Digital Skills for Work at Entry 3

Our accredited Digital Skills for Work courses are designed for learners who want to learn practical, transferable skills in ICT in order to work confidently, effectively and independently in life and achieve a qualification.

This course runs on Monday 10am – 3pm from 15th April to 17th June at High Trees Hub. By completing the course, you will demonstrate that you have mastered the use of ICT in everyday life and will make you more attractive to employers. The course will cover – email and file management – presenting information in the correct format – designing professional looking posters – using Excel to make calculations and design charts – maintaining a secure network – taking into account relevance, bias and copyright when using information. 

 

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

Interact with and use an ICT system to meet given needs e.g. use simple search features to find and select information 

Demonstrate understanding of the need to stay safe and respect others when using ICT-based communication 

Read, send and receive email 

Insert data, calculate simple formulas and use basic Excel functions 

Demonstrate understanding of the need to stay safe when using ICT e.g. minimise the risk of computer viruses 

Apply a range of editing, formatting and layout techniques to meet needs, including text, tables, graphics, records, numerical data, charts, graphs or other digital content 

Organise electronic messages, attachments and contacts 

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