ITeC Trainee News Blog

From this Monday the normal training rooms will be as follows:

January Starters: Training Room 2 (Netprep)

February Starters: Training Room 4 (Yellow Room)

Exams and Additional Workshops (e.g. Blog, Numeracy): Training Room 1 (TFT-Lab)

Trainees are reminded that they will not be assigned a specific computer and should make sure that all work is saved on the server and all headsets are left at the PCs.

Swansea Leisure Centre (LC2) is holding a Careers job fair on Wednesday  the 24th of March 2010, from 11.00 am to 6.00 pm. Opportunities for work, skills, volunteering, education, self employment and joining the forces.

• FREE admission

• Take your CV along for FREE analysis

• Get interview tips

• Discuss Training

• Get your CV on local companies records

Any enquires ring Emma on 01792 514519.

If your User Space (Trainee on Atlas) is missing from the My Computer window, then the following short video frm the Moodle IT Principles Course will show you how to restore it.

Mapping Network Drives

Well done to the following learners on completing qualifications this week:

• Elizabeth Otten: Start IT
• Colin Williams: ECDL Essentials

Well done to all those learners who’ve ’survived’ the first week’s training — always a lot to take in!

Anyone who missed the workshop on Thusday afternoon,  using the blog for reflecting on your learning should use the first session on Monday morning to complete the writing frame and blog post.

Cheers for our new ECDL students – Tracey, Haili, Joel, Chanda, John and Anthony and I’m looking forward to our working together on your ECDL qualification.

Just to re-cap:

1. As a rule of thumb, within your first month of studies, you should pass 3 exams for Module 1 – Security, Module 2 – Fundamentals and Module 7 – Emails and Internet.

2. Passing mark for each exam is 75% or:
Module 1 – Security — 36 Total Questions; Pass mark is 27 out of 36.
Module 2 – Fundamentals – 32 Total Questions; Pass mark is 24 out of 32.
Module 7 – Emails & Internet – 32 Total Questions; Pass mark is 24 out of 32.

If you have any other questions or need any further assistance, please just let me know

Elena :)

Hello and welcome aboard Chanda, Janet, Michelle, Haili, Susan, Tracey, Anthony, Stuart, Joel, John, and Christopher.

Wishing you all success and hope you’ll enjoy your time with ITeC.

The numeracy workshops will be taking place from this Wednesday, in Training Room 1 (TFT-Lab)

They will be at 11AM-12:30PM, and the first sessions will be a general revision and looking over the areas people found challenging on the initial assessment.  Further topics will be agreed by the group.

All learners are welcome!

A CV workshop is scheduled for tomorrow morning and will cover:

• Things to include on your CV
• Layout and order
• Tips on creating a personal profile

If you already have a CV, please bring it in tomorrow and we can help you improve it – otherwise bring in relevant information, such as:

• Previous employment – dates and places
• Previous qualifications – dates, qualification titles and place of learning (include work-based training courses too)

Well done to those leavers who have completed qualifications this week:

• Sam Burton: Key Skills ICT Level 2, Improve Own Learning Level 1, eQuals Certificate for IT Users, and on improving Numeracy assessment to Level 1
• Andrew Green: Key Skills ICT Level 2, Improve Own Learning Level 2 and on improving Literacy assessment to Level 1
• Darryl Mackey: Key Skills ICT Level 1 and Improve Own Learning Level 1
• Andrew Mcnamara: Key Skills ICT Level 1, Improve Own Learning Level 1, and eQuals Certificate for IT Users
• Richard Jenkins: Key Skills ICT Level 2 and Improve Own Learning Level 2
• Karen Thomas: Key Skills ICT Level 1 and Improve Own Learning Level 2
• Diane Wilson: Key Skills ICT Level 2 and Improve Own Learning Level 2

Also a well done to current learners:

• Simon Foskett on completing ECDL Essentials
• Neale Harding on completing ECDL Essentials