This Certificate in Software Skills programme is aimed at trust and safety or content moderation professionals who wish to develop technology-specific software skills with a focus on data processing and management theory, tools and techniques.
| Course Location | Dublin |
| Location Postcode | Dublin 8 |
| Course Type | Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online |
| Course Qualification | Postgraduate Diploma |
| Awarding Body | QQI |
| Awarding Body Details | Postgraduate |
| Course Duration | 8 months |
| Course Fee | €1500 |
| Entry Requirements | Applicants are required to hold a minimum of an honours (NFQ level 8) primary degree with a 2.2 award, or equivalent. To facilitate the diversity of workers in the area, who range from Level 8 graduates in communications, languages, psychology and business studies, entry to the programme is for non-cognate NFQ level 8 qualification holders. It is expected that applicants for the Certificate would be working in the broad online trust, safety and content moderation environment. |
| Career Path | On programme completion, learners are able to: Explain the basic concepts of programming and how computer programmes work. Implement a number of machine learning tasks including classification, prediction, regression, clustering and association rule learning. Analyse the role of data visualisation in decision-making and apply the various visualisation techniques. Evaluate the different forms of data storage, their need and use in a Trust and Safety environment. Differentiate, analyse and evaluate: flat file systems, relational databases and big data storage technologies. Design and modify workflow protocols for a content moderation team to better enable enforcement of policies. |
| Course Code | Direct Entry |

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