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Level 5 Data Engineer Apprenticeship
Course Description (Long)
This apprenticeship is designed to equip learners with essential technical and leadership skills to support business functions in creating and maintaining data analytics pipelines. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the data engineering lifecycle, data modelling, and techniques to maximise the value of organisational data. The programme emphasises practical application, enabling learners to build and maintain the infrastructure necessary for data-driven decision-making within their organisations.
Course Format
Online learning, interactive workshops, practical assignments, guest lectures
Course Length
14 months of training, plus a 3-month end-point assessment
Course Accreditation
Accredited
Cost
Funded by the Apprenticeship Levy
Access
General access – see website for eligibility requirements
Skills Covered
- Python programming
- SQL
- Data modelling approaches
- Software testing
- Version control with Git
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
- DevOps mindset
- Data engineering lifecycle
- Data quality and governance
- Data pipelines and workflow orchestration
- Cloud computing principles
Matched Skills and Levels from NCF Competencies
- DEC2 L3: Maintain knowledge of the breadth of techniques available for exploring, manipulating and creating new data sources through linking or matching multiple datasets.
- DEC2 L3: You develop advanced expertise in data profiling, applications, systems, platforms and reporting tools and pro-actively share your knowledge with others.
Resource details
| Contributed by: | NHS Data and Analytics Academy |
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| Licence: | More information on licences |
| Last updated: | 27 March 2025 |
| First contributed: | 27 March 2025 |
| Audience access level: | General user |
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