Business Development Course Overview This Business Development course provides a comprehensive foundation in key areas essential for driving organisational growth and operational excellence. Learners will explore critical topics such as succession planning, process and supply chain management, strategic analysis, and effective communication. The course equips participants with the skills needed to manage projects, lead teams, and optimise retail pricing and procurement strategies. Through a focus on developing negotiation, marketing, and conflict management skills, learners will gain the confidence to represent their organisation effectively and make informed decisions. By the end of this course, participants will be prepared to contribute strategically to business growth, operational planning, and risk management, enhancing their professional capabilities and career prospects. Course Description This detailed course covers a wide spectrum of business development areas designed to enhance learners’ understanding of how to grow and sustain a successful organisation. Topics include planning and forecasting operations, supply chain oversight, quality management, and project coordination. Participants will delve into strategic product scope, analysis, and multi-channel selling techniques, alongside essential soft skills such as negotiation, communication, and business etiquette. The learning experience emphasises the development of management competencies, talent and time management, and approaches to conflict resolution. Learners will also engage with modules on marketing fundamentals and risk management, ensuring a well-rounded grasp of business dynamics. This course is ideal for those wishing to elevate their strategic thinking and leadership skills within diverse professional environments. Business Development Curriculum Module 01: Business Development and Succession Planning Module 02: Process Management Module 03: Supply Chain Management Module 04: Planning & Forecasting Operations Module 05: Procurement & Purchasing Management Module 06: Project Management Module 07: Retail Pricing Module 08: Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring Module 09: Strategic Analysis and Product Scope Module 10: Quality Management Module 11: Management Skills for Leading Your Team Module 12: Selling in Multiple Channels Module 13: Representing Your Boss and Company Module 14: Preparing for Brainstorming Module 15: Generating Solutions (I) Module 16: Generating Solutions (II) Module 17: Analyzing Solutions Module 18: Selecting a Solution Module 19: Negotiation Techniques Module 20: Communication Skills Module 21: Skills of an Effective Administrator Module 22: What is Marketing? Module 23: Common Marketing Types (I) Module 24: Common Marketing Types (II) Module 25: Conflict Management Module 26: Talent Management Module 27: Time Management Module 28: Managing Risk and Recovery Module 29: Business Etiquette (See full curriculum) Who Is This Course For? Individuals seeking to enhance their business growth and development skills. Professionals aiming to progress into leadership or management roles. Beginners with an interest in business operations and strategic planning. Team leaders and administrators looking to improve communication and negotiation skills. Career Path Business Development Manager Project Coordinator Supply Chain Analyst Procurement Officer Marketing Executive Operations Manager Sales Manager Team Leader or Supervisor
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is suitable for anyone responsible for configuring, managing or supporting a Veeam Availability Suite v11 environment. This includes Senior Engineers and Architects responsible for creating architectures for Veeam environments. Overview After completing this course, attendees should be able to: Describe Veeam Availability Suite components usage scenarios and relevance to your environment. Effectively manage data availability in on-site, off-site, cloud and hybrid environments. Ensure both Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) are met. Configure Veeam Availability Suite to ensure data is protected effectively. Adapt with an organization's evolving technical and business data protection needs. Ensure recovery is possible, effective, efficient, secure and compliant with business requirements. Provide visibility of the business data assets, reports and dashboards to monitor performance and risks. Design and architect a Veeam solution in a real-world environment Describe best practices, review an existing infrastructure and assess business/project requirements Identify relevant infrastructure metrics and perform component (storage, CPU, memory) quantity sizing Provide implementation and testing guidelines in line with designs Innovatively address design challenges and pain points, matching appropriate Veeam Backup & Replication features with requirements Veeam Certified Architect is the highest level of Veeam technical certifications. Engineers who complete both Veeam Availability Suite v11: Configuration and Management and Veeam Backup & Replication V11: Architecture and Design programs (courses + exams) will be granted with the 'Veeam Certified Architect' (VMCA) title by Veeam. Introduction Veeam Availability Suite v11: Configuration and Management