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Program

The University of Canberra and Column 72 are offering a unique Mainframe Trainee Program. The Program consists of the Bachelor of Information and Mainframe

Technology delivered by the University of Canberra and Column 72 and employment in an IBM mainframe environment.

To apply:

You must be an Australian citizen or Permanent Resident and by the end of the year, you must have completed:

A TAFE IT Diploma OR
The first year of an IT degree from any Australian university OR
An IT degree from a recognized foreign university with evidence of your English language skills

Go to the registration page and upload your contact details. We will contact you and ask you to complete your online application.

Your application will be reviewed. If you qualify, the University of Canberra will offer you advanced standing of eight units for the Bachelor of Information and Mainframe Technology.

The degree will be completed at University of Canberra over three years with a combination of summer schools and online learning during the year.

C72 conducts preliminary interviews with candidates in the July-August period. The employers, who are all IBM mainframe customers, will conduct selection interviews between August and October. Successful candidates start their first summer school on campus at UC on the first Monday of December.

While you are completing your degree, you will work full time as a trainee for one of the IBM mainframe customers.

You will receive a trainee salary and be given time off on full pay to attend summer school. Your employer will pay all university fees.

You graduate from the trainee program with a Bachelor of Information and Mainframe Technology (BIMT) from the University of Canberra, a leading Australian university with no fee debt and three years of valuable work experience. Then you can continue and build your career at the high end of enterprise computing.

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Column 72 means Continue

In the days before computer memory and storage devices, programs and data was held on punch cards. In 1928, IBM developed a card with 80 columns and 12 rows to run the electro-mechanical computational machines of the day. This card became the standard when the IBM 360 mainframe was introduced in 1964. The columns from 73 to 80 were for the card sequence number so, if you dropped the stack, they could be sorted back into order. Any non-blank character in column 72 indicated that the next card in the stack was a continuation of the present card.

After graduation, Column 72 trainees will continue their career at the high end of enterprise computing.

University of Canberra

University of Canberra has partnered with Column 72, to develop the Bachelor of Information and Mainframe Technology. Aspiring IT professionals will be able to combine traditional university study with workplace learning.

CRICOS number: University of Canberra / University of Canberra College #00212K

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Sponsoring Employers

The University of Canberra requires one year of advanced standing for admission to the Bachelor of Information and Mainframe Technology degree (BIMT). Most candidates will come through one of the TAFE Colleges with a Diploma or Advanced Diploma in one of the IT streams.

A smaller proportion will be students who have completed the first year of an IT degree at an Australian university. The University of Canberra is also prepared to consider graduates of foreign universities and those who do not have qualifications but would like to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

TAFE is one of Australia’s hidden treasures for IT. The standard of education is high and the content of the courses is job-oriented. The graduates tend to be very practical and many have work experience. TAFE graduates make the transition to university and the complex mainframe environment with relative ease. Moreover, they are highly motivated.

The Sponsoring Employers are IBM Z customer with application development and/or systems management delivered in-house. The Sponsoring Employer will select Trainees from candidates arranged by Column 72 and be prepared to engage them for the three years of the BIMT. Terms and conditions of employment including salaries are set by the Sponsoring Employer and not Column 72.

The process of engaging Trainees starts with the Sponsoring Employer establishing the contractual relationship with Column 72. This is followed by an analysis of the skills requirement for the job, the provision of Candidate Profiles and the selection process by the Sponsoring Employer.

The Profile consists of relevant documentation including the Column 72 interview results, Right to Work, AFP checks and conditional admission to the BIMT from the University of Canberra. The final condition for Admission is the Sponsoring Employer Letter offering the candidate a Traineeship. When the SEL is accepted by the candidate, the Trainee is ready for Summer School.

Apart from the salary and the related benefits, the Sponsoring Employer is responsible for the full cost of the BIMT fees. The Sponsoring Employer also pays for transportation and accommodation while the Trainee is at Summer School.

The timing is critical. By November 1, Column 72 must provide the University of Canberra the final list of Trainees who will start the BIMT Summer School.