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Which apprenticeship are you currently doing / have you done?
I have completed a Level 4 Data Analysis Apprenticeship.
Can you tell us about the skills, knowledge and experiences that you got by doing your apprenticeship?
The data analysis apprenticeship has helped prepare me more for going into my next job role which is a cyber analyst posting. It has also motivated me to complete more courses and continue to develop my skills.
These including the JHUB paid incentive Module 1a: Creating a Website, which is HTML/CSS course for Responsive Web Design on freeCodeCamp.
I have also done further lessons and courses from DLE, Udacity, freeCodeCamp, Skillsoft and Immersive Labs for the off the job hours. The OSINT foundation course is also good for an understanding into research skills such as how to create more precise search queries with Boolean language and search operators. Research skills are helpful for writing up a project.
Skillsoft also gave me a better understanding of Excel with how to better manipulate data with Pivot tables, Sliders and different functions etc. For instance, the TEXT function is good for manipulating dates to display days of the week and months of the year in graphs. FreeCodeCamp again help me to better display data and make data interactive with HTML courses and Python course. Immersive Labs gave lots of course for data, especially with the Wireshark courses which show how you can tackle large amounts of internet data to extract what you want to analyse and monitor in a network such as internet activity, file transfers and port traffic.
What was the highlight of your apprenticeship experience?
The apprenticeship has caused me to gain experience in data analysis and has given me civilian employer recognized qualifications such as the HTML course on freeCodeCamp. A lot of these courses also look good on your CV and show you spent your time productively in the army and not just wasted evenings. The highlight of the apprenticeship for me was learning about Wireshark through the interactive content on Immersive Labs.
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