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PITMAN TRAINING: SECRETARIAL & PA DIPLOMAS:

 

Secretarial Diploma

  • Course Objective: To provide you with the essential skills to start a secretarial career with complete confidence.

  • Designed For:  Individuals who wish to gain a range of essential office and computer skills to fast-track them into a secretarial role.

  • Prerequisites: None.

 Course Content:

  • 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, taking you up to a speed of 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

  • Audio Transcription – Learn to type from audio dictation using a variety of correspondence e.g. memos, reports and letters

  • Microsoft Word – Learn word processing skills to a good business standard

  • Microsoft Excel – Learn spreadsheet skills to a good business standard

  • 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 Outlook – Learn how to share, manage and schedule information electronically

 Recommended Electives – choose Two

  • Internet Skills

  • Office Fast Modules 1 – 3 

  • Office Fast Modules 4 - 6

  • Health & Safety Essentials

  • Microsoft Publisher

  • Basic Book Keeping

  • Microsoft Access

  • Go – Make A Difference

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

Duration: 180 hours / 6 weeks full time (based on a 20 - 30 hour week)

 

 

 

Fast Track Microsoft Skills Diploma

  • Course Objective: To provide you with the vital IT skills and professional office skills training to improve your employment opportunities and ensure you become a valuable asset to any business.

  • Designed For:  Individuals who wish to enhance their knowledge and expertise of Microsoft Office applications for use in employment.

  • Prerequisites: None.

 Course Content:

  • Microsoft Word – Learn word processing skills to a good business standard.  This course will enable you to create professional looking documents, produce tables, insert pictures and much more
    OR
    Microsoft Word Expert – Learn advanced word processing skills including mail merge, creating graphs, creating and running macros, creating an index, table of contents and more

  • Microsoft Excel – Learn spreadsheet skills to a good business standard.  This course will enable you to create a spreadsheet, enter data, formulas and functions, create charts and more.
    OR
    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 Outlook – Learn how to share, manage and schedule information electronically.  Covers the use of email, electronic calendar, scheduling meetings and appointments, creating and assigning tasks, creating address lists

  • Microsoft Access – Develop database skills from initial design stage to running reports and queries

  • Microsoft PowerPoint – Gain competency in creating slide presentations.  Areas covered include formatting, inserting tables, pictures, sound and hyperlinks and applying transition and timing effects

Benefits:

  • Equip you with the essential skills to start a new career in an office environment

  • 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

  • Further enhancements: Office Fast (Modules 1-3) and Office Fast (Modules 4-6) (additional cost)

Duration: 100 hours / 4 weeks full time (based on a 20 – 30 hour week)

 

 

 

Medical Secretarial Diploma

  • Course Objective: To provide you with the essential skills to successfully work as a medical secretary.

  • Designed For:  Individuals who wish to gain essential office and computer skills in order to pursue a career in the medical field.

  • Prerequisites: None.

 Course Content:

  • 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 of up to 70 wpm

  • Audio Transcription – Learn audio typing techniques to produce business documents to a high degree of accuracy and skill

  • 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, creating graphs, creating and running macros, creating an index, table of contents and more

  • Microsoft Excel – Learn spreadsheet skills to a good business standard

  • Microsoft Outlook – Learn how to share, manage and schedule information electronically

  • 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

  • The Medical Secretary – An Introduction - Develop medical secretarial skills to include terminology covering a whole range of medical specialisations.  Successful completion of this diploma enables students to take an AMSPAR (Association of Medical Secretaries, Practice Managers and Receptionists) examination in Medical Terminology

  • Medical Audio Transcription – Learn to accurately transcribe documents containing medical terminology from audio dictation

 Recommended Electives – choose Two

  • Internet Skills

  • Microsoft Word Expert

  • Office Fast Modules 1 – 3 

  • Office Fast Modules 4 - 6

  • Health & Safety Essentials

  • Go – Make A Difference

 Benefits:

  • Equip you to start a new career

  • 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

Duration: 220 hours / 8 weeks full time (based on a 20 - 30 hour week)

 

 

 

Legal Secretarial Diploma

  • Course Objective: To provide you with the essential skills to start a career as a legal secretary with confidence.

  • Designed For:  Individuals who wish to gain essential office and computer skills to become a legal secretary.

  • Prerequisites: None.

