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Shh, little voice. Big opportunity’s talking.

And it’s saying now's the time to upskill or reskill your employees with flexible, government part-funded courses. Because Capita’s cost-effective Skills Bootcamps courses fit around your work schedules and make access to online learning easy. So, if you’re ready to nurture your existing talent, nothing will hold you back from taking your business to the next level. Not even that little voice of doubt. Read on to get started.

  • Government part-funded - pay 10% (>250 FTE) or 30% (250+ FTE)
  • 8 weeks (full time) or 16 weeks (part time) 
  • <94% pass rate
  • Support from tutors and employability coaches

 

What employees learn 

By completing this Skills Bootcamp, your people will learn the fundamentals of coding, software methodologies and more. It’s a sure-fire way to develop your teams and retain your best talent. 
Topics include: 

  • Stages of the software development lifecycle 
  • Software methodologies and achieving effective delivery 
  • Coding standards, principles, practices and design processes 
  • Deployment, configuration management and version control systems 
  • Writing and debugging code 
  • Distinguishing coding solutions 
  • Fixing bugs – techniques and prevention 

 

 

Full course details:

Unit 1: Coding requirements and planning


Learn how to understand software project management methodologies, capture and document requirements, manage risk and work in a team to deliver software effectively.
Unit 2: Understand coding design

 
Learn how to use coding standards, identify good coding principles and practices, understand coding reviews, understand databases, get going with the principles of interface design, build security into every stage of design and development.

Unit 3: Implementation of coding

 
Learn how to use different coding tools, and write code using key coding concepts,

Unit 4: Software testing


Learn how to understand different levels, types and methods of testing, move projects forward with test-driven development, identify and fix bugs.

Unit 5: Deployment, maintenance and configuration management

 
Learn how to deploy software effectively, understand coding maintenance, understand configuration management and version control systems.

Big ambitions for your business? Check here first.

You’re welcome to apply for government part-funded Skills Bootcamps if your employees are: 

  • Living in England.
  • Aged 19 or over as of 31 August 2022 (born before 1 September 2003).
  • A citizen of a country within the European Economic Area (EEA) who has lived here for at least the last three years.
  • Not in receipt of any other Adult Education Budget (AEB) funding.

Your people may also qualify if they’re: 

  • A non-EEA citizen permitted by the UK Government to live in the UK for non-educational purposes AND who has lived in England for at least the last three years.
  • A family member of an EU national.
  • A refugee.
  • An asylum seeker.

Skills Bootcamps are key to 3 Government initiatives

Lifetime Skills Guarantee

The government is on a mission to boost skills and jobs across the nation.

Learn more

#PlanForJobs Initiative

This initiative encourages growth, change and financial security. 

Learn more

Levelling Up

This programme sets out to spread opportunity more equally across the UK. 

Learn more

Skills Bootcamps near you 

Skills Bootcamps are only currently available to learners in certain regions. Begin your sign-up journey to find out which Cyber course is available to your business – and feel free to check back as we’ll be adding more options in the future.

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Why Capita?

 

When the little voice says upskilling your people is too much hard work – remind it that Capita is one of the largest transformation and digital services providers in the country. Once your employees are certified, we’d love to help you explore our other services to deliver better outcomes all around your business.