Skills Bootcamp – Data Analysis

The Data Analytics Bootcamp builds knowledge and practical skills incrementally to prepare learners for careers in data-driven roles.

This course covers:

• Introduction to the fundamentals of data ecosystems
• Highlighting the importance of accurate data and how data analysis supports business decision-making
• Data management principles
• Safeguarding practices
• Essential digital tools
• Statistical techniques, learning how to calculate and interpret summary statistics and present findings through graphs and charts using Excel
• Forecasting and time series analysis, applying these techniques to extract trends and generate predictive insights
• Data-driven recommendations in business contexts
• Relational database management and SQL
• Gain practical experience designing simple Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) and writing queries to retrieve, manage, and manipulate data
• Management of structured data sets and the extraction of actionable insights.
• Business intelligence and data visualisation using Power BI
• Create interactive dashboards, build data models, and present complex information visually to support business analysis and decision-making

Our Skills Bootcamp is aimed at those who are:

• Unemployed and looking to gain employment in the Digital and Data industry and gain skills in Data Analytics, or;
• Self-employed, looking to increase customer base and develop their business plan,
• Those employed in a data-driven role looking to add additional responsibilities to their current job role or upskill to a new area in the workplace focused on Data Analysis.

For more information, please contact one of our Adult Advisers:

Email: adultadvice@exe-coll.ac.uk

Call: 01392 400170

Applicants for this course need to be either:

• Unemployed – committed to actively seeking employment opportunities independently during the course and provide evidence of a job interview and job offer within your subject area.
• Self-employed – If you are self-employed you are committed to building your business and provide evidence of a business plan that reflects the knowledge and skills, you have acquired and evidence of engagement with new clients.
• Employed – using the skills learnt in the Bootcamp to take on a new role or duties in your current role. Your employer will be asked to pay a contribution dependent on the size of the organisation.  If you are part time employed funding will depend on your circumstances.

To apply you will need to meet the following criteria:

• You are 19 years or over.
• You have the right to work in the UK.
• You have lived in the UK or EU/EAA for the last 3 years or have a residency status that makes you exempt from this rule.
• English skills including written/spoken required with Level 1 being the minimum.
• You have not completed another Skills Bootcamp in this current financial year.
• You are committed to participating in delivery sessions for 12 weeks.
• This course is open to aged 19+ residents of Devon only who have a right to work in the UK.

All applicants will be assessed at interview.

This Skills Bootcamps is delivered at the Exeter College IOT Digital and Data Centre, Hele Road, EX4 4JS