Data centre boot camp aims to address industry skills shortages
13 August 2013
A new data centre boot camp launched today aims to address growing skills shortages in the UK’s fast-expanding growing data centre industry.
Tue, 13 Aug 2013A new data centre boot camp launched today aims to address growing skills shortages in the UK’s fast-expanding growing data centre industry.
The 10-day intensive course will give 21 people the opportunity to further develop their skills with the aim of transforming them into highly employable candidates.
Simon Campbell-Whyte, executive director of the trade body the Data Centre Alliance, says the boot camp aims to address an impending skills shortage caused by many workers in their 50s nearing retirement age.
“We hope this boot camp will give many unemployed graduates, and some of the highly able people now being forced out of our armed forces, the extra skills they need to become credible interview candidates for data centre employers,” says Campbell-Whyte.
The boot camp, devised by the Data Centre Alliance, is being run at the University of East London’s Dockland’s campus. If this pilot proves successful, the plan is to run similar events on a much larger scale in London, throughout the UK, Europe and the Far East.
A spokesperson for the Data Centre Alliance tells recruiter.co.uk that the course will not be an easy ride for attendees, but will involve continuous assessment by the tutors and a two-stage exam.
Nathan Stokes, principle consultant data centre and critical engineering at specialist IT recruiter IntaPeople, tells recruiter.co.uk: “The industry is at a high because of the growth of big data and smart phones.”
Stokes welcomes the initiative, particularly he says if it is aimed at addressing the growing shortage of people with mechanical and electrical engineering skills, something that he predicts will otherwise worsen over the next five to 10 years.
The 10-day intensive course will give 21 people the opportunity to further develop their skills with the aim of transforming them into highly employable candidates.
Simon Campbell-Whyte, executive director of the trade body the Data Centre Alliance, says the boot camp aims to address an impending skills shortage caused by many workers in their 50s nearing retirement age.
“We hope this boot camp will give many unemployed graduates, and some of the highly able people now being forced out of our armed forces, the extra skills they need to become credible interview candidates for data centre employers,” says Campbell-Whyte.
The boot camp, devised by the Data Centre Alliance, is being run at the University of East London’s Dockland’s campus. If this pilot proves successful, the plan is to run similar events on a much larger scale in London, throughout the UK, Europe and the Far East.
A spokesperson for the Data Centre Alliance tells recruiter.co.uk that the course will not be an easy ride for attendees, but will involve continuous assessment by the tutors and a two-stage exam.
Nathan Stokes, principle consultant data centre and critical engineering at specialist IT recruiter IntaPeople, tells recruiter.co.uk: “The industry is at a high because of the growth of big data and smart phones.”
Stokes welcomes the initiative, particularly he says if it is aimed at addressing the growing shortage of people with mechanical and electrical engineering skills, something that he predicts will otherwise worsen over the next five to 10 years.
