The document discusses career opportunities in information technology (IT) and the training options available at Swansea ITeC to gain the necessary skills. There are many different IT roles across most industries requiring various skills. While helping people and problem-solving are rewarding aspects, long work hours can be challenging. Swansea ITeC offers traineeships, apprenticeships, JobsGrowth Wales programs, and ReAct courses to help those interested in IT careers or those made redundant gain qualifications and work experience.

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Can YOU make it?
In an ever growing I.T industry, do
you have the what it takes to make it
in an I.C.T career?
There are a lot of different roles
available in I.T, you could be a
practitioner, a business admin, a
teacher, a programmer, a systems ana-
lyst and many more interesting
things.
Pretty much every industry revolves
around I.T these days, you won’t only
need I.T skills if you plan on going
for a job with a name like “IT Sup-
port Technician” You’re going to need
computer skills no matter what.
When asking people who worked in I.T
what their favourite parts of the job
are, some said that they really en-
joyed the feeling they got from help-
ing people learn and understand, oth-
ers said that the feeling of finally
working out a problem that has been
taunting you for weeks was the best,
a lot said that the variety of the
job was best.
When asked what the worst parts were,
the main consensus was that the hours
aren’t very kind, especially when you
try to keep balance social and work
lives.
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If you don’t have
the desired
skills yet, don’t
threat, because
you can get them
now with the aid
of Swansea ITeC.
If you’re interes-
ted in I.T and
want to pursue it
as a career then ITeC is definitely the place for you.
ITeC can offer you many different opportunities and paths that
you can take to jump into a life of I.T, they offer courses
like these:
Course TypeCourse TypeCourse TypeCourse Type DescriptionDescriptionDescriptionDescription EligibilityEligibilityEligibilityEligibility
Trainee-
ship
On the traineeship you can do various
tasks and work towards different
qualifications and gain work experi-
ence.
You have to be 16-
18 years old
Apprenticeships As an apprentice you would get hand on
experience in the work place as you
train towards your qualification.
You have to be 16+
and know what you
want to do
JobsGrowth
Wales
You will get a lot of hands on work
with 6 months of employment, while
getting paid minimum wage.
Have to be aged 16-
24
ReAct React helps those who have been made
redundant by providing them with
skills that will help get them back
into employment.
Have to have been
unemployed because
of redundancy