Executive PA Diploma

Course

Blended learning in Glasgow

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Methodology

    Blended

  • Location

    Glasgow (Scotland)

  • 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

Glasgow (Glasgow City)
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Start date

On request

About this course

None, though basic comptuer skills wopuld be beneficial

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Course programme

Executive PA Diploma in Glasgow

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.
  • Go - Make a Difference! - Learn to make a difference, professionally and personally, through self-development.


    Optional:
  • 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.
  • The opportunity to gain a Pitman Training Diploma that is recognised nationally and internationally by employers.

Executive PA Diploma

Price on request