The UK Government is currently rolling out its flagship Skills Bootcamps initiative across England, including in York and North Yorkshire.
In our area, York and North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (YNYLEP) is investing over £2m from its current Department of Education Skills Bootcamp grant to support individuals and businesses develop the higher level and specialised digital skills that will play a vital contribution to raising our local productivity levels.
Quality assured training providers are delivering the training on behalf of the YNYLEP. Because it is all on-line, individuals can study around existing work or personal commitments and preferences. Moreover, every course provides dedicated tutor support.
Course length varies, depending on the subject taken, but a typical average is between 120 and 150 hrs of study over a period of 10 weeks or so.
In most cases, a specialised technical background or qualification is not necessary. Applicants must be aged 19 or older and live in York or North Yorkshire or work for a business that has a substantial operating base in the area.
The cost of a complete training package for one individual ranges between £2,500 and £3,400 and the YNYLEP will fund 90% of this if an SME refers an employee and 60% for companies employing more than 250. These very modest employer contributions represent excellent value for both employees and the businesses who employ them. Self-employed business owners are fully funded by the YNYLEP.
Shaun Withers, Enterprise Partnership Officer at the YNYLEP said “This is a terrific package of support for all businesses across York & North Yorkshire and enable their staff to acquire digital skills that for some might prove invaluable to the future sustainability of their operation.”
Helen Simpson OBE, Chair of York & North Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, said: “This is an ambitious programme which will provide the higher-level skills needed for our region to become a greener, fairer and stronger economy. We are delighted to have secured this funding for York and North Yorkshire and to be working with excellent partners and employers to deliver these Skills Bootcamps.”
Training is currently available in 15 specialisms delivered by a number of different providers:
- Business Analyst: Enabling transformational organisational change, by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders. Details Here
- Cyber Security Analyst: Protecting critical systems or sensitive information from digital attack. Details Here
- Fullstack Web Developer: Designing complete web applications and complex web sites. Details Here
- Windows 19 Desktop Support Specialist: Understanding customers' needs, solving their problems and protecting the security of users, information, and devices. Details Here
- Cloud Specialist: Deploying, optimizing and protecting through Cloud technology mission-critical applications and data. Details Here
- Microsoft Cyber Security Specialist: Deploying, optimizing and protecting through Cloud technology mission-critical applications and data. Details Here
- Coding and Programming Specialist: Utilising programming languages – writing and running scripts and object-oriented programming. Details Here
- Web Designer: Planning and designing responsive web sites that work across multiple devices. Details Here
- Digital Marketer: Covers Social Media Marketing, SEO, Email Marketing, Digital Advertising, Hubspot, CMS for Marketing, Coding, Inbound Marketing. Details Here
- Data Analyst: Undertaking database analysis, understanding legislation, modelling and implementing IT fundamentals. Details Here
- Infrastructure Technician: Covers networking and architecture, mobile and operating systems, cloud services and problem solving. Details Here
- Software Developer: Covers Object oriented programming, error handling and exceptions classes, methods and fields, collections and iteration, and inheritance. Details Here
- User Experience Specialist: Delivering the fundamentals in user and customer experience, accessibility and usability. Details Here
- Software Tester: Planning and sequencing different types of software testing and communicating outcomes to wider audiences. Details Here
- Digital Project Manager: End to end Project management using DPM systems and tools. Details Here