AWS re/Start is a FREE, full-time skills development program to jump-start your career working in cloud computing. A technology background is not required to apply and the program is focused on unemployed and underemployed individuals.

AWS re/Start and TechTalent Academy have teamed up to offer this tuition free for candidates based in West Midlands, Belfast, Newcastle or Leeds and wider areas.

Through real-world, scenario-based learning, labs, and coursework, learners gain the skills they need for an entry-level cloud role. In the program, you’ll also focus on professional skills such as adaptive communication, time management, resume building, and interviewing to prepare for employer meeting and interviews.

You will acquire cloud computing skills and prepare for AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification with complimentary access to practice and full exams. After you graduate, TechTalent Academy will connect you with employers and help you transition into your new working life.

AWS re/Start programs open to applications: 

AWS re/Start West Midlands 
Start date: 26th April 2021
Full time, 12 weeks, Monday- Friday 9am-5pm

AWS re/Start Newcastle and Leeds 
Start date: 26th April 2021
Full time, 12 weeks, Monday- Friday 9am-5pm
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AWS re/Start - Belfast
Location: Belfast 
Start Date: 24th May 2021 

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What your journey to the cloud will look like:

1. Apply with CV and Cover letter

2. Interview

3. Orientation

4. Class begins!

5. Prepare for interviews and employer meetings

6. Graduation

7. Advance your career!

Eligibility Requirements:

• Currently living in Newcastle, Leeds, Belfast or Birmingham and wider areas

• Not working regularly more than 16 hours per week, and not in education or training

• Can demonstrate your interest in a career in technology

• Have the legal right to work & live in the UK

• Available full time for 12 weeks, and ready to start a full time job straight after the course

• Minimum of 5 GCSE’s A*-C or equivalent

• Have not already completed a TTA funded academy

What skills will I learn?

Through hands-on interactive sessions, you’ll learn technical, behavioural and mindset skills to prepare you to launch a career in the cloud.

Technical skills –

• How cloud computing works

• AWS Cloud skills

• How to use different programming languages

• Build skills aligned with AWS Certification – you’ll prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Certification

Behaviour & Mindset skills –

• Effective communication

• Problem solving

• Teamwork

• Time management

At TechTalent Academy, we believe the technology sector is missing a trick. As it struggles to find the talent it needs, it continues to overlook the potential of under-represented groups. We believe passionately in the power of diversity to improve organisations and individual lives. So we are creating Academies that help businesses build diverse tech teams – and individuals with under-represented backgrounds build rewarding tech careers.

We are driven by purpose. Our vision is to work with 20,000 new tech talent trainees and transform the sector with the diverse teams we build. Together with our partners, we want to remove the barriers for the next generation of technology talent, giving them the all-round support they need to choose tech as their career path.