Cyber Security Apprentice
UNIVERSITY ACADEMY 92 LIMITED
MANCHESTER, Salford
Closes in 9 days (Friday 10 October 2025)
Posted on 29 September 2025
Contents
Summary
Join UA92 as a Cyber Security Apprentice. On this course you will support the Service Desk, monitor threats, and respond to incidents. Learn across 6 modules, earn a Level 3 qualification, gain hands-on experience, and build a career in a growing field. Evening/weekend work may apply.
- Wage
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£21,000 a year
- Training course
- Cyber security technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday between 8am to 6pm, shifts, may work evenings and weekends to help out with open days and events.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 15 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- 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
What You’ll Do at UA92
As a Cyber Security Apprentice, you’ll be right at the heart of our IT and Cyber function. You’ll:
- Support the UA92 Service Desk, helping staff and students with technical issues
- Learn how to monitor, protect and defend systems against threats.
Get involved in incident response, supporting investigations and helping to strengthen defences - Work alongside experienced professionals, seeing first-hand how cybersecurity underpins everything we do
- Gain exposure to cutting-edge tools and techniques that protect data and keep systems secure
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- THE KELLOGG BUILDING, TALBOT ROAD, OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER, M16 0PU
- Baskerville House, Brown Cross Street, Salford, M35FS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY ACADEMY 92 LIMITED
Training course
Cyber security technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Follow information security procedures
- Maintain information security controls
- Develop information security training and awareness resources
- Monitor the effectiveness of information security training and awareness
- Handle and assess the validity of security requests from a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Follow technical procedures to install and maintain technical security controls
- Monitor and report information security events
- Recognise when and how to escalate information security events in accordance with relevant procedures and standards
- Review and modify access rights to digital information systems, services, devices or data
- Maintain an inventory of digital information systems, services, devices and data storage
- Scopes cyber security vulnerability assessments
- Evaluate the results of a cyber security vulnerability assessment
- Perform routine threat intelligence gathering tasks through consulting external sources
- Undertake digital information risk assessments
- Identify and categorise threats, vulnerabilities and risks in preparation for response or escalation
- Document cyber security event information whilst preserving evidence
- Draft information management reports using standard formats appropriate to the recipients
- Review and comment upon cyber security policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
- Perform cyber security compliance checks
- Translate audit requirements and collate relevant information from log files, incident reports and other data sources
- Communication skills to co-operate as part of a multi-functional, multi-disciplinary team using a range of technical and non-technical language to provide an effective interface between internal or external users and suppliers
- Keep up-to-date with legislation and industry standards related to the implementation of cyber security in an organisation
- Follow information security procedures
- Maintain information security controls
- Develop information security training and awareness resources
- Monitor the effectiveness of information security training and awareness
- Handle and assess the validity of security requests from a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Follow technical procedures to install and maintain technical security controls
- Monitor and report information security events
- Recognise when and how to escalate information security events in accordance with relevant procedures and standards
- Review and modify access rights to digital information systems, services, devices or data
- Maintain an inventory of digital information systems, services, devices and data storage
- Scopes cyber security vulnerability assessments
- Evaluate the results of a cyber security vulnerability assessment
- Perform routine threat intelligence gathering tasks through consulting external sources
- Undertake digital information risk assessments
- Identify and categorise threats, vulnerabilities and risks in preparation for response or escalation
- Document cyber security event information whilst preserving evidence
- Draft information management reports using standard formats appropriate to the recipients
- Review and comment upon cyber security policies, procedures, standards and guidelines
- Perform cyber security compliance checks
- Translate audit requirements and collate relevant information from log files, incident reports and other data sources
- Communication skills to co-operate as part of a multi-functional, multi-disciplinary team using a range of technical and non-technical language to provide an effective interface between internal or external users and suppliers
- Keep up-to-date with legislation and industry standards related to the implementation of cyber security in an organisation
Training schedule
You’ll spend 4 days a week working at UA92 in our Digital Services team, gaining hands-on experience, and 1 day a week learning with UA92’s expert team, developing your knowledge and skills step by step.
More training information
Delivered by UA92’s Expert Team your training follows an exciting, structured pathway:
Module 1: Foundations of Cyber Security – Networking, threats, and the basics of protection.
Module 2: Risks, Governance and Compliance – Cyber law, ethics, policies, and continuity.
Module 3: Secure Build and Defence Techniques – Encryption, cryptography, access controls
Module 4: Practical Cyber Operations & Vulnerability – Threat detection and cultural awareness
Module 5: Threat Simulation & Incident Response – Red/blue team simulations and reporting.
Module 6: Apprenticeship Assessment Prep – Skills, portfolio, and final assessment readiness.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
Other requirements
Suitable references and right to work in the UK
About this employer
UA92 actively seeks diverse, bold, and compassionate talent who thrive in inclusive environments and want to make a meaningful impact. At UA92, We Care, We’re Inclusive, and We’re Brave & Bold, and we’re looking for someone who shares these values.
After this apprenticeship
- Cyber Security Technician
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY ACADEMY 92 LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344075.
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