International Computer Driver's License (ICDL)

A study by the British Computer Society of the introduction of the ICDL into Britain's National Health Service (NHS) has identified that employees save an average of 38 minutes each day as a result of increased productivity. A large number of educational institutions around Australia have embraced the ICDL as a standard of basic ICT literacy for staff, students and the wider community. Kerrie Newton credits her new ICDL qualification as playing a significant part in her appointment to the position of Food and Beverage Manager at Harold Park Raceway in Sydney. Retrenched after 20 years in the hospitality industry, Kerrie knew that her mature age and lack of computing skills could hamper her chances of employment. Kerrie's experience is being repeated throughout business and the community as corporate and government programs put users through their paces. As a ten year old Yr 5 student at Queenwood School for Girls in the Sydney suburb of Mosman, Nicole Lim was recognised as the youngest person in the world to be accredited with her ICDL, proving that age is no barrier with this kind of qualification.