About this scheme

Interested in leading the future of IT? There’s no better place to start than our level 3 Infrastructure Technology apprenticeship. With a focus on on-the-job training, supported by classroom learning and blended learning, the 12-18 month programme is designed to give you a thorough understanding of the most popular IT technologies.

You’ll do that by taking on a diverse range of challenges – all while earning industry recognised qualifications tailored to your talents and ambitions. If you’ve a genuine passion for IT and systems and an intellectually curious approach to work, we’ll teach you everything you’ll need to be become and authoritative technical professional.

What you’ll cover

Throughout the course, you’ll develop your understanding of the fundamentals of systems, networking and data analysis. That will include tuition on mobile, operating systems, cloud services, business, coding, networking and architecture. In addition to these technical skills, you can expect support on developing your business, communication, relationship building and creative problem solving expertise.

Note: in Scotland this same training scheme is called IT Systems & Networking, however all applications should be made to our Infrastructure Technology vacancy.

Qualifications you’ll achieve as part of your Infrastructure Technology / IT Systems and Networking apprenticeship*:

Infrastructure Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship or Scottish equivalent
BCS Level 3 Award in Business Processes
BCS Level 3 Award in Coding and Logic
MTA Networking Fundamentals
MTA Mobility and Devices Fundamentals
MTA Cloud Fundamentals
MCP and ICND certification (Scotland only)

*qualifications in Scotland may vary

Entry requirements

Our standard entry requirements apply: five GCSEs / Scottish National 5’s or equivalent at grades 4-9 / A-C (including Maths and English).

Start Dates

September 2019

“I had the opportunity to progress within the company whilst gaining qualifications.”

Laura, Infrastructure Technology Apprentice

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Infrastructure Technology Roles

Depending on your location, skills and ambitions, you could be working in one of many areas, including:

Birmingham

Datacentre Support Apprentice

This role offers you the opportunity to work in a technical environment, supporting IT systems for high-profile customers. You’ll develop the technical skills to monitor, operate and support our Data Centre IT systems and infrastructure. This will involve you managing issues through the full lifecycle, from logging and investigating faults, to hands-on work to rectify any issues. You’ll also manage direct requests from customers and support internal projects to undertake enhancements to systems and processes.

Network Administrator Apprentice

Here, we’ll look to you to support our lead engineers, auditing new networks against templated designs and functionality requirements. You’ll learn how to maintain and support our range of network infrastructures, helping to implement fixes and improvements to ensure our networks work efficiently. It’s a perfect platform to learn a wide variety of IT networking skills across a range of systems and technologies.

Livingston

Datacentre Support Apprentice

This role offers you the opportunity to work in a technical environment, supporting IT systems for high-profile customers. You’ll develop the technical skills to monitor, operate and support our Data Centre IT systems and infrastructure. This will involve you managing issues through the full lifecycle, from logging and investigating faults, to hands-on work to rectify any issues. You’ll also manage direct requests from customers and support internal projects to undertake enhancements to systems and processes.