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GCX Certified How to write a PDD Project Design Document Course ...nd skills to find a job in this new and exciting field by offering PDD writing skills to project owners Save your company and clients money by writing your own PDD rather than outsourcing it to consultants Reduce risks associated with carbon projects by building skills that help you to understand the entire carbon credit generation process Understand the skills and resources required to  more...

Cisco CCNA Cisco CCNA Training: Cisco CCNA Training by 2KO International: - 2KO international is offers quality Cisco training in Cape Town. We specialise in certification training, and have been offering Cisco training since 2003. All Cisco trainers are Certified Trainers and have years of hands on experience, both in the classroom and in the field. Our Cisco training is headed by Marc McRae who has been  more...

Linux Certification Linux Training by 2KO International: - 2KO international is offers quality Linux training in our Cape Town and UK locations. We specialise in certification training, and have been offering Linux training since 2003. All Linux trainers are Certified Trainers and have years of hands on experience, both in the classroom and in the field. Our Linux training is headed by Marc McRae who has been with  more...

The Secrets of Debt Collection Success Overview: a Give me my money!a Few people like to do it, but asking for money forms an integral part of the job for those entrusted with their companya ™s debt collection. As with everything in life, there are both effective and ineffective means of approaching this. But the importance of debt collection goes unquestioned - the very viability of a company depends on it. So if you would  more...

The PA MBA Overview: Calling all high performing Personal Assistants who are the indispensable a right-handsa ™ of their managers. This is the course you have been waiting for! At BizTech, we respect the fact that high-level Personal Assistants already have strong organisational and administrative skills a what we offer on the PA MBA is the essential business skills and knowledge, to empower  more...

Mastering Time Management and Self Management Become a High Achiever Overview: "Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go." Henry Austin Dobson. Time management and self-management are two skills which once mastered can have the single-most impact on overall job performance and effectiveness. They are essential skills for all successful people irrespective of your career choice. If you can identify and focus on the activities that give you the greatest  more...

Graphs Statistics and Numerical Reporting for PAs and Administrators Overview: Businesses depend on accurate and reliable information presented in a meaningful format to assist management and teams to make effective business decisions. Whether ita ™s the MANCO report, EXCO report, sales report or finance report, the information contained is often critical for determining the companya ™s future direction. However, surprisingly few people have had any kind  more...

IT Contracts and SLAs Overview: IT Contracts & Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are unique in many aspects from other contracts. In order to ensure that you are receiving the level of service that you are expecting, it is important that you know how to put together a Service Level Agreement that ensures that you receive the service that you need and will be paying for. Furthermore, contracts are often littered with  more...

IT and the Law Overview: With the growth in the use of IT systems in business in recent years, there is a growing amount of risk exposure to companies in this regard. Consequently, there has also been a surge in the amount of legislation that has emerged as a result of this. This places an additional burden on IT managers and staff to ensure that they are suitably informed so as to best protect their company  more...

Business Analysis and Systems Analysis Overview: In order to design successful systems, it is critical first to understand a companya ™s business operations. The success of IT systems in organisations depends upon them fulfilling a business need and this can only be achieved if the business need is identified and understood. Analysts need to make use of various tools and techniques to accurately model business processes and  more...

Train-the-Trainer How to Bring Training to Life Overview: The ability to train others is a growing expectation of employers of their employees. With the many a company specifica technologies, systems and processes out there often companies have no choice but to perform training themselves. On top of this for large scale training across a company, internal training is often far more cost effective than sending personnel to external  more...

The Ultimate Sales Manager Overview: You already excel at selling: Now you need to develop a completely different set of skills to inspire, motivate and manage a sales team for maximum productivity and profit. The critical role of the Sales Manager transcends the mere tracking and reporting of statistics and has evolved into a role which requires proactive leadership, outstanding communication, effective decision making,  more...

The High Performance PA or Administrator Essential Skills Overview: It has been said that a manager is only as effective as his/ her PA allows him/ her to be. While perhaps a little extreme, the value of an excellent administrative assistant goes unquestioned. In order for managers to make optimum use of their time and deliver exceptional results themselves, an assistant who is competent, efficient and presentable is a must have for any organisation.  more...

The 3-Day MBA Overview: In order to succeed in the business world, managers are increasingly coming under pressure to have a more holistic understanding of business as a whole. To provide maximum benefit to their organisations, it is important for managers to not only understand their own area of specialty but to also have a good working understanding of business as a whole. In order to assist managers to  more...

