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20 Thursday June 28 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi The Star Tech is New Zealand’s third-largest export sector and is growing fast, with over 9000 new jobs expected to be created over the next two years*. To fuel this growth, NZ needs more people with a grounding in tech to meet the rapid expansion within this exciting and varied area, which crosses into many industries. SIGNAL ICT Grad School develops tech professionals to meet that growth via SHIFT, enabling more people to enter this dynamic and diverse sector. *NZ Tech Digital Skills Survey 2017 The SHIFT Programme SHIFT is an innovative industry-driven programme for those who are seeking a new career path who may not have a tech background. Open to degree holders in any discipline, SHIFT learners have come from diverse backgrounds such as medicine, philosophy, sociology, commerce, geography, marketing, engineering and humanities. Available in both Christchurch and Dunedin, this one year programme offers relevant and current content skills to ensure you are well equipped to work within the tech area, where the skills you have learnt in previous work and study are highly valued. Partnering With Industry SHIFT uses immersive studio-based learning and real-world industry experience to produce graduates with a solid base of core computing skills, as well as communication and employability skills required in today’s collaborative workplaces. SHIFT includes several opportunities to meet and work with local tech industry employers, and includes industry visits, group projects designed and mentored by industry, and a 200 hour industry placement, where you work within the organisation on a curated project to add value to your host, and to showcase your capabilities. Opportunities With tech roles existing in nearly every area from aviation to zoology, career possibilities are extensive. Through the SHIFT programme, learners can focus on software design and development, or allied roles, such as business analyst, web designer, project manager, user experience designer, technical writer, sales and client support . . . and the list goes on. SIGNAL’s SHIFT Programme transitions graduates from any discipline into tech. Many new and mature graduates are considering tech as a viable and lucrative career option and this is increasing as the range of roles within tech becomes more widely known. Diversity of background and experiences is welcomed in the tech sector, where it is strongly recognised that it takes many viewpoints to best design products that meet customer requirements, and firms are actively recruiting to address gender and ethnic imbalances across their employees. FIND OUT MORE! Tech Careers & Pizza Night Wednesday July 4, 5.30pm - 7pm Register at: http://bit.ly/TechcareersJuly4Chch Email chch@signal.ac.nz or Phone 0800 990024 Situated at 181 High Street, SIGNAL Christchurch is in the heart of the growing Innovation Precinct. The next SHIFT intake commences July 23, 2018 and scholarships are available. Call SIGNAL today on 0800 990024 and start your shift into NZ’s fastest-growing sector. ISAAC’S STORY: With a Masters in Geology and 10 years experience working in the mining industry, Isaac re-assessed his career goals, wanting a career that was more flexible and portable. ‘I saw the SHIFT programme as an exciting opportunity to add specific tech skills to my knowledge base, so I can translate those skills into a new career.’ For his industry project, Isaac worked with Stantec NZ to represent aerial drone footage. ‘The school-friendly course hours have allowed me to carry on with my before and after school duties, and this has really helped my family and my career training.’ Isaac has just landed a role with Seequent, a global leader in the development of data visualisation software and collaborative technologies. FELICIA’S STORY: Felicia has a computer engineering degree from the Philippines where she worked as an Air Traffic Controller for 12 years before coming to New Zealand. ‘SHIFT will enable and empower me to reignite my programming skills to eventually help me become work-ready. I am invested to take as much knowledge and practical skills from this course and apply them in more meaningful ways.’Felicia has really enjoyed her internship with Airways NZ, where she has been utilising her previous skills, and also her new tech skils from SHIFT. SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE for July 2018 APPLY NOW 2040026a
The Star Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Thursday June 28 2018 21 Readers’ photos HORNCASTLE ARENA June 29 - July 1 10AM - 5PM TICKETS ONLINE: starhomeshow.kiwi If you want to win a double movie pass – get clicking. Each week The Star will give away a double movie pass to the best photo sent in by a reader. Send your photos to martin.hunter@starmedia. kiwi. Put ‘photo competition’ in the subject line and include your name, address and phone number WINNER: Allan Macala, Linwood. CHEEKY: Margaret Hadley, Spreydon INDUSTRIAL: Anastasiya Korzh, Waltham MOUNTAIN VISTA: Alison Beare, Parklands FURRY: Jonathan Brown, Bryndwr
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