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Reach for the skies with a Pitman Training
Executive PA Diploma
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 picking up the dry cleaning for their “Boss” 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.
Core Subjects
 Computer Keyboard Skills
Learn how to touch type accurately, using the correct keyboard technique. This may help to reduce the risk of RSI (repetitive strain injury).
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 70 wpm.
Effective Business Communication
Learn how to communicate effectively in business by letter, email, telephone and presentation. This will cover correct use of grammar, punctuation, principles of letter writing and CV writing.
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Business Document Production
Develop skills and understanding of routine and complex business documents and the conventions used in their production and presentation.
Microsoft Word
Learn word processing skills to a good business standard. This will enable you to create professional looking documents, produce tables, insert pictures and much more.
Microsoft Word Expert
Learn advanced word processing skills including mailmerge, creating graphs, creating and running macros, creating an index, table of contents and more.
Microsoft Excel
Learn spreadsheet skills to a good business standard. This course will enable you to create a spreadsheet, enter data, formulas and functions; create charts and more.
Microsoft Excel Expert
Learn advanced spreadsheet skills, covering areas such as importing and exporting data, creating and using templates, linking workbooks, data management, using analysis tools and pivot tables.
Microsoft PowerPoint
Gain competency in creating slide presentations. Areas covered include formatting, inserting tables, pictures, sound and hyperlinks; applying transition and timing effects.
Microsoft Access
Develop database skills from initial design stage. Covers the creation of tables, reports, queries and forms, relationships, wizards and more.
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 and creating address lists.
Audio Transcription
Learn audio typing techniques to produce business documents to a high degree of accuracy and skill.
Go… Make a Difference!
Learn how a difference can be made both professionally and personally through self-development.
Optional Subject(s)
 Teeline or Pitman 2000 Shorthand
Learn the complete theory of either shorthand system.
This will enable you to take notes at speeds of up to 70 wpm.
Elective Subjects - choose FOUR
Computer Skills
Windows
XP
Internet Skills
Office 2007 Fast Modules 1 - 3
Office 2007 Fast Modules 4 - 6
Dreamweaver
Microsoft Publisher
Get Into …
Marketing
HR or PR
Journalism
Other
The Legal Secretary - An Introductory Course
Basic Book-keeping
Personal Development
Health & Safety Essentials
Meetings & Minutes seminar
Executive PA seminar
Shorthand Speed Development
Guideline Learning Time
12 weeks full-time or 320 hours flexi study (with shorthand)
10 weeks full-time or 260 hours flexi study (without shorthand)
(full-time is based on approx 20 hours a week)
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My Diploma
has given me a very strong foothold in my career and it has
helped me progress from a secretary to a PA position in my
current employment. It has enabled me to have a career
in my chosen field, especially one where vacancies are scarce
and it has highlighted opportunities for me which, without the
training, would definitely not have been there.
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