Launch Your Tech Career — Built for First Nations Talent
Deadly Coders Academy exists to provide pathways to meaningful tech industry careers for Indigenous learners and job seekers.
A tailored DEI and skill gap solution
The Deadly Coders Academy helps organisations find and place Indigenous talent into entry level roles. The academy delivers hands-on, quality learning programs that develop practical entry-level skills in either software engineers or cyber security disciplines for Indigenous job seekers. We are focussed on areas of critical skills shortage in Australia: Cyber Security and Software Engineering are specific areas where Australia’s largest companies are looking for qualified, entry level technicians to enter traineeship programs.
Why sponsor participation in the Deadly Coders Academy?
Delivering meaningful Reconciliation Action Plan outcomes.
Sponsoring participants in the Deadly Coders Academy helps Indigenous students to learn essential technology skills AND provides a strategic, highly targeted talent sourcing strategy to advance diversity and representation in your workplace. These programs help to remove barriers to meaningful careers, and provide tools to excel in high-demand fields like cyber security and software engingeering. Core RAP principles include:
Bridging the gap in technology education
Foster a more inclusive and diverse workforce
Demonstrates your commitment to a representative workforce
Enhancing traineeship programs with tailored outcomes
Bootcamp Options
Software Engineering Bootcamp
An intensive, 8-week program designed to equip students with essential programming and software development skills. With hybrid delivery, topics include:
- Programming language skill development (Python or Java)
- Object-oriented programming (OOP)
- Web development and cloud computing
- Software Engineering principles
Cyber Skilling Bootcamp
A comprehensive 8-weeks program designed to equip students with entry-level cyber security skills. Bootcamps delivered in a hybrid learning format, with topics including:
- Cyber threat detection
- Cyber Security Controls
- Introduction to Penetration Testing
- Introduction to Security Operations
- Threat Intelligence
What participants think of our programs
"The jarjums have been so engaged in the Deadly Coders program - I had to actually peel them away from their computers at the end of the day."
Let's Yarn!
We’re always looking for like-minded businesses and partners to help realise our vision of delivering world-class digital technologies education.