 Course Content:

  • 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, taking you up to a speed of 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

  • Audio Transcription – Learn to type from audio dictation using a variety of correspondence e.g. memos, reports and letters

  • 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 Excel – Learn spreadsheet skills to a good business standard

  • 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 Outlook – Learn how to share, manage and schedule information electronically

  • Legal Secretarial – An Introduction – Gain an introduction to the work, responsibilities, practice, and structure of a legal office, including rules and guidelines, terminology, legal personnel, the court system and documentation covering different legal specialisations

  • Legal Secretarial Modules – TWO of your choice.  Discuss the options (see Elective Subjects) available with your course advisor

Recommended Electives – choose One

  • Internet Skills

  • Microsoft Access

  • Office Fast Modules 1 – 3 

  • Office Fast Modules 4 - 6

  • Health & Safety Essentials

  • Go – Make A Difference

  • Legal Secretarial - Conveyancing

  • Legal Secretarial – Wills & Probate

  • Legal Secretarial – Criminal Law

  • Legal Secretarial – Company Law

  • Legal Secretarial – Family Law

  • Legal Module – Civil Litigation

Benefits:

  • Equip you to start a new career

  • 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

Duration: 200 hours / 7 weeks full time (based on a 20 - 30 hour week)

 

 

 

Executive PA Diploma

  • Course Objective: To provide you with both excellent IT and business skills to support senior executives.

  • 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.

  • Prerequisites: None.

 Course Content:

  • 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 or Pitman 2000 shorthand – Learn the complete theory of either shorthand system.  This will enable you to take notes at speeds up to 70 wpm

Recommended Electives – choose Four

  • Internet Skills

  • Shorthand Speed Development

  • Office 2007 Fast Modules 1 – 3 

  • Office 2007 Fast Modules 4 - 6

  • Health & Safety Essentials

  • Microsoft Publisher

  • Basic Book Keeping

  • Dreamweaver

  • Legal Secretarial – Any Module

  • Get Into Marketing / HR / PR / Journalism

  • Executive PA Workshop

  • Meetings and Minute Taking Workshop

Benefits:

  • Equip you to start a new career

  • 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

Duration: 320 hours / 12 weeks full time with shorthand (based on a 20 - 30 hour week)

260 hours / 10 weeks full time without shorthand

 

 

 

Executive Plus Diploma

  • Course Objective: To provide you with essential skills to enable you to excel in the above role, using not only the traditional secretarial skills, including shorthand and typing, but also learning the latest Microsoft Office applications and undertaking specific professional training.

  • Designed For: Individuals who wish to gain advanced secretarial, IT and business skills to give you the extra advantage in preparation for a career as a Senior Executive Assistant. To enable you to provide an efficient and fully professional service to chief executives and other senior management.

  • Prerequisites: None.

Course Content:

  • 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

  • Audio Transcription – Learn audio typing techniques to produce documents to a high degree of accuracy and skill

  • 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 Excel – Learn spreadsheet skills to a good business standard. This will enable you to create spreadsheets, enter data, formulas and functions, create charts and more

  • 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 Outlook – Learn how to share, manage and schedule information electronically

  • 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

  • Microsoft Publisher – Learn desktop publishing skills to create various publications, inserting text, pictures and tables

  • Book Keeping Level 2 – Module 1 – The course covers the double entry system, the basics of VAT, checking invoices for accuracy, general ledger, purchase and sales ledger, cash and petty cash books and balancing ledger accounts

  • Book Keeping Level 2 – Module 2- Covers bank reconciliation, sales and purchase ledger control accounts, accounting for bad debt, correcting errors, preparing statements of account, reconciliation of statements of account, paying invoices falling due and using information from within the double entry system to prepare a VAT Return

  • Book Keeping Level 2 – Module 3 – Includes preparing a trial balance from the ledger accounts, using the journal to start up a new set of double entry accounts, bad debts, the suspense account, calculating depreciation, extending the trial balance, calculating profit or loss, preparing a profit and loss account and balance sheet, closing off the ledger accounts and preparing the financial statements of a business

  • Practical Payroll Level 2 – Learn manual payroll to an employable level and to the syllabus requirements for the IAB Level 2 Award in Practical Payroll

  • Sage Line 50 – Convert your manual book-keeping skills to computerised accounts using the most popular software

  • Sage Payroll – Convert your manual payroll skills to computerised skills using this most popular programme including statutory sick and maternity pay

  • Numeric Data Entry – Learn efficient use of the numeric keyboard

  • Dreamweaver – Learn to create a website using the most popular industry standard web design programme

  • Introduction to HTML – Learn to create a website using Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML)

  • Go – Make a Difference! – Learn to make a difference, both professionally and personally, through self-development
    OR
    Go… Get A Job! – Learn to professionally present yourself to find and land that job

Optional:

  • Teeline or Pitman 2000 shorthand – Learn the complete theory of either shorthand system. This will enable you to take notes at speeds up to 70 wpm

Recommended Electives – choose Four

  • Internet Skills

  • Shorthand Speed Development

  • Office Fast Modules 1 – 3

  • Office Fast Modules 4 - 6

  • Health & Safety Essentials

  • Medical Secretarial – An Introduction

  • Introduction to Business Structure & Law

  • Legal Secretarial – An Introduction

  • Get Into Marketing / HR / PR / Journalism

  • Executive PA Workshop

  • Meetings and Minute Taking Workshop

Benefits:

  • Equip you to start a new career

  • 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

Duration: 520 hours / 18 weeks full time with shorthand (based on a 20 - 30 hour week)

460 hours / 15 weeks full time without shorthand

 

 

 

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