You can be employed, seeking work, self-employed, working as a volunteer or someone who just wants to improve their knowledge and practical IT skills and achieve a qualification.
Please note this may vary from college to college depending upon government funding criteria.
Each ITQ unit has a credit value. You will need to build up 16 credit values to achieve a Level 2 ITQ Certificate in IT User Skills (QCF). The units and their individual credit values are summarised below. This qualification is classed as a ‘full’ Level 2.
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Mandatory unit:
This unit is all about using IT tools to complete tasks more efficiently and really improve the work you do. You will learn lots of useful skills including:
Optional units:
This unit covers all the essentials of using email, including more advanced features such as setting up groups of email addresses, adding a signature and altering the design and format of emails. You will find out how to:
Please note: This is a read only unit.
In this unit you will learn lots of practical skills about creating and using spreadsheets and getting the most from your spreadsheet software. You will find out how to:
This unit shows you how to get the most out of your word processing application, using a wide range of tools and techniques to produce professional looking documents. You will find out about:
This unit will help you to discover more about databases. It is ideal if you want to learn about modification of simple databases, creating queries and building reports. You will learn how to:
In this unit you will learn lots of useful skills to enable you to create professional presentations. You will discover how to:
Although Essential IT Skills is free, your commitment is time. As you get started on your course we ask you to complete a short course induction. From this the vision2learn system will provide you with an Action Plan, which will tell you when you need to submit your assessments to your tutor and help you to plan your study time into your busy lifestyle. Each unit requires approximately 20-30 hours of study time.
You will be assigned to an online tutor who will help you and assess the work you submit as your assessments during the course. These assessments will form your portfolio of evidence. This demonstrates that you have met the learning outcomes of the course. You can contact your tutor at any time using vision2learn’s own internal messaging system or by telephone or email too.
The course is offered online with vision2learn – an innovative web-based learning system, which you can access via your internet-connected PC. The online course contains all of the learning content needed to meet the assessment requirements of the course, as well as activities to enable you to practise your skills and test your learning. In addition, you will receive help and support from an online tutor – who is always just a click away.
ITQ courses are eligible for government funding. This means that the courses are normally free of charge to anyone over the age of 19 and who has been ordinarily resident in the EU for 3 years or more, as long as this residency has been for purposes other than full-time study.
It’s important that you log on to your study area regularly, keep in contact with your tutor and complete the assessments as you work through your course. If you don’t do this you may lose your free place. If you are experiencing any problems with your learning please let your tutor know and they can help you and ensure that you remain enrolled on the course.
After you have completed our online registration form, we will need to confirm the availability of support from our network of partner colleges/training providers and tutors. When we have confirmed that there is support available for you from a college/training provider in your area you’ll receive an enrolment form from the college/training provider that you will need to complete and return immediately. Please remember to sign your form, as it is crucial in securing your free place. Once this form has been processed, your vision2learn study area will be activated and your chosen course will become available. You will then be able to log on and get started.
