Office Skills Diploma

Course description

This diploma is fully customisable, allowing you to select four courses that best suit your requirements to help you gain professional expertise in your chosen subjects. Tutor support is available throughout this course as and when required. Employers are always on the lookout for people with practical, know-how who can add value to their business from day one. So, if you’ve just left college, want to work in an office environment or are coming back into the world of employment after a break, the Office Skills Diploma could be the ideal training for you. This is a popular training programme as it allows you to take full control and choose the courses you want to study. Its flexibility means you could be learning a wide range of essential skills such as Microsoft Office, Bookkeeping, Sage Accounts and Effective Business Communication for example. There are plenty of options available with over 200 courses to choose from, so you can tailor the diploma to suit you. Core Courses With our Office Skills Diploma, you choose any four core courses from the below list. Please note alternative subjects may be chosen if more suitable to your existing skills and career. Our Course Advisors can assist further with tailoring this diploma to your requirements. Word Our Microsoft Word course is designed to provide you with the essential skills you will need to be proficient in Word, in a work environment, in as short a time as possible. Word Expert This training in Microsoft Word will propel your Word skills forward to an advanced level. Over several lessons, you’ll become confident in a range of Word’s more sophisticated features. Excel Microsoft Excel is the world’s most popular spreadsheet program. This course is suitable for beginner to intermediate level. Over ten self-paced lessons you’ll learn how to format your spreadsheet to best display your information, handle simple and complex formulas, insert charts, learn how to insert functions such as IFERROR and much much more. Excel Expert Our Excel Expert level course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to use this popular spreadsheet programme to an advanced level. Over a series of self-paced lessons you’ll learn how to perform tasks such as conditional formatting, recording and running macros, working with pivot tables and using statistical functions. Outlook This flexible study Outlook course takes you through everything you need to use this popular email system as a work tool, from navigation and views through contacts and appointments, to tasks and folders. PowerPoint Our PowerPoint training course will help you get to grips with this comprehensive presentation software. Bookkeeping Transactions and Controls - Part 1 People with strong bookkeeping skills are always in demand. This course is designed to give you an advantage over others with less experience, teaching you double-entry bookkeeping. Sage 50 Accounts Sage 50 Accounts will equip you with the skills you need to get a good job in an accounts department, or to work for yourself by offering accounting administration services to local firms. Effective Business Communication This excellent course will raise your game when it comes to business communication skills, which are often top of the list of qualities demanded by employers. Typaz In just 25 hours, typing speeds of 20-40+ words per minute are perfectly achievable, even if you have little prior experience. You’ll also receive guidance on ergonomics, technique and accuracy. Typaz Speed If you want to build speed and accuracy then consider our Typaz Speed touch-typing course. Lasting 15 hours, the course will take you to speeds of 40-60 words per minute.