18.09.2023

36 FREE DIGITAL SKILLS COURSES ARE STARTING

The Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA), in cooperation with Contipso Learning, has created an electronic training platform in the field of digital skills. The activity was implemented within the framework of the "Ready for Digital Transformation" project, implemented by BIA, in partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy and the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria.

In the electronic platform, 36 courses are available, divided into two categories - Specific digital skills and Sectoral basic skills in 16 economic sectors.

The courses in the electronic platform are completely free and freely accessible, after registration at https://bia.contipso.com.

Each course on the platform takes between 40 and 180 minutes. From the very beginning, users have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with all the content and the requirements for it. Each course ends with a final test, the successful passing of which brings a certificate of completed training in the relevant digital field.

Users can choose from 20 courses to improve their specific digital skills. Topics include:

1. Carrying out electronic sales
2. Handling of personal data and privacy requirements in a digital environment
3. Working with spreadsheets
4. Setting a digitalization strategy
5. Work with databases
6. Troubleshoot remote access issues
7. Working with communication software systems
8. Search for data and information in a digital environment
9. Use of information systems for managing document flow
10. Digital monitoring and control of production processes
11. Assessing the reliability of data, information and digital content
12. Work with an enterprise resource planning system (ERP).
13. Development of digital marketing strategies
14. Work with software programs for technical drawing, design, modeling and design.
15. Working with specialized software for stock management
16. Market potential research through digital means
17. Working with customer and supplier relationship management (CRM) software
18. Online recruitment and selection of personnel
19. Working with word processing software
20. Creating presentations with electronic tools

Courses from the "Sectoral Basic Courses" category are related to characteristics of the transition to a digital economy in the sectors:

1. hospitality industry;
2. Restaurant business;
3. Processing and canning of fruits and vegetables, excluding ready meals;
4. Production of vegetable and animal oils and fats;
5. Production of milk and milk products;
6. Production of other food products;
7. Production of timber and wood and cork products; no furniture; manufacture of straw products and knitting materials;
8. Production of paper, cardboard and paper and cardboard products;
9. Production of basic chemical substances;
10. Production of paints, varnishes and similar products, printing ink and putty;
11. Production of electrical equipment;
12. Manufacture of vehicles, excluding cars;
13. Manufacture of furniture;
14. Wholesale trade, excluding trade in cars and motorcycles;
15. Retail trade, excluding trade in cars and motorcycles;
16. Sports and other activities related to entertainment and recreation.

The electronic courses are developed at a high professional level, with attractive and easy-to-navigate online learning content, reflecting modern trends in information and communication technologies. The educational content meets the standards of the European framework for citizens' digital competence DigComp and the current requirements of the Bulgarian labor market for the digital competence of the workforce.

We remind you that within the framework of the BIA project, analyzes of the needs for digital skills in 16 economic sectors were prepared, which showed that only 19% of the workforce covers the required level of digital competence for the position they hold, and over 90% of the working places require specific types of digital skills.