The programme consists of a technical qualification including core content and an occupational specialism, alongside a high-quality industry placement.

The core content focuses on knowledge and understanding of business contexts and environments, data and storage, digital analysis and computational thinking, and digital environments, including hardware and software solutions, networks, and virtual infrastructure. You will gain the knowledge and skills to successfully plan, implement, and test infrastructure projects which will support you in completion of the course assessments.

The digital infrastructure occupational specialism covers the application of procedures and controls to maintain the digital security of an organisation and its data, and the installation, configuration, testing and management of both physical and virtual infrastructures. You will learn through classroom and practical lab-based activity about the principles of network and infrastructure design, the transmission of digital information over network media, network cabling, physical and cloud hosted virtual servers, operating systems and services, remote access, VPNs, and IT Service management. The course content is reinforced by application in the workplace, ensuring learning is made relevant to the business context.