ReAct+ funded, 5-day course

Machine Learning Engineer course
from raw data to a served model.

A five-day, hands-on course in Cardiff or live online. If you live in Wales and have been made redundant or are under notice, the Welsh Government's ReAct+ grant can pay the full £1,500 fee.

Ask about a funded place → How funding works
Duration
5 days
Level
Intermediate
Format
Cardiff or online
Course fee
£1,500
Your course, costed
Machine Learning Engineer, 5 days£1,500
ReAct+ vocational training grant−£1,500
You pay£0

When your grant is approved before the course starts. ReAct+ can also help with travel and childcare costs while you train.

// About the course

What the course covers.

Machine learning engineers turn data into models that make useful predictions, and then get those models into use. This course covers the full workflow: exploring data, building features, choosing and tuning models, and serving a model behind an API.

It is practical rather than theoretical. You work on realistic business data throughout, learn the mistakes that make models look better than they are, and leave with an end-to-end project.

  • Pandas
  • scikit-learn
  • XGBoost
  • PyTorch
  • MLflow
  • FastAPI
  • Docker

Who it's for

  • Analysts and Python users moving into machine learning
  • Graduates in STEM subjects looking for an applied route in
  • Developers who want to add ML to their skill set

Before you start

Basic Python and GCSE-level maths.

// Outcomes

By Friday, you'll be able to

  • Explore data and engineer useful features
  • Build regression and classification models
  • Evaluate models properly and avoid data leakage
  • Train a simple neural network in PyTorch
  • Track experiments with MLflow
  • Package a model and serve it through an API
// Course outline

Five days, day by day.

Each day mixes short explanations with hands-on labs. Day five is for finishing and presenting your project.

  1. Day 1

    The ML workflow

    • Framing a business problem
    • Exploratory data analysis
    • Feature engineering
    • Train, validation and test splits
  2. Day 2

    Supervised learning

    • Linear and logistic regression
    • Decision trees and random forests
    • Gradient boosting
    • Choosing a model
  3. Day 3

    Evaluation and tuning

    • Metrics that match the problem
    • Cross-validation
    • Imbalanced data
    • Hyperparameter tuning
  4. Day 4

    Neural networks

    • How neural networks learn
    • Building a network in PyTorch
    • Overfitting and regularisation
    • When deep learning is worth it
  5. Day 5

    From notebook to service

    • Pipelines and reproducibility
    • Experiment tracking with MLflow
    • Serving a model with FastAPI and Docker
    • Project demo
Your portfolio project

A churn prediction service

Predicts which customers are likely to leave, explains the main drivers and returns predictions from an API that another system could call.

Roles this course prepares you for

  • Junior machine learning engineer
  • Junior data scientist
  • Analytics engineer
  • ML operations assistant

What you leave with

A working project in your own GitHub portfolio and an Apex Training Wales certificate of completion.

// ReAct+ funding

How to get your place fully funded.

ReAct+ is a Welsh Government grant for people affected by redundancy. Your Working Wales adviser makes the application, and we give them the course details they need.

  1. Check you're eligible

    Aged 20 or over, living in Wales, with the right to work in the UK, and under notice of redundancy or made redundant in the last six months.

  2. Speak to Working Wales

    Call free on 0800 028 4844 or book an appointment online. Tell your adviser you'd like to take Machine Learning Engineer.

  3. We send your course details

    Contact us and we'll provide the course outline and fee your adviser needs for your ReAct+ application.

  4. Start once approved

    When your grant is approved, we confirm your start date. The £1,500 fee is covered, so there's nothing to pay.

Eligibility and grant amounts from Working Wales. Final funding decisions are made by the Welsh Government.

// Common questions

About the course and the funding.

How much maths do I need?
GCSE-level maths is enough. We explain the ideas behind each model visually and in plain English, and focus on using them correctly.
Will I cover deep learning?
Yes, one day introduces neural networks in PyTorch. For more depth, our Deep Learning and Computer Vision courses follow on.
Who is eligible for ReAct+ funding?
You must be aged 20 or over, live in Wales and have the right to live and work in the UK. You must also be under formal notice of redundancy, have been made redundant in the last six months, or be an ex-offender or serving a community sentence. A Working Wales adviser confirms your eligibility.
Will I have to pay anything?
The course fee is £1,500, which matches the maximum ReAct+ vocational training grant. If your grant is approved, the grant covers the full fee. Funding must be approved before your course starts.
Can ReAct+ help with travel or childcare?
It can. Alongside the training grant, ReAct+ can provide up to £200 towards costs such as travel and up to £2,100 towards childcare or caring costs while you train. Your Working Wales adviser will tell you what applies to you.
What if I'm not eligible for ReAct+?
You can still take the course. Contact us about paying for the course yourself. Employers can also book any of these courses in-house for their teams.
// Get started

Ready to retrain in AI? Let's check your funding.

Tell us which course you're interested in and your situation. We'll explain the next steps and send your adviser everything they need.

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