Data Literacy
About This Course
Upon completing this course, Learners will be able to:
• Understand the key concepts relating to the application of data analytics in business.
• Appreciate how data affects an organization.
• Understand different types of data products.
• Understand the project life cycle of data analytics.
• Clean and filter techniques and transform data from different data sources.
• Use Excel functions to join data, create calculated columns and add more value to analytics.
• Create charts and reports and analyse data to gather business insights.
What You'll Learn
Entry Requirements
The skills and knowledge for this course, which the learner is assumed to possess, are as follows:
• Applicants who have attained Level 3 and above for the Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WPLN) assessment in these 5 components (Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing and Numeracy).
• 1 year of working experience
• At least 21 years of age
• No specific IT program application knowledge is required.
• Mature candidates with work experience (>30 years old with 8 years of work experience) and without formal academic qualifications will be considered on a case‐by‐case basis). Subject to approval by the SFIC’s course consultant (or equivalent).
Learners are expected to:
• possess basic personal computer skills
• operate a personal computer independently