Pitman Training Secretarial Diploma

Good secretaries are the backbone of most businesses – the essential staff who make the day-to-day things happen and whose professional efficiency enables the organisation’s executives and managers to work effectively. That is why the role is highly valued and why well-qualified people are always in demand. The skills required cover a wide range to total mastery of the most common business software and effective business communication techniques.

Overview:

Typing: We offer a full range of typing courses whether you’re a beginner or need to reach top speeds with maximum accuracy.

Typing Speed Development: Learning how to type fast is one thing. Learning to type faster whilst retaining accuracy is quite another! Our Typing Speed Development course will improve typing speed and keep your accuracy up to scratch too – so you’ll be more efficient and productive.

Effective Business Communication: Learn how to communicate effectively in business by letter, email, telephone and presentation. This will cover correct use of grammar, punctuation, principles of letter writing and CV writing.

or Business Document Production: Develop skills and understanding of routine and complex business documents and the conventions used in their production and presentation.

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

Microsoft Word or Word Expert: Learn word processing skills to a good business standard. This will enable you to create professional looking documents, produce tables,
insert pictures and much more.

Learn advanced word processing skills including mail merge, creating graphs, creating and running macros, creating an index, table of contents and more.

Microsoft Excel or Excel Expert: 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.

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 and hyperlinks; applying transition and timing effects.

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 and creating address lists.

Successful Meetings and Minutes: Gain the skills to ensure every meeting you attend is productive. Build your understanding on logistics, preparation, note-taking, agenda planning and how to clarify actions.

You may also choose 2 elective courses:

• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Word Expert
• Health & Safety Essentials
• Book-keeping Level 2 – Module 1
• SpeedWriting

This course is designed for individuals who wish to gain a range of secretarial, business and computer skills to fast-track them into a secretarial role.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

This course is recommended for anyone withing to embark on an office career where the skills associated with the traditional secretarial role added to Microsoft Office skills are required.