The final achievement of a full book leads to the award of your licence. Tests consist of tasks chosen at random from a store of typical day-to day computer operations. The seven tests may be taken in any order and over a period of time. Normally all tests should be completed within three years of starting and may be taken at any accredited Centre in Europe. The tests do not have to be taken in the same Centre.
All test are free of any bias towards any computer producer or software.
ECDL is being promoted in the UK by the British Computer Society . You can just come in and book time to be tested for one or all of the modules. Remember you can do them in any order. You can discuss your learning requirements with Centre staff, who will develop an individual learning plan with you, incorporating the wide range of multi-media learning resources in the Centre. Once you have gained sufficient computer skills you can be tested for one or all of the ECDL modules.