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Is ECDL worth doing?

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  • #32
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    i did the ecdl as an extra so i could learn access and get more proficient with the rest.
    it was done in fas finglas and the exam was computerised. if you passed you passed. if you failed, you sat it again.there was no human interaction


  • #33
    mathepac
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭mathepac


    maglite wrote: »
    I'd say if you can pick one up, or even ECDL advanced it might be worth it. There are some "misguided" HR people who put it on a pedestal, had a friend with a CompSci degree turned down for a job before because he did't have ECDL.
    I agree 100%. The ability to turn a computer on, open Word, type a letter save and print it is regarded as an IT qualification by some HRs, which gives an insight to their value to that business.


  • #34
    CuriousG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭CuriousG


    I done this when I was young, about 10. Hasn't ever really benefited me in any way.


  • #35
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,533 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    tempura wrote: »
    you were simply asked if you knew how to use an application !

    Your right, you don't need the ECDL course, you should perhaps try a people skills course instead.

    Tempura, I actually though about giving you a yellow-card for being uncivil in this post.

    But I realised that if you don't know that Windows is an OS rather than an application, then you probably don't realise what a sort of implicit skills anyone interviewing for a software QA or development job should expect. So I decided that the warning would be unfair.

    But in general, please don't be rude to other posters in this forum.


    EDIT: If you want to discuss this further, please do it by PM. Or if you want another moderator to look at it, use the Report Post button. Do NOT argue on thread.

    /moderation


  • #36
    starlit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,351 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    It's worth doing as a very basic level of computing I suppose. Its handy to have if you ever work in an office. Though I think if you serious about it and pick things up quickly either a part-timer/night course or online course might be worth considering even if with FAS? I think it something you can learn yourself if you pick things up quickly but if not and a total beginner best to be in a classroom situation or one to one tuition. Do the exams then after the course.


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  • #37
    Denerick
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,485 ✭✭✭Denerick


    For anyone under 35 the ECDL is pointless. If you don't know how to use the basics of a computer at this stage then there is probably something wrong with you (I know that sounds harsh, but thats the way employers will look at it)

    For anyone over 35 and who hasn't got an awful lot of experience it may be useful if they're going to work in a local little office somewhere doing data entry or something along those lines.

    I remember we had to do it in transition year way back (2004ish). I failed like three modules because we were busy playing online games with each other during the class - and the tests! It was a complete joke. The teacher tried to stress its importance but I knew for a fact it was a complete and utter waste of time for someone my age.


  • #38
    Hawk Wing 2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 296 ✭✭Hawk Wing 2


    would the exams be like the online gmetrix testing for excel ?


  • #39
    StillWaters
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,799 ✭✭✭StillWaters


    No, its not worth doing. It is for transition year students and pensioners. Far better to get a couple of FETAC level 6 IT modules, or MOS, they are more highly regarded., and rightly so.


  • #40
    christmas2012
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭christmas2012


    I agree its a ten year old course,as far as im concerned its out of date,far better doing one of those payroll or sage /mos or another it fetac level 6 module..

    Anything that is fetac 5 or 6 is worth having..


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