Describe RTOs and RPOs, what they mean for your business, how to manage and monitor performance against them The 3-2-1 Rule and its importance in formulating a successful backup strategy Identify key Veeam Availability Suite components and describe their usage scenarios and deployment types Building backup capabilities Backup methods, the appropriate use cases and impact on underlying file systems Create, modify, optimize and delete backup jobs, including Agents and NAS Backup jobs. Explore different tools and methods to maximize environment performance Ensure efficiency by being able to select appropriate transport modes while being aware of the impact of various backup functions on the infrastructure Building replication capabilities Identify and describe the options available for replication and impacts of using them Create and modify replication jobs, outline considerations to ensure success Introduce the new Continuous Data Protection (CDP) policy Secondary backups Simple vs. advanced backup copy jobs, how to create and modify them using best practices to ensure efficient recovery Discuss using tapes for backups Advanced repository capabilities Ensure repository scalability using a capability such as SOBR on-premises and off-site including integration with cloud storage Ensure compatibility with existing deduplication appliances Introduce the new hardened repository Protecting data in the cloud Review how Veeam can protect the data of a cloud native application Review how Veeam Cloud Connect enables you to take advantage of cloud services built on Veeam Review how Veeam can be used to protect your Office 365 data Restoring from backup Ensure you have the confidence to use the correct restore tool at the right time for restoring VMs, bare metal and individual content such as files and folders Utilize Secure Restore to prevent the restoration of malware Describe how to use Staged Restore to comply with things like General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) before releasing restores to production Identify, describe and utilize the different explores and instant recovery tools and features Recovery from replica Identify and describe in detail, failover features and the appropriate usage Develop, prepare and test failover plans to ensure recovery Disaster recovery from replica to meet a variety of real-world recovery needs Testing backup and replication Testing backups and replicas to ensure you can recover, what you need, when you need to Configure and setup virtual sandbox environments based on backup, replicas and storage snapshots Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager and Veeam ONE Introduce the concept of monitoring your virtual, physical and cloud environments with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager and Veeam ONE? Configuration backup Locate, migrate or restore backup configuration Introduction Veeam Backup & Replication v11: Architecture and Design Review the architecture principles Explore what a successful architecture looks like Review Veeam?s architecture methodology Discovery Analyze the existing environment Uncover relevant infrastructure metrics Uncover assumptions and risks Identify complexity in the environment Conceptual design Review scenario and data from discovery phase Identify logical groups of objects that will share resources based on requirements Create a set of detailed tables of business and technical requirements, constraints, assumptions and risks Review infrastructure data with each product component in mind Create high level design and data flow Logical design Match critical components and features of VBR with requirements Create logical groupings Determine location of components and relationship to logical grouping Aggregate totals of component resources needed per logical grouping Calculate component (storage, CPU, memory) quantity sizing Physical/tangible design Convert the logical design into a physical design Physical hardware sizing Create a list of physical Veeam backup components Implementation and Governance Review physical design and implantation plan Review Veeam deployment hardening Describe the architect?s obligations to the implementation team Provide guidance on implementation specifics that relate to the design Validation and Iteration Provide framework for how to test the design Further develop the design according to a modification scenario
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for The ideal audience for the RPA and UiPath Boot Camp is beginners in the field of RPA and individuals in roles such as developers, project managers, operation analysts, and tech enthusiasts looking to familiarize themselves with automation technologies. It's also perfectly suited for business professionals keen on understanding and implementing automated solutions within their organizations to optimize processes. Overview This 'skills-centric' course is about 50% hands-on lab and 50% lecture, with extensive practical exercises designed to reinforce fundamental skills, concepts and best practices taught throughout the course. Working in a hands-on learning environment, led by our Automation Learning expert instructor, students will explore: Gain a thorough understanding of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and its