Skills
HTML and CSS, structuring and styling the web
HTML carries a page's meaning, CSS its form. Both can be read in days and mastered in months: this is the shortest way into a digital career, and the base every interface rests on afterwards.
The skill that shows immediately
Few skills give a visible result this fast. A structured page, readable on a phone as well as on a desktop screen, published on a domain name: the whole path fits into a few weeks of taught work. That speed has a strategic consequence. It puts you in a position to produce, therefore to show, therefore to be judged on a piece of work rather than on an intention — and that is what a first employer looks for.
- Structure a page with semantic markup a screen reader can follow
- Build a layout that holds from phone to wide desktop screen
- Take a design mock-up and translate it faithfully into pages
- Publish a site on hosting with its own domain name
The taught hours, block by block
The catalogue rule applies throughout: one credit stands for twenty-five hours of work, ten of them taught. These rows give the exact translation.
| Teaching block | Programme | Taught hours | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and content | Website Creation | 15 h | Year 1 |
| Building the pages | Website Creation | 15 h | Year 1 |
| Web foundations | Web and Mobile Development | 200 h | Year 1 |
| Web and mobile development | Computer Science programme — Bac+3 level | 280 h | Year 2 |
| Interface design | User Experience Design and Digital Creation | 220 h | Year 1 |
The exact measure
You produce a complete, structured and responsive site on your own, and publish it with its own traffic tracking. Volumes, credits and certified outlets, recomputed from the official catalogue.
- teaching blocks
- 5
- of taught instruction
- 730 h
- credits in total
- 74
- professional qualifications concerned
- 3
Catalogue rule: one credit is twenty-five hours of work, ten of them taught.
- Website Creation
- 30 (4 %)
- Web and Mobile Development
- 200 (27 %)
- Computer Science programme — Bac+3 level
- 280 (38 %)
- User Experience Design and Digital Creation
- 220 (30 %)
The programmes concerned
Fees are stated in Guinean francs: per year for a long programme, as a single amount for a short course.
| Programme | Level | Duration | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website Creation | Short course | 3 months | 1 400 000 GNF in total |
| Web and Mobile Development | Bachelor's degree | 2 years | 5 200 000 GNF per year |
| Computer Science programme — Bac+3 level | Bachelor's degree | 3 years | 5 400 000 GNF per year |
| User Experience Design and Digital Creation | Bachelor's degree | 2 years | 4 800 000 GNF per year |
Its value in a role
A skill takes on value the moment an employer recognises it on a job title.
| Professional qualification | Target occupation | Level | Taught volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web Development and Integration Technician | web integrator, front-end developer | 4 · Skilled employee and operative | 600 h |
| Interface Designer | interface designer, UI designer | 5 · Senior technician and supervisor | 700 h |
| Graphic Designer and Production Operator | graphic designer, prepress operator | 4 · Skilled employee and operative | 600 h |
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