Measuring your Essential Digital Skills
Workforce digital skills are the digital skills you need to do your job well. The checkup is based on the sections of the Essential Digital Skills Framework: Communicating, Handling Information and Content, Transacting and Problem Solving, which are underpinned by Being Safe and Legal Online.
When you've gone through the checkup, there will be a menu for you to select your department area.
When you are finished you can choose to have your results emailed to you. If you do, please enter your email address in the box provided on the results page.
Key skills
The skills required to communicate, collaborate, and share information i.e. using email or social media to communicate with friends, family or colleagues.
The skills required to register and apply for services, buy and sell goods and services, and administer and manage transactions online i.e. using online banking or shopping online.
The skills required to find, manage and store digital information and content securely i.e. saving your personal photos and videos online or using a ‘cloud’ service such as Microsoft 365 to create, share and collaborate with colleagues at work.
The skills required to find solutions to problems using digital tools and online services i.e. ‘Googling’ or using YouTube to find an answer or learn how to fix a problem.
The skills required to stay safe, legal and confident online i.e. being able to use safe and strong passwords to keep your personal information secure online.