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Grant Thornton, in partnership with BPP, is excited to offer a new Data Technician Apprenticeship. This partnership brings together Grant Thornton's extensive real world insight and expertise, with  BPP's high quality apprenticeship approach creating a programme with practical application from the outset.   The Data Technician Apprenticeship will help your business to hire entry-level data specialists or upskill existing employees who are working with data. If you have data within your organisation then you can transform that data into knowledge which will enable you to identify patterns, make better decisions, predict trends and increase business competitiveness.

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Knowledge:  The Importance and Value of Data to an Organisation Data Types Data Architecture Data Structures and Algorithms Sourcing, Extracting and Preparing Data Access and Extracting Data from Multiple Sources Communication Methods Telling a Data Driven Story Creating Reports Analytical Insights Extracting Value from your Data Performing Deeper Analysis Introduction to business partnering Commercial fundamentals  Skills and Behaviours:  Work effectively with data in everyday role and working with data from a variety of sources including Microsoft Excel, relational databases  Unleash the power of Microsoft Excel within the business - create and manage data, tables, functions, formulas and graphs  Take a business partnering approach and consider the commercial to understand the organisations issues and how they might be resolved through data analysis  How to improve performance of data within an organisation  Strengthen analytical approach to support business decisions by using statistical methods and algorithms to identify trends and patterns in data. Covers the advanced analytic features of PowerBI  Building valuable reports and dashboards creating meaningful insights for the business  At the forefront of emerging technologies and trends in data innovation  Operating with the data mindset within multi-functional teams  Essential project management skills  Effective communication and engagement approaches  to convey the insights and actions from the data

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For apprentices aged 16-21 the training costs are fully funded by the government. For apprentices aged over 21, there is a 5% co-investment which would be paid by the employer. Alternatively, the training costs can be covered by utilising the Apprenticeship Levy Fund.

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