Learning these skills
is easy with Pitman Training. Our tried and trusted methods
are the best available and are designed for speedy results.
You work at your own pace in our comfortable premises, helped by experienced
tutors as required. The atmosphere is relaxed and non-competitive.
You choose your own hours, working when it suits you and keep the reference
books and training manuals when the course is over.
The subjects covered are shown below. Together, they will equip you to start
a secretarial career with complete confidence.
On completion of your
final exams, you will receive a Pitman Training Diploma that
is recognised nationally and internationally by employers.
Invest in yourself
Acquiring these vital
business skills and your Pitman Training Diploma to prove
it will repay the cost in improved employment opportunities and job advancement
potential. What better investment in your own future?
The sooner you start, the sooner you will benefit.
Why Pitman Training?
No-one has helped more
people gain valuable business skills than Pitman Training.
That unbeatable experience is your guarantee of success.
Our teaching methods are proven; our course materials are the best of their
kind.
There are no hidden costs.
The Diploma package includes certification fees and all training.
A Pitman Training
Diploma is an industry standard; your passport to a better career.
Designed for individuals who wish to gain essential office
and computer skills in preparation for a career in web design.
Core Subjects
Keyboard Skills
Learn how to
touch type accurately, using the correct keyboard technique. This will help
to reduce the risk of RSI (repetitive strain injury).
Effective Business
Communication
Learn to communicate
effectively in business - via letter, email, telephone and personal presentations.
This will cover correct use of grammar, punctuation, principles of letter
writing (using positive words and avoiding jargon) etiquette and different
types of letters eg complaints, apologies, thank
you and circular. It also includes CV writing.
Microsoft Word Proficient
Introductory
and intermediate word processing skills to a good employable standard.
This course will enable you to create professional looking documents, produce
tables, insert pictures and much more.
Microsoft Excel Proficient
Introductory
and intermediate spreadsheet skills to a good employable standard.
This course will enable you to create a spreadsheet, entering text, numbers
and formulas and creating charts.
Microsoft Access
Develop database
skills from initial design stage to running reports and queries.
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, creating address lists.
Dreamweaver
- Introduction
Learn to create
a website using the most popular industry-standard web design program, inserting
text, images, adding backgrounds, creating links and anchors, creating tables
and creating framesets.
Dreamweaver
- Advanced
Learn advanced
features of this popular web design program by creating a website including
graphics, styles, layers and objects.
Introduction to HTML
Learn to create
a website using the programming language HTML (hypertext mark-up language).
Recommended
Electives - choose 1
Keyboard Speed Development
Develop your
typing speed to improve productivity using graded copying exercises and timed
dictations. A number of stages are available, taking you up to a speed of
70wpm.
Windows Operating System
This course
is for complete beginners and will teach basic computer skills from using
a mouse to file management; using the internet and email, creating and printing
a document in WordPad.
Internet Skills
Learn the main
principles of using the internet, become familiar with Internet Explorer,
learn search techniques and how to send an email
using Outlook Express.
Microsoft FrontPage
Learn web page
design skills using this Microsoft programme. Create a website adding text,
pictures, tables, hotspots, search forms etc.