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Essential Skills ICT

Level 1
Part-Time
24/25
ICT
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Overview

Applications for courses starting September 2024 are now closed. Applications for courses commencing in January 2025 will open in a few weeks time. Please keep a check on the college website.

FREE Courses in ICT.

Have you struggled with ICT and want to improve your skills?

If this sounds like you, then South West College, Essential Skills Course in ICT is for you and best of all, it's FREE!

Classes are delivered during the day and in the evening to suit everyone. Classes in ICT are available from Entry Level through to Level 2 (achievement at Level 2 is comparable to GCSE standard).

The classes are designed to help improve your ICT. You will be able to learn at your own pace, practise how to use the skills you learn in everyday situations, gain qualifications that employers will recognise.

At Level 1 learners will be able to apply ICT skills independently to meet needs, to exchange information and to solve problems in a range of familiar situations. Students will learn basic operations using various Microsoft Office packages, acquire efficient internet and search engine techniques as well as developing skills for basic PC operations.

In Level 2 Essential Skills ICT, learners will use a mixture of packages for word processing, spreadsheets and databases to meet the needs of their coursework tasks and which they can use in their work or personal life. Learners will also learn to use email for the sending and receiving attachments and storing contacts, file saving and retrieving and correct PC operations.

• MS office applications (Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Databases, Presentation and Desktop publishing software)

• Internet

• Email

• Health and Safety in IT

• Copyright and legal issues

  • Use ICT Systems
  • Find and Exchange Information
  • Develop and Present Information

N/A

For Level 1 - Have a very basic knowledge of computers or completed the City and Guilds Start IT certificate.

For Level 2 - Completed Essential Skills ICT Level 1 or a good level of experience in using the Microsoft Office package.

The completion of a portfolio of work based on a real-life scenario given to you by your tutor. (100% coursework assessed)

Successful completion of Essential skills L1 lead on to Essential Skills ICT Level 2.

Successful completion of Essential Skills Level 2 equips learners to apply for The Ulster University Access Diploma in Computing or Microsoft Office Specialist qualifications.

*Days and times subject to change.

The completion of an initial assessment is required prior to joining the course.

4 Available Sessions

*The fees quoted are per annum and are payable for each year of the course’s duration.

Cookstown

Part-Time

PF962CP10A

Session Code

1 Year(s)

Duration

Essential Skills

Mode of Study

2

Hours per Week

30

Number of Weeks

Interview Required

24/25

Academic Year

02/09/2024

Start Date

Subject to Timetable

Day/s

Anne.OKane@swc.ac.uk

Coordinator(s)

Total Annual Fee FREE

Total Concessionary Fee N/A

Full Fee Breakdown

**Concession Fee Breakdown

Fees Payable Each Year

**Am I eligible for concessionary fees?

Enrolment is currently closed

Dungannon

Part-Time

PF962DP10A

Session Code

1 Year(s)

Duration

Essential Skills

Mode of Study

2

Hours per Week

30

Number of Weeks

Interview Required

24/25

Academic Year

02/09/2024

Start Date

Subject to Timetable

Day/s

Anne.OKane@swc.ac.uk

Coordinator(s)

Total Annual Fee FREE

Total Concessionary Fee N/A

Full Fee Breakdown

**Concession Fee Breakdown

Fees Payable Each Year

**Am I eligible for concessionary fees?

Enrolment is currently closed

Enniskillen

Part-Time

PF962EP10A

Session Code

1 Year(s)

Duration

Essential Skills

Mode of Study

2

Hours per Week

30

Number of Weeks

Interview Required

24/25

Academic Year

02/09/2024

Start Date

Subject to Timetable

Day/s

Patricia.Pedersen@swc.ac.uk

Coordinator(s)

Total Annual Fee FREE

Total Concessionary Fee N/A

Full Fee Breakdown

**Concession Fee Breakdown

Fees Payable Each Year

**Am I eligible for concessionary fees?

Omagh

Part-Time

PF962OP10A

Session Code

1 Year(s)

Duration

Essential Skills

Mode of Study

2

Hours per Week

30

Number of Weeks

Interview Required

24/25

Academic Year

02/09/2024

Start Date

Subject to Timetable

Day/s

Cathal.McCarron@swc.ac.uk

Coordinator(s)

Total Annual Fee FREE

Total Concessionary Fee N/A

Full Fee Breakdown

**Concession Fee Breakdown

Fees Payable Each Year

**Am I eligible for concessionary fees?

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