Trainee analytics engineer
Band 4 · Analytics engineer · 276 job evaluation points
UK GDaD PCF level: Trainee analytics engineer
A trainee analytics engineer attends training and develops skills on the job.
At this role level, you will:
- spend time shadowing other analytics engineers
- build your knowledge of the organisation
- learn skills for managing data
- learn to use different applications, tools, templates and best practices
- handle simple queries from users and document their data requirements
- contribute to data documentation and user training
Responsibilities
- Learn the team's data modeling tools and practices through training and pairing.
- Make small, well-defined changes to data models under supervision.
- Document data items and their definitions in the data catalog.
- Answer simple questions from data users and record their requirements.
- Follow information governance rules when working with patient data.
Skills
| Skill | Expected level | What this level means |
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| Communicating between the technical and non-technical | Awareness (1) | You can:
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| Data analysis and synthesis | Awareness (1) | You can:
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| Data innovation | Awareness (1) | You can:
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| Data modelling, cleansing and enrichment | Awareness (1) | You can:
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| Metadata management | Awareness (1) | You can:
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| Problem management | Awareness (1) | You can:
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| Testing | Awareness (1) | You can:
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| Turning business problems into data design | Awareness (1) | You can:
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| Understanding health and care services | Awareness (1) | You can:
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| Information governance and data protection | Awareness (1) | You can:
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| Data quality management | Awareness (1) | You can:
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| Clinical terminology and classification | Awareness (1) | You can:
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Typical qualifications and experience
- Enrolled on, or working towards, a data apprenticeship or equivalent.
Band 4 outline
- Knowledge
- Detailed knowledge of the work area, typically from a foundation degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent experience.
- Autonomy
- Works within guidelines; resolves most day-to-day problems; manager available for advice.
- Scope
- Own work and a defined service or process.
- Leadership
- May supervise a small team or coordinate others' work.
- Accountability
- Delivery of a defined service or process.
Job evaluation (illustrative)
| Factor | Level | Level summary | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication and relationship skills | 3 | Gives routine information needing tact or persuasion, or complex or sensitive information, or straightforward training to groups. | 21 |
| Knowledge, training, and experience | 4 | A range of procedures, mostly non-routine, needing intermediate theory (for example a foundation degree or equivalent experience). | 88 |
| Analytical and judgmental skills | 3 | Judgments on a range of facts or situations needing analysis or comparison of options. | 27 |
| Planning and organizational skills | 2 | Plans straightforward tasks or activities, some ongoing. | 15 |
| Physical skills | 3 | Developed skills needing speed or accuracy, such as advanced keyboard use. | 27 |
| Responsibility for patient and client care | 1 | Helps patients, clients, or relatives during incidental contact. | 4 |
| Responsibility for policy and service development | 1 | Follows policies set by others; may comment on changes. | 5 |
| Responsibility for financial and physical resources | 1 | Takes personal care of equipment and resources used in own work. | 5 |
| Responsibility for people | 1 | Shows own work routines to new or less experienced colleagues. | 5 |
| Responsibility for information resources | 4 | Adapts or designs information systems to others' specifications, or runs information systems for a department as the main duty. | 24 |
| Responsibility for research and development | 2 | Regularly does research, development, trials, or equipment and system testing as part of the job. | 12 |
| Freedom to act | 2 | Follows standard procedures and precedent; someone is usually available to ask; work may be checked. | 12 |
| Physical effort | 2 | Frequent sitting or standing in a restricted position, or occasional light to moderate effort. | 7 |
| Mental effort | 3 | Frequent concentration on unpredictable work, or occasional prolonged concentration. | 12 |
| Emotional effort | 1 | Rare exposure, or occasional indirect exposure, to distressing circumstances. | 5 |
| Working conditions | 2 | Occasional unpleasant conditions, frequent travel or outdoor work, or near-continuous screen use on most days. | 7 |
| Total (Band 4: 271 to 325) | 276 | ||
Knowledge is scored at the level the job needs once training is complete enough to do the work.
Self assessment
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Rated 0 of 12 skills: 0 meet the expected level, 0 below, 0 above.