Free tech courses with job opportunities: the best options offered by the Government platform

Lack of time is no longer an excuse to learn something new. The variety of online courses allows those interested to easily adapt to schedules and choose the one that best suits their needs. An excellent and free alternative are the variants offered by the ICT Training Management of the Undersecretary for Services and National Digital Country.

It is the Virtual Learning Platform (PAV) that offers virtually 20 courses in its section of “Professional skills”including the basic concepts of programming up to the basics of how to put together a CV.

Courses are based on a wide variety of learning and teaching systems, oriented to current market trends and the needs of the main works.

In neither case is prior knowledge necessary. The courses are virtual. self-assisted, free and certified.

The network provided by the national government is quite extensive and many technological options are included in it. From something as advanced as algorithm programming to marketing strategies for the self-employed.

One of the most popular is “Web Programming” which teaches how to build a website using CSS and HTML languages. It delves into what HTML is, how to use it, how to code with CSS with HTML and how to create a form with HTML. Total lasts about 40 hours and a certificate of completion is issued.

Another interesting option is the “Basic Principles of Graphic Design”. Provides an introduction to the basic principles and elements of visual communication to put into practice at work or in personal life. lasts 12 hours.

Virtual Learning Platform (PAV): other courses available

• Digital marketing strategies.
• Empower your craft: digital tools to grow online.
• Job search and CV preparation.
• Gimp for creating images.
• Create your first App with MIT Inventor.
• Craft enterprises: textiles.
• Financial management of entrepreneurship – FONCAP.
• Digital entrepreneurs.
• Cultural management.
• From scratch with MySQL: database management.
• People-centric design.
• Good practices for remote work.
• Moments of truth in an SME.
• Quality of service.
• Effective time management in family businesses.
• Journalism and communication.
• Negotiation techniques.

In a complementary way, PAV has more than 60 courses covering a wide variety of topics related to digital inclusion, gender, job skills, citizenship and human rights and are aimed at the whole community.

To sign up for any of the options mentioned, you need to go to the Innovation Campus and log in with a Mi Argentina account. Interested people can also approach the closest Digital Point by searching for it on mapa.puntodigital.gob.ar.

The PAV is a public policy aimed at inclusion and innovation, supported and promoted by the Secretariat for Technological Innovation of the Public Administration of the Head of the Council of Ministers.

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