What is DigComp?

DigComp — short for the Digital Competence Framework — is an internationally recognised system that describes the digital skills everyone needs to participate confidently in a digital world.

It was developed by the European Commission and has been adopted by education systems, employers and governments worldwide — including Australia — as a common language for talking about digital skills.

The five DigComp competence areas

Area	Competence area	What it covers	Codes
1	Information & Data Literacy	Finding, evaluating, organising and using digital information responsibly.	1.1 – 1.3
2	Communication & Collaboration	Interacting, sharing and collaborating with others through digital tools.	2.1 – 2.6
3	Digital Content Creation	Creating and editing digital content, including code and creative works.	3.1 – 3.4
4	Safety	Protecting devices, data, personal information and wellbeing online.	4.1 – 4.4
5	Problem Solving	Using digital technology to solve technical problems and identify better ways of working.	5.1 – 5.4

What DigComp skills have to do with you

The skills listed on your results page are the specific DigComp competencies that researchers and industry bodies have identified as most important for your matched career pathway — validated by the Future Skills Organisation (FSO) in Australia.

Here's the important part: these are foundational digital skills, not advanced technical ones. They're the kind of everyday digital capabilities that many people already have to some degree — and they can all be learned and developed through the qualifications shown in your learning pathway.

Source: DigComp — European Digital Competence Framework (ec.europa.eu/digcomp). Australian ICT role mapping by the Future Skills Organisation (FSO).