applications using UiPath, setting a solid foundation for future learning and application. Learn to record and play in UiPath Studio, a key skill that enables automating complex tasks in a user-friendly environment. Master the art of designing and controlling workflows using Sequencing, Flowcharting, and Control Flow, helping to streamline and manage automation processes effectively. Acquire practical skills in data manipulation, from variable management to CSV/Excel and data table conversions, empowering you to handle data-rich tasks with confidence. Develop competence in managing controls and exploring various plugins and extensions, providing a broader toolkit for handling diverse automation projects. Get hands-on experience with exception handling, debugging, logging, code management, and bot deployment, fundamental skills that ensure your automated processes are reliable and efficient. How to deploy and control Bots with UiPath Orchestrator The Hands-on Natural Language Processing (NLP) Boot Camp is an immersive, three-day course that serves as your guide to building machines that can read and interpret human language. NLP is a unique interdisciplinary field, blending computational linguistics with artificial intelligence to help machines understand, interpret, and generate human language. In an increasingly data-driven world, NLP skills provide a competitive edge, enabling the development of sophisticated projects such as voice assistants, text analyzers, chatbots, and so much more. Our comprehensive curriculum covers a broad spectrum of NLP topics. Beginning with an introduction to NLP and feature extraction, the course moves to the hands-on development of text classifiers, exploration of web scraping and APIs, before delving into topic modeling, vector representations, text manipulation, and sentiment analysis. Half of your time is dedicated to hands-on labs, where you'll experience the practical application of your knowledge, from creating pipelines and text classifiers to web scraping and analyzing sentiment. These labs serve as a microcosm of real-world scenarios, equipping you with the skills to efficiently process and analyze text data. Time permitting, you?ll also explore modern tools like Python libraries, the OpenAI GPT-3 API, and TensorFlow, using them in a series of engaging exercises. By the end of the course, you'll have a well-rounded understanding of NLP, and will leave equipped with the practical skills and insights that you can immediately put to use, helping your organization gain valuable insights from text data, streamline business processes, and improve user interactions with automated text-based systems. You?ll be able to process and analyze text data effectively, implement advanced text representations, apply machine learning algorithms for text data, and build simple chatbots. What is Robotic Process Automation? Scope and techniques of automation Robotic process automation About UiPath The future of automation Record and Play UiPath stack Downloading and installing UiPath Studio Learning UiPath Studio Task recorder Step-by-step examples using the recorder Sequence, Flowchart, and Control Flow Sequencing the workflow Activities Control flow, various types of loops, and decision making Step-by-step example using Sequence and Flowchart Step-by-step example using Sequence and Control flow Data Manipulation Variables and scope Collections Arguments ? Purpose and use Data table usage with examples Clipboard management File operation with step-by-step example CSV/Excel to data table and vice versa (with a step-by-step example) Taking Control of the Controls Finding and attaching windows Finding the control Techniques for waiting for a control Act on controls ? mouse and keyboard activities Working with UiExplorer Handling events Revisit recorder Screen Scraping When to use OCR Types of OCR available How to use OCR Avoiding typical failure points Tame that Application with Plugins and Extensions Terminal plugin SAP automation Java plugin Citrix automation Mail plugin PDF plugin Web integration Excel and Word plugins Credential management Extensions ? Java, Chrome, Firefox, and Silverlight Handling User Events and Assistant Bots What are assistant bots? Monitoring system event triggers Monitoring image and element triggers Launching an assistant bot on a keyboard event Exception Handling, Debugging, and Logging Exception handling Common exceptions and ways to handle them Logging and taking screenshots Debugging techniques Collecting crash dumps Error reporting Managing and Maintaining the Code Project organization Nesting workflows Reusability of workflows Commenting techniques State Machine When to use Flowcharts, State Machines, or Sequences Using config files and examples of a config file Integrating a TFS server Deploying and Maintaining the Bot Publishing using publish utility Overview of Orchestration Server Using Orchestration Server to control bots Using Orchestration Server to deploy bots License management Publishing and managing updates
Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for Attendee roles might include: Software Developers/Programmers Data Scientists Machine Learning Engineers AI Researchers User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) Designers Technical Product Managers Technical Team Leads Overview Working in an interactive learning environment, led by our engaging AI expert you'll: Develop a strong foundational understanding of generative AI techniques and their applications in software development. Gain hands-on experience working with popular generative AI models, including Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Variational Autoencoders (VAEs), and Transformer models. Master the use of leading AI libraries and frameworks, such as TensorFlow, Keras, and Hugging Face Transformers, for implementing generative AI models. Acquire the skills to design, train, optimize, and evaluate custom generative AI models tailored to specific software development tasks. Learn to fine-tune pre-trained generative AI models for targeted applications and deploy them effectively in various environments, including cloud-based services and on-premises servers. Understand and address the ethical, legal, and safety considerations of using generative AI, including mitigating biases and ensuring responsible AI-generated content. Prompt Engineering offers coders and software developers a competitive edge by empowering them to develop more effective and efficient AI-driven solutions in their projects. By harnessing the capabilities of cutting-edge AI models like GPT-4, coders can automate repetitive tasks, enhance natural language understanding, and even generate code suggestions, boosting productivity and creativity. In addition, mastering prompt engineering can contribute to improved job security, as professionals with these in-demand skills are highly sought after in the rapidly evolving tech landscape. Quick Start to Prompt Engineering for Coders and Software Developers is a one day course designed to get you quickly up and running with the prompting skills required to out AI to work for you in your development efforts. Guided by our AI expert, you?ll explore key topics such as text preprocessing, data cleansing, GPT-4 tokenization, input formatting, prompt design, and optimization, as well as ethical considerations in prompt engineering. In the hands-on labs you?ll explore tasks such as formatting inputs for GPT-4, designing and optimizing prompts for business applications, and implementing multi-turn conversations with AI. You?ll work with innovative tools like the OpenAI API, OpenAI Codex, and OpenAI Playground, enhancing your learning experience while preparing you for integrating prompt engineering into your professional toolkit. By the end of this immersive course, you?ll have the skills necessary to effectively use prompt engineering in your software development projects. You'll be able to design, optimize, and test prompts for various business tasks, integrate GPT-4 with other software platforms, and address ethical concerns in AI deployment. Generative AI represents an exhilarating frontier in artificial intelligence, specializing in the creation of new data instances, imitation of real data, and content generation. Its remarkable capabilities facilitate automated content creation, enriched user experiences, and groundbreaking solutions across diverse industries, ultimately fueling efficiency and transcending technological limits. By harnessing the power of generative AI, developers can craft dynamic content, produce code and documentation, refine user interfaces, and devise customized recommendations, empowering them to construct highly efficient and custom solutions for a wide range of applications. Designed for experienced programmers, Turbocharge Your Code! Generative AI Boot Camp for Developers is a three-day workshop-style course that teaches you the latest skills and tools required to master generative AI models, transforming the way you approach software development. In today's fast-paced technological landscape, generative AI has emerged as a game-changer, with leading companies like NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Google leveraging its capabilities to push the boundaries of innovation. By learning how to harness the power of generative models such as GANs, VAEs, and Transformer models, you will be able to generate code, documentation, and tests, enhance user interfaces, and create dynamic content that adapts to user needs. Our comprehensive curriculum covers everything from the fundamentals of generative AI to advanced techniques and ethical considerations, including hands-on labs where you will develop and deploy custom models using state-of-the-art AI tools and libraries like TensorFlow and Hugging Face Transformers. Throughout the course you'll focus on practical application and collaboration, building confidence with personalized guidance and real-time feedback from our expert live instructor. Upon completion, you will be equipped with the knowledge and experience necessary to develop and implement innovative generative AI models across various industries, improving existing products, creating new applications, and gaining highly-valuable skills in the rapidly advancing field of AI. Additional course details: Nexus Humans Turbocharge Your Code! Generative AI Boot Camp for Developers (TTAI2305) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Turbocharge Your Code! Generative AI Boot Camp for Developers (TTAI2305) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.
