Business intelligence and data visualisation company Qlik launched a data literacy certificate that is said to be “a comprehensive measure of an individual’s data literacy,” including both hard and soft skills.
The hard skills include understanding and interpreting data, and data storytelling while the soft skills encompass creativity, problem-solving and communication. The 70-question examination is two hours long and passing would lead to a physical certificate that a person could put on their CV or Linkedin profile, according to Qlik’s chief learning officer Kevin Hanegan.
He said: “If the candidates pass and are certified, they can use the digital certification badge as a way to promote themselves to potential employers. If they don’t pass it gives them the opportunity to understand where their gaps are and they can continue educating themselves and re-take the exam.”
Hanegan said that there are modules in the platform comprising ten - 15 hours of learning. The candidates have to spend time practising what they learn and applying it to real life scenarios. Over time they will reach the level of proficiency to be certified.
In his view, this is not a technical exam but is geared towards everyone from students and lecturers at university to 12-year-old gamers to grocery shoppers. He added that at Qlik, he and his colleagues are taking their own medicine and are on a mission to be certified in data literacy. “It isn’t specific to an audience type or an industry,” he said.
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