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ITCS’s latest apprentice, Joel Davies, has completed his training and accepted a permanent position at their Bridgend based offices as a Level 2 IT Support engineer.
Joel was offered the apprenticeship after a week’s work experience. Since undertaking the qualification he has excelled in his role.
As part of his apprenticeship, Joel was involved in a number of different projects as he developed his capabilities and gained practical experience. He began in the workshop repairing hardware faults, and due to his excellent manner with clients, quickly became situated on the support desk.
Joel’s apprenticeship has allowed him to become confident helping clients, and he is now familiar with many technical domains. He is now confident resolving issues within areas around Active Directory, Group Policy, Network Security, Mail Hosting Platforms (Microsoft Exchange/Office 365), VPN (ipsec, L2TP, PPTP, SSL), Proactive Maintenance (Backup Solutions/Compliancy Reporting), Virtual Environments, Switches and Servers, as well as general DNS, DHCP and Router Management. Joel also becomes involved with mail migrations to an Office 365 solution from a POP/IMAP or Microsoft Onsite Exchange platforms.
ITCS is committed to supporting the development of talented young people with apprenticeships, student placements and graduate opportunities; the Directors believe that nurturing new talent is a key component of the company’s long-term workforce development.
ITCS are working closely with Bridgend College to develop specialist modules and to encourage apprenticeships within the technology sector. We recognise the importance of investing in the next generation of IT engineers and work closely with the college to tailor modules that will allow our current employees to train our apprentices to the highest standard.
Joel said: “My colleagues have supported me since my first day and ITCS has really helped me during my apprenticeship. I felt comfortable and part of the team very quickly, even though I was still learning on the job. I’m really happy to have been offered a permanent role at ITCS; I’m looking forward to working on bigger projects and growing within my role”.
Matthew Mutlow, Operations Director, said: “Joel integrated into the business very quickly and is a valued member of our team. He has worked hard during his apprenticeship and we are delighted to be able to reward his efforts by offering him a permanent job at ITCS. Apprenticeships are an important part of our workforce development. We feel they are so valuable, as they not only offer people opportunities to develop their skills, but also to develop themselves, as people. I have every confidence that Joel will continue to thrive as a permanent ITCS employee, and we look forward to welcoming more apprentices into the fold to develop more budding engineers.”
