Skills Bootcamps

Skills Bootcamps FAQs

What are Skills Bootcamps?

Skills Bootcamps are short, up to 16 week programmes of coaching and training to support adults into new Tech and Digital roles – either an Apprenticeship in a new organisation or taking on a new role or more responsibilities at work.

Participants are assigned outstanding TDM Coaches who provide coaching and training support, with an Individualised Learning Plan to secure a new Tech and Digital role, for example helping to develop employability skills with interview practice, CV feedback, how to approach employers and the construction of a Showcase e-Portfolio.

There are x4 Pathways participants can choose from to help them achieve a new Tech and Digital Job:

Tech/Cyber
Developers
Data
Marketing/Multimedia

As part of the Bootcamp, participants can achieve a industry-recognised certification from organisations such as Google and Cisco. Participants will also have access to a vast library of study materials from O’Reilly.

Eligibility criteria apply.

Who is eligible to sign up?

The TDM team will ask for information from you to check your eligibility for the Bootcamp.

How old do I have to be to be on the Bootcamp? You must be 19 years or older
What previous qualification restrictions apply? None, unless you already hold one of these certifications or their equivalents
Am I allowed to participate on the Bootcamp as well as another educational programme? You are not able to engage with this Bootcamp, and another Government funded educational programme at the same time. This is called “Double Funding”
I’m on Restart, am I eligible for your Skills Bootcamps? Yes
Can I be employed? Yes
Can I be self employed? Yes
Am I eligible based on where I live? Residents of the wider West Midlands are eligible for TDM’s Bootcamps (i.e. Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, The West Midlands Combined Authority Area, Shropshire and Staffordshire)
What is the outcome of the programme? Participants must be committed to achieving the outcomes of the Bootcamp which is to secure a new Tech and Digital role; either a new job for unemployed people or an updated role profile for people looking to upskill with their current employer
What Commitment is required for the programme? As this Bootcamp accesses UK Government funding, there is a strong requirement for commitment from learners to achieve the outcomes of the Bootcamp (see above). Learners must be available to attend the online Training Days, Workshops and Coaching sessions and to do the wider work and reading set by their coaches
Where does the Bootcamp take place? On TDM’s online Virtual Learning Environment

How do I sign up and what is the sign up process?

If you are interested in participating in our Skills Bootcamps, please fill out the expression of interest form below.

Once the expression of interest form has been completed, we will get in touch with you via the contact information you have provided us, to check your eligibility onto the Skills Bootcamps.

After confirmation that you are eligible, Initial Assessments will need to be completed, as well as an Enrolment form.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with our team:
enquiries@tdm.co.uk
0333 10 100 40

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