepare learners to work in a specific sector of IT.

A T-level is a full-time programme equivalent to 3 A-levels – its not possible to study any other course alongside a T-level.

It’s really important you do your research and have an interest in a career in the digital sector. Whilst we appreciate not everyone at a young age knows exactly what they want to do next we would not recommend these courses if you have no idea what you want to do.  These courses have been designed to prepare you to work in a specific sector of the digital industry.

The Digital T-level course is made up of three key parts.

• Core – The academic part of the qualification graded A to E. You will learn the under-pinning knowledge in this part of the course and study a range of topics. This is assessed by two 2.5-hour exams and an Employer set project (ESP) This Employer Set Project is set by the exam board but they have consulted with employers. This consists of are a series of tasks completed under exam conditions.

• Occupational Project – This is generally completed in the second year and is the vocational part of the qualification graded Pass, Merit, Distinction.  Leaners specialise and complete a series of controlled assessments under exam conditions. These can range between 35 and 65 hours in total.

• Industry Placement - There is no grade for the placement but learners need to complete the required hours over two years with up to two employers.