Are your sales people too stressed, running on adrenalin, perhaps driving towards burnout, struggling to reach targets? Wouldn't you rather they delivered consistently good performance, sustainable over longer periods of time, with less stress (for both them and you)? This uniquely empowering workshop will help your team develop naturally high levels of focus, energy and motivation. They will attain a sense of grounded euphoria, giving them a very distinct and ethical edge in selling. A one-day programme, it gives salespeople an introduction to the 'Natural Superheroes' concepts and resources, tools and techniques, to help them improve their sales performance - realising greater sales potential, developing deeper and more profitable client relationships, winning more business. Through this experience, sales teams gain: Information about profiling clients to instantly understand more about their deepest drives and true needs so they can be genuinely met and, where possible, exceeded Insights into deep, honest and very 'real' reasons for sales procrastination - participants are given specific workable strategies they can easily apply to overcome sales resistance, by tapping their natural motivational styles An understanding of communicating at the very highest levels with different people so they truly understand your sales message and have a significantly more positive sales experience A realisation of their very specific natural sales talents as individuals and as a team A deeper level of experience and understanding of what specifically drives their own behaviour and the behaviour of their clients - these unique insights explain not only how but exactly why people behave the way they do An experience of what it takes to be unshakeable under pressure and manage the sales processes and relationships to a positive outcome for all Brand-new insights into working with and handling difficult people across all levels of authority An understanding of the pitfalls and the psychological traps we set ourselves which cause unnecessary stress, anxiety and frustration on a daily basis and, in turn, limit our sales performance Access to very simple and practical tools that massively increase self-awareness, engender accountability and responsibility and develop emotional sales mastery 1 Introducing 'Natural Superheroes' for sales What is a 'Natural Superhero'? Defining emotional intelligence in the context of sales and why it is so important Knowing yourself - why most people don't know themselves at all and how we can understand exactly what drives our behaviour for the purpose of improving sales performance specifically Knowing exactly why others, and specifically clients and team members, behave the way they do - understanding the real motives behind people's good and bad behaviour in a sales meeting Simple steps to freeing yourself of any anxiety, pressure and false sense of limitation when selling Being yourself in sales - why this is not as easy as it sounds but how you can make it effortless How to take control of achieving the sales performance you really need and want for yourself and others Strategies that raise your self-awareness, increase an authentic and sustainable sense of self-confidence, in difficult situations and in moments of crisis 2 Understanding yourself, your team members and your customers - using the Enneagram Introducing the Enneagram and why it is so valuable to sales people and their clients Exploring the 9 types of motivational drives and why people have different reasons for buying from you Core types and wings - understanding the influence of other motivations either side of the core Enneagram type How to confirm the profile of your client - using celebrities from the world of politics, cinema, sports - we explore how to identify each type - what are their core drives, why have they arisen and how can we use these insights to help you in improving your sales performance The 3 levels of behaviour within your personal profile and that of your clients Lookalike Enneagram types - mistaken identities - how to avoid these traps when profiling your clients and your team How to communicate effectively in a sales environment with each of the different Enneagram types - communication strategies for positive impact on morale, performance and, ultimately, sales results How to interpret and make use of the results of your online personal profile - participants complete an online profile before the event and have the opportunity to analyse their results with a view to improving their sales performance How sales teams sabotage their own performance and that of other people within the team - and how to stop it Uncovering your particular edge in a sales role - what unconsciously trips you up as a sales person? How the Enneagram helps us in sustaining a truly great sales performance over time 3 Why positive thinking alone doesn't work in sales Why 'PMA' does not stand for positive mental attitude when selling - learn its alternative meaning that can serve you even more effectively in a sales role 3 steps and exercises that naturally increase PMA The value of making unconscious thinking conscious and how to do this without any pain or discomfort in a sales meeting Why each Enneagram type has a different experience of PMA in terms of their outward behaviour and how to know when you are maximising your sales performance 4 Measuring success How to measure the development of your individual profile as a sales person Development planning and review Into the future - how to continue your Natural Superhero development
Leading end-to-end sales interaction with customers and managing sales internally within an organisation.
