ICT/IT Functional Skills Levels 1 and 2 Part-time

Course overview

This qualification is suitable for individuals seeking personal and professional development in ICT. The course helps candidates develop their ICT skills and gain a recognised qualification equivalent to a grade C or 4 at GCSE.

Course content

Functional Skills qualifications are intended to support learners as they seek to improve their ICT skills.

Achieving these qualifications should increase candidates’ confidence and motivation, and the skills they gain will be valuable in the workplace or in any further learning.

The following skill standards will be studied;

• Plan solutions to complex tasks by analysing the necessary stages
• Select, interact with and use ICT systems safely and securely for a complex task in non-routine and unfamiliar contexts
• Manage information storage to enable efficient retrieval
• Use appropriate search techniques to locate and select relevant information
• Select information from a variety of sources to meet requirements of a complex task
• Enter, develop and refine information using appropriate software to meet requirements of a complex task
• Use appropriate software to meet requirements of a complex data handling task
• Use communications software to meet requirements of a complex task
• Combine and present information in ways that are fit for purpose and audience
• Evaluate own use of ICT tools