Qualifications improve your chances; they do not gate the job. Level 2 is the most recognised.
Level 2 most recognisedOpen entry
Your route in
You can start without qualifications - direct entry/volunteering; a qualification improves your chances
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Qualifications employers recognise (Level 2)
Any of these strengthens your application.
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Add-on certificates
Complements to the main route. Where no level is shown, the awarding body does not specify one.
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Where this can take you
- HND in Digital Technologies (Level 5) L513 courses
- BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma in Information Technology L35 courses
- HND in Applied Computing (Level 5) L52 courses
- BTEC Level 3 90-Credit Diploma in IT L32 courses
Courses for this career
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Level 2
Level 3
- BTEC Level 3 90-Credit Diploma in IT L32 courses