PDA Data Science SCQF levels 7, 8 and 9

Professional Development Awards (PDAs) extend or broaden professional or vocational skills and are linked to National Occupational Standards. The PDA in Data Science at SCQF levels 7, 8 and 9 covers the following high-level transferable skills:

  • Programming
  • Data literacy
  • Data communication
  • Data visualisation
  • Data analysis

This qualification covers areas such as working with data, communicating data, statistics, projects, data engineering and machine learning.

This qualification is available through colleges, training providers and employers. It has been designed to be delivered as a taught course and will normally be available as a combination of workshops and self-directed study.