Apprenticeship Levy & E-learning Lead at Hoople Ltd

• Mar 2023 - Present

ICT Training Officer

• Feb 2011 - Mar 2023

Creation and delivery of ICT training courses, from basic to advanced level, including the initiation, development and delivery of a modular method of training.Leading the development of ICT skills and qualifications for staff within the company.Delivery of ICT training out in the community.Using a range of authoring software to create and management e-learning modules, including upload to LMS and ongoing related administration of the modules and LMS and project managing improvements to the website. Recently been instrumental in the sourcing, commissioning and implementation of a new LMS.Software documentation.Delivering Functional Skills training up to Level 2 in ICT, maths and English. Show less

Teacher of ICT

• Dec 2007 - Jan 2011

Taught ICT, including ECDL, ECDL Advanced and BTEC level 3 to visually-impaired students. Developed appropriate materials that could be used with accessibility software. Learned to use a range of accessibility software so that I could understand the needs of the students. Successfully completed level 4 Btec in Teaching Adults with a Visual Impairment (BTAVI) Achieved level 1 Braille qualification. Taught ICT, including ECDL, ECDL Advanced and BTEC level 3 to visually-impaired students. Developed appropriate materials that could be used with accessibility software. Learned to use a range of accessibility software so that I could understand the needs of the students. Successfully completed level 4 Btec in Teaching Adults with a Visual Impairment (BTAVI) Achieved level 1 Braille qualification.

IT Manager/Assistant Ecologist

• Aug 2006 - Sep 2007

Maintained PCs and related equipment and constructed company website. Created templates for other staff to use when preparing reports, licence applications and undertaking a range of financial tasks. Trained other staff in various computer-based tasks. Undertook bat activity surveys and prepared subsequent reports; also prepared DEFRA/ Natural England EPS licence applications, including Reasoned and Method Statements. Dealt with representatives of local and national organisations to track and facilitate licence applications. Show less

IT Tutor & Learndirect Access Development Officer

• Sep 2002 - Jul 2006

Taught ECDL, ECDL Advanced and Pentalk courses to juvenile and adult learners. Conducted a range of outreach sessions in villages to increase access to ICT for local people. Was also ECDL Test Centre Manager, responsible for related administration at the centre, including registering learners, issuing tests, marking tests, internally verifying marking by other tutors, recording results. Responsible for widening awareness of Learndirect products and encouraging adult learners to enrol on a wide variety of courses; also responsible for supporting learners on these courses. Show less

ICT Trainer

• Aug 1998 - Jul 2006

Used a mobile training vehicle to visit rural areas to teach ICT to groups of people of a wide range of ages. Formerly taught both CLAIT I and IBT II, then taught ECDL and the Pentalk courses; invigilated and marked examinations for these courses as well as teaching them. Used a mobile training vehicle to visit rural areas to teach ICT to groups of people of a wide range of ages. Formerly taught both CLAIT I and IBT II, then taught ECDL and the Pentalk courses; invigilated and marked examinations for these courses as well as teaching them.