Executive PA Diploma

Overview

PA courses can truly change lives - an Executive PA Diploma from Pitman Training is recognised both nationally and internationally.

This is PA Training which will upgrade your skills whether you're already in the role at a lower level or you aspire to become an Executive PA.

As an Executive PA, you will have highly-developed IT and office skills - and during our training, you will find that your confidence grows with your abilities. And You'll be able to apply your new-found knowledge every day.

You will fulfil a role as a highly-focussed individual in a demanding and rewarding position.

As a 'life organiser' to senior management or company directors you'll be working unsupervised in a highly-pressured environment - one which our PA Diploma will fully equip you for.

This PA Diploma is flexible, so you can learn at a pace which suits you.

For those moments when you need extra support, our experienced course advisors will be there to help. And along with your new-found skills, you'll take away a workbook as a handy reference guide.

Description

* 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

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* typaz Professional (in place of the two subjects above) - Learn with an online course to touch type with greater speed and accuracy

* Effective Business Communication - Learn to communicate effectively in business by letter, email, telephone and personal presentations

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* Business Document Production - Develop skills and understanding of routine and complex business documents

* Microsoft Word - Introductory and intermediate 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

* Microsoft Excel - Introductory and intermediate 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

* Audio Transcription Level 2 - Learn audio typing techniques to produce documents to a high degree of accuracy and skill

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

* Teeline shorthand (optional) - Learn shorthand speeds of up to 70 wpm

Further to the above core subjects, this diploma also requires four further courses to be studied from a list of recommended options. A course advisor will be on hand to help you in choosing the best courses for you.