Digital Skills

Here you will find Unit Award Scheme (UAS) units in essential digital skills for life and work. Written with school-aged learners and adults in mind, these units include the skills needed to safely benefit from, participate in and contribute to the digital world of today and in the future.

You can choose to teach any of the units from the suite or amend them to meet bespoke student needs. Learners receive a certificate each time they complete a unit, providing tangible evidence of achievement. This is a proven way to help students engage in their learning, build confidence and take clear steps towards success.

The units are mapped against the Department for Education's essential digital skills framework, starting with Foundation Skills. This unit covers the basic skills typically needed by those not currently using digital technology or using it in limited ways. It provides learners with a stepping stone towards engagement, focusing on five categories that cover the essential digital skills for life and work. These are:

Communicating
Handling information and content
Transacting
Problem solving
Being safe and legal online

Find out more about the essential digital skills framework >

Foundation Skills

UAS unit title	UAS unit code
Digital Skills: Foundation Skills	121153

Communicating

UAS unit title	UAS unit code
Digital Skills: Communicating	121154
Digital Skills: Communicating in the workplace	121155

Handling information and content

UAS unit title	UAS unit code
Digital Skills: Handling content and information	121156
Digital Skills: Handling content and information in the workplace	121157

Transacting

UAS unit title	UAS unit code
Digital Skills: Transacting	121158
Digital Skills: Transacting in the workplace	121159

Problem solving

UAS unit title	UAS unit code
Digital Skills: Problem solving	121160
Digital Skills: Problem solving in the workplace	121161

Being safe and legal online

UAS unit title	UAS unit code
Digital Skills: Being safe and legal online	121162
Digital Skills: Being safe and legal online in the workplace	121163

Additional Digital Skills units

In our unit library, you’ll find a wide range of ready-made Digital Skills units to use as they are or amend. Here are some examples:

UAS unit title	UAS unit code
Basic keyboard and early writing skills	119890
Using Microsoft Publisher	119670
ICT skills: PowerPoint	119461
ICT skills: Excel	119462
ICT skills: Word documents	119451
ICT: Touch typing	112763