This qualification is now closed for Registrations

Certification end date: 31/07/2025

Qualification summary

This qualification has been developed for the widest range of learners possible: young people and adults, those who are pre-employment, in employment or between jobs. It has been designed to meet the needs of learners who wish to seek, gain and retain employment within a business environment or progress to further learning. The range of units contained in this qualification allow you to learn, develop and practise IT skills required for employment and provide valuable accreditation of skills and/or knowledge for you, without requiring or proving occupational competence.

This qualification will also allow you to develop the basic knowledge and skills of selected IT activities which will prove invaluable toward your own personal and career development.

On completion of the Entry Level Certificate in IT Skills for Work (Entry 3) (RQF), you may progress into further learning, employment or onto VTCT (Skillsfirst) vocationally-based qualifications, such as the:

• Level 1 Certificate in Skills for Employment (RQF)
• Level 1 Certificate in Developing Employability Skills (RQF)

or similar vocationally-based qualifications.

This qualification does not require you to have any prior qualifications or levels of previous learning. There is no minimum age requirement for this qualification.

For contact details of the training providers and colleges that offer this qualification in your local area, please email our customer service team.

Related Documents:

VTCT (Skillsfirst) Entry Level Certificate in IT Skills for Work (Entry 3) (RQF) Handbook

Qualification structure

Learners must achieve all 13 credits from Group M.

Minimum Guided Learning Hours (GLH) are 106

Total Qualification Time (TQT) is 130

Qualification number	Qualification reference
ISCE3	601/0371/1

Group M – mandatory units

RQF unit no.	Skillsfirst unit no.	Unit title	Unit Level	Credit Value
Y/501/6921	DP1	Planning for progression	Entry 3	3
H/501/6923	DP3	Career planning and making applications	Entry 3	3
A/507/9154	DP37	Conduct at work	Entry 3	1
Y/502/0189	ITE1	Computer basics	Entry 3	1
J/502/0172	ITE2	Using email	Entry 3	1
F/502/0171	ITE3	Using the Internet	Entry 3	1
A/502/0167	ITE4	Word processing software	Entry 3	2
F/503/2806	WO92	Searching for a job	Entry 3	1

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