Earning a Microsoft Office Specialist certification can help you differentiate yourself in today's competitive job market, broaden your employment opportunities by displaying your advanced skills and result in higher earning potential. Microsoft Office Specialist certification can also lead to increased job satisfaction; research indicates that certified individuals have increased competence, productivity, and credibility with their employers, co-workers, and clients. You will be supplied with Official Microsoft Course Material, and exam voucher and access to practice exam questions to work through at your own pace.We offer the qualification in the following versions of Microsoft Word:•Microsoft Excel 2010•Microsoft Excel 2013Exam Objectives:Microsoft...

This course is suitable for school leavers or adult returners. As the course is delivered in the evening on a part-time basis, it may suit those looking for a career change or wishing to gain further skills.This vocational qualification prepares learners to enter the beauty therapy industry and work effectively as a nail technologist/nail technician.Throughout this qualification you will develop knowledge and understanding in a range of areas including anatomy and physiology and health and safety.You will also develop and perfect a range of technical skills including nail preparation; manicures; polish techniques and application of acrylic nail extensions. Interpersonal skills...

Learners will examine the foundations of sociology and the historical and social context surrounding the development of sociology as a discipline. The influence of events such as the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution are discussed. The key ideas of Mills' (1959) The Sociological Imagination and what is means to think sociologically are examined. Different ways of examining society are also considered, focusing initially on macro and micro models of society then exploring key sociological theories and concepts in more detail. The relationship between individuals and wider society/social structures is scrutinised. Theoretical knowledge is then applied to a...

To achieve this award, you must complete Online Basics, IT User Fundamentals, Using Email, Using Internet plus any 4 of the following: Word Processing Software, Spreadsheet Software, Presentation Software, Desk-top Publishing Software, Database Software.One learning outcome will require to be undertaken at the end of each completed unit. At the end of the course you will be able to: Online Basics - Use an online IT system to meet needs. Search for and use internet-based information. Use e-mail to communicate and exchange information.IT User Fundamentals - Interact with and use IT systems to meet needs....

The European Computer Driving Licence, also known as ECDL, is a Worldwide IT qualification that gives you the opportunity to develop your IT skills and gain a basic IT certification.ECDL Essentials has been designed to provide a basic introduction to the computing skills required by IT users today. It can be undertaken as a stand alone qualification or as Part One of the full ECDL qualification. To gain the full ECDL qualification you would need to complete both ECDL Essentials and ECDL Extra.The ECDL Essentials course consists of the following three modules:Security for IT UsersIT User FundamentalsUsing Email and The...

If you regularly use a word processing application and need to know how to create complex documents or use advanced tools then ECDL Advanced Word Processing will give you the knowledge and skills you need. Text Management: Using text effects such as subscript and superscript, animated text, different orientation and text wrapping Automation: Using automatic text formatting and correction, using and creating macros and field codes, creating advanced mail merges, automated captioningLayout: Creating templates and master documents, inserting tables of contents, using sections and columns Organisation: Creating bookmarks...

The European Computer Driving Licence, also known as ECDL, is a Worldwide IT qualification that gives you the opportunity to develop your IT skills and gain a basic IT certification. ECDL is ideal for people who want to gain an IT qualification at level 2, for whatever reason, such as improving their career prospects or just to brush up on their computer skills. It is also an ideal platform from which to develop your skills, and perhaps go on to gain other IT qualifications. The ECDL Extra syllabus covers four major areas including:- Word Processing Spreadsheets Improving Productivity Presentations As...

If you have to give presentations on a regular basis, ECDL Advanced Presentations will allow you to understand what to consider when planning and designing presentations and be able to use a range of tools within a presentation application. Audience & Environment - Understand how room and audience size and lighting etc.impacts on planning for a presentation. Understand how audience demography and knowledge of subject requires the need to deliver the message differently. Presentation - Use of text and graphics, ensuring there is a consistent design to enhance clarity. Awareness of issues with fonts and colours, such as colour blindness....

If you regularly use a spreadsheet application and need to know how to create complex spreadsheets and be able to sort, query and chart data then ECDL Advanced Spreadsheets will give you the knowledge and skills you need: Formatting Naming cell range, using automatic and conditional cell formatting. Data Handling Import data from other applications, use one and two input data and what-if tables. Sort and query data using single and multiple criteria. Use pivot tables and Dynamic crosstabs Display Freeze data headings, hide rows, columns and worksheets Security Protect worksheets or cells, password protect Linking Data Link data in...

If you regularly use a database application and need to know how to use a database system and be able to organize, view and extract data, then ECDL Advanced Databases will give you the knowledge and skills you need. Table Design Understand the use of various data types, create input masks and validation rules, set mandatory fields. Data. Relationships - Understand and create data relationships, apply inner, outer and self joins. Apply and use referential integrity. Query - Design Create queries to update, append and delete data and create new tables based on query data. Group data in a query,...