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Academy graduates work on defence project

The Accelerated Trainer Academy has announced that its first graduates are now delivering IT user training on behalf of the ATLAS consortium to help it supply Increment 1 of the Defence Information Infrastructure (Future) project.

The DII(F) project is intended to replace numerous individual information systems throughout the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with a single, more efficient information infrastructure.

Jane McCarthy, who heads up the Accelerated Trainer Academy (formerly the Spearhead Trainer Academy), commented: "We are planning to enrol further intakes of students into the Academy over the next few months in order to fulfil the initial needs of the ATLAS consortium - which involves delivering training initially to over 600 secure installations in the UK."

The Accelerated Trainer Academy, which offers a three-week programme to develop IT and training skills, is a joint venture between two of the UK's largest trainer resource providers, BroadSkill and Training Synergy.

"The first part of the Academy course equips delegates with the skills required to deliver effective IT end-user training, covering course design and delivery, learning styles and lesson planning," said Jane McCarthy.

"Throughout the course, delegates are given opportunities to practise their newly developed skills by delivering several 'mini-teach' sessions, the content of which will contribute to the work-based evidence tasks required to achieve ITQ qualification later in the course.

"Delegates are then coached through the ECDL syllabus with accredited testing and should achieve the ITQ Level 2 qualification on completion of the three-week programme. Before leaving the course, students develop a plan to help them achieve the ITQ Level 3 qualification and are offered coaching and support by our tutors to help them reach this goal."

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