Mode: Full-Time (15 hours per week)
Commencement date: Any Monday
Duration: 6 months

About ECDL

The European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) is an internationally recognised certificate of end-user skills. It provides objective proof that the holder has achieved a standard of competence in the most common business applications. It can simplify employment procedures and assure the employer that applicant and staff have the necessary level of knowledge and competence to use common computer applications. Employers are increasingly relying on the ECDL to validate training courses and to recruit computer-literate staff.

Objectives of ECDL

• To promote and encourage computer literacy for all.
• To raise the level of knowledge about information Technology (IT) and the level of competence in using personal
computers and common computer applications for all citizens within Europe and internationally.
• To Ensure all computer users understand best practices and the advantages of using a personal computer.
• To increase the productivity of all employees who need to use computers in their work to enable better returns from investments in Information Technology (IT).
• To provide a basic qualification which will allow all people, regardless of their background, to be part of the Information Society.
 

Benefits of ECDL

ECDL is suitable for people from every work discipline, for people entering the job market and for all ages. Some of the benefits of the ECDL are that it provides.

• An IT skills qualification for everyone
• An innovative and tangible method of skills measurement and validation
• A model for education and training in the Information Society
• Greater public awareness of the benefits of active participation in the information Society.
 
Fee: £750