Professional Secretary/PA
These courses are ideal for those who wish to be a professional secretary or PA with advanced skills.
While the core qualification is OCR Level 3 Text Processing (options includes PowerPoint, Legal Word Processing,
Medical Word Processing) you may wish to add OCR Level 3 Administration and/or ITQ Level 3 as some of the units can be used towards both qualifications.
Benefits
Do your IT skills fully meet the needs of your role or could you increase your effectiveness?
Independent surveys as well as feedback from our own trainees shows clearly that professional training can increase your speed and broaden your skills making you more effective and efficient in what you do.
As a small flexible training centre we take the time to find out about your job role and plans so that we can relate your training to your needs.
The modular style of current qualifications, using a credit based approach means that you can select both the areas and their level to suit your job role and career aspirations and enables you to ‘Mix and Match’ to get the maximum qualifications for your training time.
You will be studying for a nationally recognised qualification by the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA(OCR) exam board.
Level 3 Text Processing (Business Professional) Award, Certificate or Diploma
These are excellent qualifications for those having to produce a range of documents to a high standard and wish to be aware of current good practice. They are offered by both distance learning and in the Resource Centre.
For more information about this qualification click here.
Optional Qualifications include:
OCR Level 3 Award, Certificate or Diploma in Administration (Business Professional)
These are only offered as distance learning, enabling you to work at your pace at home but builds on the experience that you gain in the workplace.
For many people the Certificate will be the most appropriate award whilst the Diploma is an excellent award for those wanting a broad range of skills.
For more details click here.
Level 3 ITQ Award/Certificate/Diploma
We offer this at level 3 with the main unit being Word in order to build on the skills developed in the other qualifications. You can take Excel, Outlook, Access or Powerpoint to Level 2.
Distance Learning
You get workbooks, exercises and support from your personal tutor, either by e-mail or phone. Because you receive a workbook for each area of study you can fast track through the course if you wish.
Your tutor will mark the exercises and provide feedback and provide additional support if required.
Centre based Learning
You arrange times and days that suit you including Saturday mornings and Tuesday or Wednesday evenings. They can vary from week to week depending on your work/family commitments.
Assessments
Assessments may be taken as soon as you can demonstrate the required skills and we make good use of sample assessments to ensure familiarity with the assessment style.
You can take an assessment at the end of each unit as you work through the course and for this reason we encourage students where possible to take the assessments at our Centre. However distance learning candidates may wish to take them all at the end of the course. We can provide details of centres that may be closer to you although you will have to confirm their fees and dates for an assessment.
Flexibility
Using our skills assessment approach and believing in making use of prior knowledge, we do not waste your time if you can demonstrate sound skills based on good practice in particular areas. Training will focus on extending your skills and developing good practice.
Success
Due to the individual attention that our students receive and the focussed approach at entry that determines if the course is right for you, our success rate is very high.
Fees
The fees are shown in the attached file.
Contact us
For further information or discuss how we may be able to help you please ring us on 01403 734431 or e-mail
Career Advice
If you want help with reviewing your career plans or preparing an effective CV our partnership with LINKS Careers and Personal Development ensures that you can easily arrange an appointment with an experienced career advisor.
