Learn · practise · pass it on

Training here the people who will keep tomorrow’s digital world running.

Four practical paths give pupils, students and young people choosing a direction a strong first technical foundation. Participation is free for 15 to 25 year olds, subject to available places and resources. Professional upskilling formats are also available.

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Why act

A local response to a Belgian and European need.

Advanced skills remain unevenly distributed and ICT profiles are in demand. IBCSC turns that observation into practical, accessible and supervised workshops, without claiming to replace qualifying education.

European Commission Belgium’s 2025 report highlights a shortage of ICT and STEM specialists and a gap in advanced digital skills. Le Forem · 2026 Shortage occupations include telecommunications network expertise, cyber analysis and data engineering. VDAB · 2026 Network and systems administration are listed among occupations facing shortages in Flanders.

The pathways

Four professions to discover by doing.

Each pathway starts with the fundamentals, progresses in a laboratory and ends with a project participants can present. No technical prerequisite is required for the youth cohort.

01 DEV / OPS

DevOps Foundations

Understand how a service moves from source code to an operable, repeatable and observable environment.

Length: 48 h · 8 weeks
Audience: Ages 15–25 · beginner
Format: Guided workshops and lab work

Skills practised

Git and teamwork
Linux for operations
Containers and images
A first CI/CD pipeline
Logs and monitoring
Secrets, backups and runbooks

Final project

Deploy a demonstration service from a repository to an isolated Linux host, then document rollback and monitoring.

Professional format: indicative 24-hour intensive module, adapted to the organisation’s tools and constraints.

02 NET / TEL

Telecoms equipment and operations

Move from cable to service: install, document, measure and troubleshoot a small network infrastructure.

Length: 56 h · 10 weeks
Audience: Ages 15–25 · beginner
Format: Test benches and supervised handling

Skills practised

Copper, fibre and safe practice
Racks, patching and labelling
Switching, routing and VLANs
PoE and Wi-Fi networks
Measurement and diagnosis
Incidents and preventive maintenance

Final project

Assemble a learning rack, produce its network diagram and resolve a prepared incident without touching an operator network.

Professional format: 24 to 32-hour workshop focused on troubleshooting, documentation and service continuity.

03 LIN / JR

Junior Linux preparation

Build the habits of an entry-level Linux administrator and be able to explain every action taken.

Length: 40 h · 8 weeks
Audience: Ages 15–25 · beginner
Format: Individual virtual machines

Skills practised

Terminal and file system
Users and permissions
Packages, processes and services
Networking, DNS and SSH
Logs and backups
First shell scripts

Final project

Install, administer and harden a virtual machine, then deliver a clear recovery procedure.

Professional format: focused preparation over 18 to 24 hours. This is practical preparation, not an official certification.

04 AI / LOCAL

AI, local models and prompt engineering

Use AI methodically, compare cloud and local execution, and evaluate outputs instead of accepting them blindly.

Length: 36 h · 6 weeks
Audience: Ages 15–25 · beginner
Format: Local lab and case studies

Skills practised

How generative AI works and fails
Cloud, open models and local execution
Choosing models and hardware
Structured prompts and context
Evaluation, sources and human review
RAG, privacy and prompt injection

Final project

Build a local document assistant on a small, non-sensitive corpus and score its answers with an evaluation sheet.

Professional format: 18-hour module or focused workshops on use, evaluation, confidentiality and local models.

Youth pathway

A first technical experience that produces something tangible.

The aim is not to memorise commands. Participants understand, handle equipment, make safe mistakes and leave with a documented project. They also discover teamwork, precision and the responsibility that comes with operations.

A short application helps us understand motivation, level and accessibility needs.

A common foundation covers safety, data, documentation and laboratory practice.

Workshops alternate demonstrations, guided handling and challenges in pairs.

The final project is presented, documented and added to a first portfolio.

Participants receive an IBCSC attendance statement and a record of the skills practised.

Upskilling

More autonomous teams as infrastructure keeps changing.

Employees, support technicians, teachers, non-profit teams and career changers can follow an intensive module built around a real need and a level checked beforehand.

Initial assessment
Cases close to real work
Exercises in an isolated environment
Reusable documentation
In-house or mixed-organisation format
Quote adapted to scope

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Learning framework

Learn without exposing people or systems.

The environment is built for learning. Exercises remain legal, proportionate and separate from all production infrastructure.

Isolated laboratory and temporary accounts
No access to operator networks or customer systems
No personal or sensitive data in AI exercises
No work at height or electrical intervention
Human review required for AI outputs
Code of conduct, confidentiality and permission to make mistakes

Cooperate

Build a local pathway with organisations that know the field.

Schools, colleges, universities, municipalities, IT and telecoms companies can propose a class, learning equipment, a venue, a mentor or funding for a cohort. Every contribution is framed and documented.

Classes and groups
Reusable equipment
Rooms and connectivity
Technical mentoring
Workplace visits
Cohort grants

Propose a contribution

A class, a young person or a team ready to progress?

Tell us about the audience, chosen pathway and practical constraints. IBCSC will respond according to the places, equipment, trainers and partnerships actually available.

Discuss the project