Designed for:

Individuals who wish to gain essential office and computer skills

Objectives:

To provide you with vital business skills to apply for office jobs with complete confidence

Course Content

Core Subjects

1. Keyboard Skills –Learn how to touch type accurately, using the correct keyboard technique
2. Effective Business Communication – Learn to communicate effectively in business – via letter, email, telephone and personal presentations
3. Microsoft Word – Introductory and intermediate word processing skills to a good employable standard. This course will enable you to create professional looking documents, produce tables, insert pictures and much more
4. Microsoft Excel - Introductory and intermediate spreadsheet skills to a good employable standard. This course will enable you to create a spreadsheet, entering text, numbers and formulae and creating charts
5. Microsoft Outlook – Learn how to share, manage and schedule information electronically
6. Microsoft Access – Develop database skills from initial design stage to running reports and queries
7. Microsoft PowerPoint – Gain competency in creating slide presentations. Areas covered include formatting, inserting tables, pictures, sound, hyperlinks, applying transition and timing effects for a slide show

Recommended Electives – choose one

1. Introduction to Computers
2. Internet Skills
3. Keyboard Speed Development
4. Basic Book-keeping
5. Create, Manage and Integrate Files

The above are recommended electives for this Diploma. Alternative subjects may be chosen. Please discuss the options with your Course Advisor

Benefits

1. Equip you to start a new career
2. The flexibility and value of a self-study course designed to enable you to work at your own pace
3. Personalised workbooks to use as a reference guide on completion of your training
4. The opportunity to gain a Pitman Training Diploma that is recognised nationally and internationally by employers

Duration

  120 Hours Flexi-Study