Technical Person to Successful Sales Person Overview: In business it is very often the technical expert who becomes the sales consultant. Usually no-one knows or understands the companya ™s products better than they do. But selling is a whole new ball game! Suddenly interpersonal skills, relationship building, the art of persuasion, delivering compelling presentations and selling itself constitute part of the new skill set required.  more...

Risk Management Overview: Companies are continuously exposed to Risk which if not managed properly can substantially affect both their business and their very existence. However, Risk is something that if managed properly can be substantially reduced. In order to assist companies to be better prepared to manage the risks facing them, AstroTech is offering a training programme on "Risk Management".  more...

Project Management for Non-Project Managers Overview: With the global shift towards project based business, project management has become an essential business skill for all. Gone are the days when project management was reserved only for the professional project manager for large and complex projects. Today, project management skills are used by business professionals across the board to get tasks and projects completed more  more...

People Management for New Managers Overview: Being expected to manage people has to be one of the most daunting aspects facing new managers in the workplace. People are unpredictable. People have emotions and feelings and they cannot all be treated in the same way. This makes people management complicated. Furthermore, new managers are often faced with the difficulty of having to manage a team that used to be their peers and  more...

Mastering Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Overview: Maximising compliance with BEE legislation is a no-brainer for any business in South Africa. No matter what scale your business operates on, it is affected by the requirements of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment. In todaya ™s business environment, your BBBEE compliance is a major determining factor in your potential to do business with a client. Do you possess the knowledge  more...

Management for New Managers Overview: Being a manager requires a whole new set of skills that can be very daunting to the recently appointed manager. Suddenly you are required to perform a completely new and different role as well as to take responsibility for the performance of others. Your success is no longer dependent upon tasks completed by you but by the performance of your team. Without the skills to manage well,  more...

Labour Relations and Labour Law Overview: Labour legislation in South Africa is one of the biggest challenges facing managers and business people in South Africa. There is a maze of legislation governing correct practices and the legislation changes on an ongoing basis. To ensure that you are sufficiently trained and up to date on the topic and to ensure that you avoid the CCMA and Labour courts, AstroTech is offering a  more...

Finance for Non-Financial Managers Overview: Accountancy & Finance is the language of business and those who do not understand it are significantly disadvantaged. In reality business finance has a few key concepts wrapped up in technical jargon which, without too much effort, the basics can be mastered. However, for those unfamiliar, the whole world of finance can be incredibly daunting. So if you havena ™t been trained to  more...

Emotional Intelligence The Key to Personal Excellence and Effective Leadership Overview: It has become increasingly apparent that people with high levels of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) are more successful in business and in their professional lives than those who just have high levels of "traditional intelligence". EQ explains why some people excel while others who appear to be of a similar caliber lag behind. EQ helps us to manage our lives and our interactions with others  more...

Corporate Governance Overview: The King Report and the Public Finance Management Act have firmly established the necessity for directors and senior executives in both the public and private sectors to maintain, and to demonstrate the maintenance of, good corporate governance practices. Furthermore the King 3 makes it even more clear that all levels of management carry some degree of legal and organisational  more...

Business Contracts and SLAs Overview: Most projects and business performed by companies involve the use of contracts. In many cases the people tasked with ensuring delivery on those contracts are not always those involved in setting up the contract or, if they are, they are not always informed of the implications of some of the terms of the contract until it is too late. The terms & conditions of a contract can have  more...

Business Communications and Report Writing Overview: To achieve in the business world you have to be able to write well. Sometimes the only window that senior management has to you and your performance is through the reports that you write. Report writing is central to decision making and progress reporting and this is often achieved through documents such as proposals, business cases and status reports. Yet it is surprising how many  more...

Bridging The Gap From Specialist to Manager Overview: Managing business operations and people is a daunting task in itself, while moving from a specialist or technical role to one which involves general and people management responsibilities comes with even more unique challenges. As a specialist, you have come to depend mostly on yourself for the effective delivery of job related objectives. However, once you become a manager, you are  more...

Microsoft Office Courses We have full accreditation from Isett Seta to train: MS Excel MS Word MS Outlook Windows MS Publisher MS PowerPoint Most of these courses are trained at 3 levels, and are available in either 2003 or 2007. Our customised calendar and small classes offering individual attention have been the keystones to our success, along with highly skilled trainers who go the extra mile to ensure  more...