- Target occupation
- data operator, annotator, dataset preparer
- Level
- 4 — Skilled employee and operative
- Duration
- 9 months
- Taught hours
- 600 h
- Credits
- 60
Framework
Competency blocks
Each block is assessed separately and stays acquired. That is what lets you resume an interrupted path without starting over.
Data and protocols
150 hours
Data types, formats, annotation protocol, guidelines, edge cases
Entry, annotation and tooling
170 hours
Annotation tools, shortcuts, throughput, text, image, audio
Quality control and consistency
150 hours
Inter-annotator agreement, sampling, spotting inconsistency, escalation
Confidentiality and data ethics
90 hours
Personal data, secrecy, annotation bias, refusing questionable work
Professional conduct and employability
40 hours
Rigour, consistency, remote working, job search
Questions
How is this title awarded?
Through a workplace simulation before a panel of practitioners, together with a professional portfolio recording what you actually produced. An occupation is proven by practising it, not on paper.
What employment rate do you publish?
None, and that is deliberate: no cohort has yet completed this title. The six-month employment rate is this family's own indicator, and we will publish it once a cohort has produced one — not before. An invented figure here would be the first thing an employer checks.