Touch Typing Essentials Course Overview The "Touch Typing Essentials" course is designed to help learners develop efficient and accurate typing skills. Covering all aspects of typing from basic finger positioning to typing punctuation and capital letters, this course is perfect for those who want to improve their typing speed and accuracy. Learners will gain a solid foundation in touch typing, enabling them to type confidently without looking at the keyboard. Whether you're a student, a professional, or anyone looking to improve your typing ability, this course will equip you with the skills necessary to type efficiently, leading to increased productivity and confidence in digital communication. Course Description This course provides a structured approach to mastering touch typing. It covers everything from setting up your computer for optimal typing to learning how to type individual letters, punctuation, and even capital letters. Each module focuses on building muscle memory for each key, ensuring learners develop speed and accuracy with each finger movement. Throughout the course, learners will be encouraged to practice regularly to improve typing speed while maintaining correct posture and ergonomics. By the end of the course, learners will have gained the skills needed to type quickly and efficiently, improving their overall digital literacy. Whether for personal development or professional purposes, this course prepares learners for success in today's fast-paced digital world. Touch Typing Essentials Curriculum Module 01: Introduction Module 02: How to Set up Your Computer Module 03: How to type the letters F and J Module 04: How to type the letters D and K Module 05: How to type the letters S and L Module 06: How to type the letter A and ; (semicolon) Module 07: How to type the letters E and I Module 08: How to type the letters R and U Module 09: How to type the letters T and O Module 10: How to type CAPITAL letters Module 11: How to type the letter C and , (Comma) Module 12: How to type the letters G and H Module 13: How to type the letters N and V Module 14: How to type the letters W and M Module 15: How to type the letters Q and P Module 16: How to type the letters B and Y Module 17: How to type the letters Z and X Module 18: How to type Colon and Semicolon Module 19: How to type Full Stop and Comma Module 20: How to type Question Mark and Exclamation Mark Module 21: How to type Dash, Parentheses and Quotation Marks (See full curriculum) Who is this course for? Individuals seeking to improve typing speed and accuracy. Professionals aiming to enhance productivity and efficiency. Beginners with an interest in improving digital literacy. Students preparing for academic or professional typing requirements. Career Path Administrative Assistant Data Entry Clerk Executive Assistant Virtual Assistant Customer Service Representative Content Writer Transcriptionist
Learn Web Development from Scratch Course Overview This comprehensive course offers a step-by-step journey through web development, starting from the very basics to advanced concepts. Learners will explore core technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python, gaining the skills necessary to build responsive, interactive websites and dynamic web applications. The course emphasises real-world applications, enabling learners to develop their own web projects and publish them online. By the end of the course, participants will confidently navigate the web development process, from setting up their environment to mastering coding principles and deploying live websites. This course is designed to equip individuals with both foundational knowledge and practical abilities that align with current industry standards, preparing them for career advancement or entry into the tech sector. Course Description This detailed web development course covers a broad spectrum of topics essential for anyone looking to build a solid foundation in creating websites and applications. Starting with environment setup, learners will delve deeply into HTML, progressing through beginner to expert levels, before moving on to CSS for styling and layout control. JavaScript modules provide an introduction to programming logic, data handling, and user interaction techniques, including error handling and client-side validations. The course also introduces Python fundamentals, focusing on its applications in web development and data science. Throughout the modules, learners will engage with structured coding tasks and projects designed to reinforce understanding and boost confidence. The final stages focus on publishing and managing live websites, ensuring learners complete the course ready to contribute effectively in web development roles. Learn Web Development from Scratch Curriculum Module 01: Getting Started Module 02: Setting up Development Environment Module 03: HTML Fundamentals Module 04: HTML Intermediate Module 05: HTML Advanced Module 06: HTML Expert Module 07: HTML Website Project Module 08: CSS Fundamentals Module 09: CSS Intermediate Module 10: CSS Advanced Module 11: CSS Expert Module 12: CSS Website Project Module 13: JavaScript Getting Started Module 14: JavaScript Fundamentals Module 15: JavaScript Strings Module 16: JavaScript Operators Module 17: JavaScript Conditional Statements Module 18: JavaScript Control Flow Statements Module 19: JavaScript Functions