Executive PA Diploma
Course
Blended learning in Forres/Inverness
Description
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Type
Course
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Methodology
Blended
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Location
Forres/inverness (Scotland)
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Duration
1 Year
To provide you with both excellent IT and business skills to support senior executives. Suitable for: Designed for: Individuals who wish to gain comprehensive secretarial, business and computer skills in preparation for a career as a Personal Assistant at high-level management.
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
About this course
None, though basic comptuer skills wopuld be beneficial
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Course programme
Designed for: Individuals who wish to gain comprehensive secretarial, business and computer skills in preparation for a career as a Personal Assistant at high-level management.
Objectives: To provide you with both excellent IT and business skills to support senior executives.
Course Content
Core Subjects
- Computer Keyboard Skills -Learn how to touch type accurately, using the correct keyboard technique.
- Keyboard Speed Development - Develop your typing speed to improve productivity using graded copying exercises and timed dictations. A number of stages are available up to 70 wpm.
- Effective Business Communication - Learn to communicate effectively in business - by letter, email, telephone and personal presentations OR:
- Business Document Production - Develop skills and understanding of routine and complex business documents.
- Microsoft Word - Learn word processing skills to a good business standard.
- Microsoft Word Expert - Learn advanced word processing skills including mail merge, graphs, macros, creating an index, table of contents and more.
- Microsoft Outlook - Learn how to share, manage and schedule information electronically.
- Audio Transcription - Learn audio typing techniques to produce documents to a high degree of accuracy and skill.
- Microsoft Excel - Learn spreadsheet skills to a good business standard.
- Microsoft Excel Expert - Learn advanced spreadsheet skills, covering areas such as importing and exporting data, creating and using templates, linking workbooks, data management, using analysis tools and pivot tables.
- Microsoft PowerPoint - Gain competency in creating slide presentations. Areas covered include formatting, inserting tables, pictures, sound, hyperlinks, and applying transition and timing effects to a slide show.
- Microsoft Access - Develop database skills from initial design stage to running reports and queries.
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Go - Make a Difference! - Learn to make a difference, professionally
and personally, through self-development.
Optional:
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Teeline shorthand - Learn the complete theory of either shorthand
system. This will enable you to take notes at speeds up to 70 wpm.
Electives - choose FOUR: Please discuss these options with your course supervisor
Benefits
- The flexibility and value of a self-study course designed to enable you to work at your own pace.
- Personalised workbooks to use as a reference guide on completion of your training.
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The opportunity to gain a Pitman Training Diploma that is recognised
nationally and internationally by employers.
Executive PA Diploma