Executive PA Diploma

Overview

Whether you are already working as a PA or aspiring to become one, this comprehensive programme is aimed at ambitious people who really want to make their mark. In addition to developing your IT and office skills as a personal assistant, you'll find your confidence grows as you find your ability to apply your knowledge at work develops every day

Diploma Description

The role of the Executive Personal Assistant is both a demanding and rewarding one. It requires a competent and highly organised individual with exceptional foresight, working unsupervised in a pressurised environment. A Personal Assistant is a professional who acts as a 'life-organiser' to the senior management or company directors. They manage and oversee everything from making travel arrangements to minute taking at boardroom level. A good PA will always be one-step ahead of their manager and who knows and understands how everything works. The Executive PA will need to have advanced IT skills as well as highly developed interpersonal and negotiation skills coupled with a high sense of discretion and confidentiality. Shorthand is an excellent skill that will give you an extra advantage when applying for that all important job. The Pitman Training Executive PA Diploma will give you a broad range of skills to take to your dream job. You will learn up to date Microsoft Office applications, as well as learning the more traditional secretarial skills of shorthand and touch-typing. In addition, you can extend your business skills through one day seminars, advanced IT training and specific profession training. Learning these skills is easy with Pitman Training. Our tried and trusted methods are the best available. You will work at your own pace in our comfortable premises, helped by experienced tutors as required. You choose your own hours and keep the reference materials when the course is over. On completion, you will receive a Pitman Training Diploma that is recognised nationally and internationally by employers.

This Diploma is designed for Individuals who wish to gain comprehensive secretarial, business and computer skills in preparation for a career as a Personal Assistant at high-level management.

Benefits

This Diploma provides you with both excellent IT and business skills to support senior executives

Core Subjects

Please note that the Teeline Shothand course is an optional subject

Computer Keyboard Skills
Increase work performance and save time on your PC by learning how to touch-type accurately at 20-30 words per minute. Web-based - anytime, anywhere - training. Successful completion of this course wi...

Faster Keyboarding Part 1
This keyboard programme is suited to secretaries or those whose job role is based heavily around typing. Increase keyboard speed to 40-45 words per minute and improve accuracy. Successful completion o...

Effective Business Communication
Learn how to communicate effectively in business documents such as letters, reports, faxes and presentations. This course is suited to those in an administration position.

Business Document Production
Develop your skills and understanding of routine and complex business documents and the conventions used in their production and presentation. Successful completion of this course will enable you to w...

Word 2003
Learning Word will enable you to produce professional looking documents required in any business. Writing reports will no longer be a problem as you will know how to create graphs, run macros and crea...

Word 2003 Expert
If you are already familiar with using Microsoft Word and want to learn advanced features of this programme then this course will teach you all the attributes of Word to an expert level. Successful co...

Excel 2003
Learn spreadsheet skills to a good business standard and have the ability to manipulate company and personal data to present tables, charts and calculations. Total mastery of this course will enable y...

Excel 2003 Expert
Perfect for those who are familiar with using Microsoft Excel and want to broaden their knowledge of the universally used application. You will learn advanced features including finding trends in data...

PowerPoint 2003
Learn how to create professional presentations with PowerPoint. The course is perfect for those who are required to present to other people during their role. With this programme you will be able to c...

Access 2003
Databases form the backbone of customer and client information help within any business. Develop your database skills with Microsoft Access from the initial design stage and have the ability to run re...

Outlook 2003
Outlook is a universally used package in any business and this programmes guides you through how to use the e-mail, diary and calendar management function

Audio Transcription Level 1
The audio transcription course is suited to those in a secretarial profession who want to learn how to transcribe business documents. This course also gives students a chance to gain an OCR examinatio...

Go Make a Difference!
If you're ready to change the way you think then Go MAD® is the course for you. Using the Go MAD® thinking system, you apply this to challenges you may face at work and learn to tackle them in...

Teeline Shorthand for Beginners
Learn the entire shorthand system with this beginner's course. Successful completion of this course will enable you to work towards further qualifications

Elective Subjects (Choose any 4)

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Office 2007...Fast! (Modules 4-6)
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Dreamweaver
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Publisher 2003
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Create Manage and Integrate Files
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Get into Marketing
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Guideline Learning Time

320 hours flexi study (with shorthand)
260 hours flexi study (without shorthand)