Digital Forensics Quality Team - Technical Manager - Level 4 Digital Forensics Apprenticeship
Department for Work and Pensions
Dudley, Staines-Upon-Thames, Wolverhampton
Closes in 9 days (Tuesday 23 December 2025)
Posted on 12 December 2025
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Summary
This apprenticeship is a role within the Civil Service. To see full details of the apprenticeship click on ‘apply’ to go to the Civil Service Jobs website.
- Wage
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£38,772 a year
- Training course
- Digital forensic technician (level 4)
- Hours
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37 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 1 January 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
This apprenticeship is a role within the Civil Service. To see full details of the apprenticeship click on ‘apply’ to go to the Civil Service Jobs website.
Where you'll work
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This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Alexander House, 32 Wolverhampton Street, Dudley, DY1 1JR
- 62 London Road, Staines-Upon-Thames, TW18 4HB
- Liverpool Edge Hill Jobcentre Plus, Post Handling Site B, Wolverhampton, WV99 1GU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
To be confirmed
Training course
Digital forensic technician (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Use appropriate terminology defined by the forensic science regulator and included in standard operating procedures.
- Standard operating procedures for a range of digital forensic capture and preservation processes.
- Apply standard methodology in a safe and effective way while working in operational environments.
- Demonstrate confidentiality, integrity, and availability limitations of secure devices and best practice methods for preserving evidence.
- Implement limitations of competency and authority and escalate when necessary.
- Considered decision making.
- Adhere to powers of seizure/examinations and legislation. Demonstrate compliance with this through the appropriate use of standard forms.
- Adopt communication methods suitable for audience. Using technical language where appropriate.
- Identify, set up and use a range hardware components and devices.
- Demonstrate correct use of write blocking techniques.
- Manage applications software relevant to the role.
- Show an ability to troubleshoot real-world device and network issues effectively and diagnosing and correcting common software, hardware, or connectivity problems.
- Use features and functions of common specialist digital forensic tools and software. Selecting based on suitability.
- Understanding the responsibilities of data management.
- Provide preservation advice for physical evidence (DNA, fingerprints) for new digital exhibits, taking into account anticontamination and cross contamination.
- Apply continuity of evidence and appropriate recording of a chain of evidence or an exhibit for disclosure purposes.
- Produce notes documenting activity undertaken during the capture and preservation processes; including the appropriate use of digital evidence/case management systems.
- Produce evidential continuity witness statements and demonstrate how to present in a courtroom or professional enquiry
- Navigate and inform a quality management system information associated with reporting, corrective action, validation, verification, individual competency and peer review.
- Conducting dynamic risk assessments, taking into account the safety of all parties and using PPE.
- Apply strategies to develop personal resilience and maintain welling, know how to access organisational support mechanisms.
- Process technical information effectively and accurately to provide critical thinking to issues and problems.
- Use appropriate terminology defined by the forensic science regulator and included in standard operating procedures.
- Standard operating procedures for a range of digital forensic capture and preservation processes.
- Apply standard methodology in a safe and effective way while working in operational environments.
- Demonstrate confidentiality, integrity, and availability limitations of secure devices and best practice methods for preserving evidence.
- Implement limitations of competency and authority and escalate when necessary.
- Considered decision making.
- Adhere to powers of seizure/examinations and legislation. Demonstrate compliance with this through the appropriate use of standard forms.
- Adopt communication methods suitable for audience. Using technical language where appropriate.
- Identify, set up and use a range hardware components and devices.
- Demonstrate correct use of write blocking techniques.
- Manage applications software relevant to the role.
- Show an ability to troubleshoot real-world device and network issues effectively and diagnosing and correcting common software, hardware, or connectivity problems.
- Use features and functions of common specialist digital forensic tools and software. Selecting based on suitability.
- Understanding the responsibilities of data management.
- Provide preservation advice for physical evidence (DNA, fingerprints) for new digital exhibits, taking into account anticontamination and cross contamination.
- Apply continuity of evidence and appropriate recording of a chain of evidence or an exhibit for disclosure purposes.
- Produce notes documenting activity undertaken during the capture and preservation processes; including the appropriate use of digital evidence/case management systems.
- Produce evidential continuity witness statements and demonstrate how to present in a courtroom or professional enquiry
- Navigate and inform a quality management system information associated with reporting, corrective action, validation, verification, individual competency and peer review.
- Conducting dynamic risk assessments, taking into account the safety of all parties and using PPE.
- Apply strategies to develop personal resilience and maintain welling, know how to access organisational support mechanisms.
- Process technical information effectively and accurately to provide critical thinking to issues and problems.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C)
- Maths (grade C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
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The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005085.
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