Module 20: Data Visualisation (Google Charts) Module 21: JavaScript Error Handling Module 22: JavaScript Client-Side Validations Module 23: Python Introduction Module 24: Python Basic Module 25: Python Strings Module 26: Python Operators Module 27: Python Data Structures Module 28: Python Conditional Statements Module 29: Python Control Flow Statements Module 30: Python Core Games Module 31: Python Functions Module 32: Python Args, KW Args for Data Science Module 33: Python Project Module 34: Publish Your Website for Live (See full curriculum) Who is this course for? Individuals seeking to start a career in web development. Professionals aiming to expand their technical skillset for career growth. Beginners with an interest in coding and digital technologies. Those wanting to build and manage their own websites or web applications. Career Path Junior Web Developer Front-End Developer Web Designer Full-Stack Developer Trainee Software Developer Assistant Digital Content Manager Data Visualisation Specialist
Course Overview The British Sign Language (BSL) Level 1 & 2 course offers a comprehensive foundation for learners keen to develop effective communication skills within the Deaf community. This course covers key vocabulary, everyday conversations, and cultural understanding across two recognised qualification levels. Through engaging modules, learners will build confidence in signing across a range of topics including greetings, family, transport, work, health, and leisure activities. The course provides a flexible learning experience, enabling learners to study at their own pace while gradually advancing from basic to more complex sign language structures. By the end of the course, learners will be able to confidently engage in conversations, describe people, express opinions, and interpret dialogues with greater fluency. Whether for personal growth, professional development, or community involvement, this course equips learners with the communication tools needed to create more inclusive and supportive environments for Deaf individuals. Course Description The British Sign Language (BSL) Level 1 & 2 course is structured to guide learners through a progressive journey, starting with the alphabet, fingerspelling, and simple daily interactions, before advancing to complex dialogues and storytelling. Key topics include family life, the home environment, weather, transport, work, hobbies, shopping, health, and holidays. Learners will engage with a variety of video dialogues—both with and without voice-over and subtitles—designed to enhance visual communication skills and comprehension. This learning experience not only builds practical sign language ability but also deepens understanding of Deaf culture, encouraging effective and respectful communication. With a focus on clarity, repetition, and gradual development, learners will acquire the skills needed to hold structured conversations, ask and respond to questions, and share detailed personal or professional information in BSL. The course aims to support learners in becoming confident and culturally aware communicators across different social and professional contexts. Course Modules Module 01: British Sign Language (BSL) Level 1 Online Course Module 02: Alphabet Fingerspelling and Names Practice Module 03: Greetings Module 04: Family, Question Forms and Family Story Module 05: Rooms in the House Vocabulary Module 06: Colours Module 07: Questions and Statements about the Home Module 08: Animals Module 09: Numbers and Money Module 10: Time and Months of the Year Module 11: Describing Ages Module 12: Weather Module 13: Transport Module 14: Directions Module 15: Hobbies Module 16: Work Module 17: Food and Drink Module 18: Dialogues (No Voice, No Subtitles) Module 19: Dialogues (With Voice and Subtitles) Module 20: Bonus: 5 Stories (With Voice and Subtitles) Module 21: Bonus: 5 Stories (No Voice Over) Module 22: Level 2 British Sign Language Module 23: Family Vocabulary Module 24: Describing People and Animals Module 25: Activities at School Module 26: Jobs and Activities at Work Module 27: Time Module 28: Activities in the Home Module 29: Leisure Activities Module 30: Opinions, Likes and Dislikes Module 31: Illnesses and Health Module 32: Eating and Drinking Module 33: Shopping and Spending Module 34: Travel and Holidays Module 35: Level 2 Dialogues (Without Voice and Subtitles) Module 36: Level 2 Dialogues (With Voice Over and Subtitles) Module 37: 5 Stories (No Voice Over and No Subtitles) Module 38: 5 Stories (With Voice Over and Subtitles) Module 39: Level 2 BSL Dialogues and Stories (See full curriculum) Who is this course for? Individuals seeking to communicate confidently with the Deaf community. Professionals aiming to enhance communication skills in inclusive workplaces. Beginners with an interest in sign language and Deaf culture. Teachers, healthcare workers, and public service providers. Parents, family members, or friends of Deaf individuals. Career Path BSL Interpreter (after further study and qualifications) Communication Support Worker Deaf Support Assistant Special Educational Needs (SEN) Teaching Assistant Community Support Worker Customer Service Advisor in accessible services Healthcare and Social Care Assistant Voluntary roles supporting Deaf organisations
Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is geared for experienced skilled Java developers, software developers, data scientists, machine learning experts or others who wish to transtion their coding skills to Scala, learning how to code in Scala and apply it in a practical way. This is not a basic class. Overview Working in a hands-on learning environment led by our expert instructor you'll: Get comfortable with Scala's core principles and unique features, helping you navigate the language confidently and boosting your programming skills. Discover the power of functional programming and learn techniques that will make your code more efficient, maintainable, and enjoyable to write. Become proficient in creating dynamic web applications using the Play Framework, and easily connect to databases with the user-friendly Slick library. Master concurrency programming with Akka, empowering you to build scalable and fault-tolerant applications that excel in performance. Enhance your testing skills using ScalaTest and ScalaCheck, ensuring the reliability and quality of your Scala applications, while having fun in the process. Explore the fascinating world of generative AI and GPT technologies, and learn how to integrate them into your projects, adding a touch of innovation and intelligence to your Scala solutions. If your team requires different topics, additional skills or a custom approach, our team will collaborate with you to adjust the course to focus on your specific learning objectives and goals. Discover the power of Scala programming in our comprehensive, hands-on technical training course designed specifically for experienced object-oriented (OO) developers. Scala is a versatile programming language that combines the best of both OO and functional programming paradigms, making it ideal for a wide range of projects, from web applications to big data processing and machine learning. By mastering Scala, you'll be able to develop more efficient, scalable, and maintainable applications. Fast Track to Scala Programming for OO / Java Developers is a four day hands-on course covers the core principles of Scala, functional programming, web application development, database connectivity, concurrency programming, testing, and interoperability between Scala and Java. Additionally, you'll explore cutting-edge generative AI and GPT technologies, learning how to integrate them into your Scala applications for intelligent suggestions or automation. Throughout the course you?ll explore the latest tools and best practices in the Scala ecosystem, gaining valuable knowledge and experience that can be directly applied to your day-to-day work. With 50% of the course content dedicated to hands-on labs, you'll gain practical experience applying the concepts you've learned across various projects, such as building functional web applications, connecting to databases, designing modular components, and implementing concurrency. Upon completing the course, you'll have a solid understanding of the language and its features, empowering you to confidently apply your new skills in data science and machine learning projects. You'll exit well-prepared to create efficient, scalable, and maintainable Scala applications, regardless of the complexity of your projects. Introduction to Scala Scala features and benefits Comparing Scala with Java and other OO languages Installing Scala and setting up the development environment Object-Oriented Programming in Scala Classes and objects Traits, mixins, and inheritance Companion objects and factories Encapsulation and polymorphism Functional Programming Basics Pure functions and referential transparency Higher-order functions and currying Immutability and persistent data structures Pattern matching and recursion Having Fun with Functional Data Structures Lists, sets, and maps in Scala Folding and reducing operations Stream processing and lazy evaluation For-comprehensions Building Web Applications in Functional Style Introduction to Play Framework Functional web routing and request handling JSON handling with Play-JSON Middleware and functional composition Connecting to a Database Introduction to Slick library Database configuration and setup Querying and updating with Slick Transactions and error handling Building Scalable and Extensible Components Modular architecture and design patterns Dependency injection with MacWire Type classes and type-level programming Implicit parameters and conversions Concurrency Programming & Akka Introduction to Akka framework and Actor model Actor systems and message passing Futures and Promises Supervision and fault tolerance Building Confidence with Testing Introduction to ScalaTest and ScalaCheck Unit testing and property-based testing Test-driven development in Scala Mocking and integration testing Interoperability between Scala and Java Calling Java code from Scala Using Java libraries in Scala projects Converting Java collections to Scala collections Writing Scala code that can be called from Java Using Generative AI and GPT Technologies in Scala Programming Overview of GPT and generative AI Integrating GPT with Scala applications Use cases and practical examples Additional course details: Nexus Humans Fast Track to Scala Programming Essentials for OO / Java Developers (TTSCL2104) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Fast Track to Scala Programming Essentials for OO / Java Developers (TTSCL2104) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.