COURSE: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The person will find himself/herself in any of a wide variety of computerised
environments. Responsibilities may include the maintenance of systems in use, systems analysis and design and/or programming of new systems, network administration, database administration and user support. The computer specialist communicates with management and the different users of the systems, which make the position an important link in the global set-up of the organisation. Management of IT functions is a possible position in the career development of the keen IT specialist.

Computerisation of most facets of modern society creates a multitude of possibilities. Inservice training includes the development of prototypes or systems and/or the supervised support of existing systems. The typical entry level is that of programmer with a quick advance to the level of senior programmer. Further promotions are to the level of Systems Analyst, Network Administrator or Database Administrator.