Do you need to know how to use a personal computer at home, work or college? 

The International Computer Driving Licence course improves your English and gives you an international qualification that shows employers you have computer skills.

There are seven modules in the course and you must pass all the modules to receive the qualification. The course covers:

• Basic concepts of IT
• Using the computer and managing files
• Word processing (Microsoft Word)
• Spreadsheets (Excel)
• Databases (Access)
• Presentations (PowerPoint)
• Information and communication (internet and e-mail)

This 200-hour course is available to students at CSWE III level. Classes are free for eligible migrants under the government funded Adult Migrant English Program.Read more about Eligibility.

You will receive an internationally recognised International Computer Driving Licence certificate after successfully completing tests in all seven areas of the course.

The ICDL is approved by the Australian Computer Society.

• part-time in classes at NSW AMES Sydney City centre

Bring your passport to any NSW AMES teaching centre.

Ekavan from Thailand

I would like to take this opportunity to thank my teachers for the time and effort they provided to make the ICDL course one of the best courses at AMES. It helped me a lot with my work and office skills. I can manage all my files and use wordprocessing to present my work now.

Computer skills are the fundamentals of every job these days. It is better to know how to do things rather than have to ask someone at work, as they can get annoyed. I am glad I did it.

Zuzana from Slovakia

I heard about AMES when I was working in a pizza shop. I joined the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) class at AMES Surry Hills and now I work as an Administrative Assistant at the Powerhouse Museum. The course helped me get the job because I am not one of the “computer generation”.

Whilst I was studying I had to stop the class but I continued to do ICDL with my teacher, Anna, by email. Without ICDL I would still be working in the pizza shop.