Data scientist is a specialist who applies their expertise in statistics and building machine learning models, enriched with programming, to make predictions and answer key business questions. Data scientists tackle more open-ended questions, leveraging their knowledge of advanced statistics and algorithms. They bring new approach and perspective to data, raising new questions and creating sophisticated analytical models to derive new insights from data. They also exhibit business acumen and domain knowledge in order to provide in-depth analysis, to derive accurate predictions, to recommend actionable insights, and to present insights in a way that is understandable by business stakeholders.

For this learning pathway, you will be trained across the following competencies:

• Statistical Techniques
• Data Analytics Methods and Algorithms
• Computing
• Operational Analytics
• Research Methods
• Domain Knowledge
• Data Governance
• Data Visualization
• Data Engineering