Full time Personal Assistant with Legal Studies L3

Personal Assistant with Legal Studies L3
On this one-year course you will study all the skills necessary to enable you to seek employment as an administrator, secretary or personal assistant within a legal environment.

Course Content:
The course incorporates the following qualifications:

• OCR Level 3 Certificate in Administration
• OCR Level 3 Certificate in Text Processing (Advanced)
• OCR Level 2 Diploma in Text Processing (Intermediate)
• OCR Level 3 Key Skills
• OCR Level 3 Legal Units
• OCR Level 3 Diploma in Administration (Legal Context)

OCR Level 3 Certificate in Administration This qualification is designed to recognise students understanding of complex administrative functions and activities. It provides ideal preparation for job roles where you will be expected to work independently at a senior level in a range of administrative tasks. It comprises the following units:

• Unit 1
: Producing complex business documents
• Unit 2
: Promoting effective working relationships
• Unit 3
: Reviewing the organisation and business activities
• Unit 4
: Reviewing and developing office procedures
• Unit 5
: Creating an IT solution Units 1 and 3 are assessed by an externally set and marked examination in June. Units 2 and 4 are assignment based, locally assessed by the College and externally moderated. Unit 5 is examined, locally assessed by the College and externally moderated. An integral part of the assessment of Unit 2 is demonstrating the ability to deal with colleagues, and customers. Students will therefore be required to take an active part in team assignments and, on two occasions, deal with visitors to the College. OCR Level 3 Certificate in Text Processing (Advanced) These units aim to develop students ability to apply advanced processing and production skills to produce a variety of complex business documents in a work-related context. They are widely recognised by employers as the benchmark qualifications in text processing. In order to achieve the Certificate students must successfully complete the core unit of Text Production (Advanced) plus one other unit from those listed below:
• Text Production (Advanced)
• Word Processing (Advanced)
• Audio Transcription (Advanced)
• Document presentation (Advanced)
• Legal word processing (Advanced)
• OCR Level 2 Diploma in Text Processing (Intermediate)

These units aim to develop students ability to produce a range of business documents in a work-related context. In order to achieve the Diploma students must successfully complete the core units of Text Production (Intermediate) plus one other unit from those listed below:

• Text production (Intermediate)
• Business Presentations (Intermediate)
• Legal text processing (Intermediate)
• French text processing (Intermediate)
• German text processing (Intermediate)
• Spanish text processing (Intermediate)
• Word processing (Intermediate)
• Audio transcription (Intermediate)
• OCR Level 3 Key Skills
The following Key Skills qualifications, which are an integral part of this course , aim to develop in students essential qualities that are being demanded by employers, including the ability to communicate well in a range of different contexts and the ability to plan and organise work in a pair or group of people for the purpose of achieving shared objectives:
• Communication
• Working with others
• OCR Level 3 Legal Units

These units are recommended for those students wishing to pursue a career as a Legal/PA or Legal Executive.

• Legal Administration (Advanced)
• Legal Word Processing (Advanced)
• OCR Level 3 Diploma in Administration (Legal Context)

Students who successfully achieve the five units of the Level 3 Certificate in Administration and the two Level 3 Legal Units will be awarded the Level 3 Diploma in Administration (Legal Context). Students who successfully achieve the five units of the Level 3 Certificate in Administration and two units from the Level 3 Diploma in Text Processing (Advanced), including the core unit of Text production (Advanced) will be awarded the Level 3 Diploma in Administration (Text Processing).

Key Skills:
Key Skills are included; IT at Level 3 will be an integral part of the course.

Awarding body:
Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations (OCR).

Work Experience / Practical Experience:
A two-week work placement is an integral part of this course.

Entry Requirements:

• Appropriate AS
/A Levels, NVQ Level 3, a University Degree, or a Level 2 course at Merit level
• GCSE English and Maths at grade C or above is essential
• Applications from mature students without formal qualifications will be considered
.

Accreditation of Prior Learning / Experience:
Applications from mature students without formal qualifications are considered individually.

Entry Process:
All applicants will be invited to an interview with the tutor, allowing you to find out more and check that the course is the best option for you. Interviews normally take place between January and September of the year in which the course starts.

Assessment:
Assessment differs for each of the subjects you study. For some it is based on continuous assessment, whereas others have formal examinations.

Career Options:
Employment as an administrator, secretary or personal assistant, within a legal or alternative environment, is possible. Past students have found opportunities particularly in law, marketing, personnel and sales.

Fees

Year : Description : Under 19 : Over 19 & on benefits : Over 19 : Overseas
09/10 : Tuition : £0.00 : £0.00 : £700.00 : £5,800.00
09/10 : Material : £25.00 : £25.00 : £25.00 : £25.00
09/10 : Exams : £0.00 : £0.00 : £0.00 : £0.00
09/10 : Trips : £60.00 : £60.00 : £60.00 : £60.00
09/10 : Kit : £0.00 : £0.00 : £0.00 : £0.00
Fees subject to change please enquire on application. For courses lasting more than one year, please note that the fees given above are for the first year only. Similar fees will be due for each subsequent year of the course and will be subject to an inflationary increase on the first year fees.

Sessions

Year : Full or Part-time : Level : Start date : End date : Day : Start time : End time
09/10 : FT : Further Education : 14/9/2009 : 2/7/2010 : : N/A : N/A