Secretary and PA Diploma Programme

Secretary & PA Diploma Programme

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Secretary & PA Diploma Programme - A comprehensive Secretarial and Personal Assistant Training Course

This Secretary Personal Assistant Diploma Programme training with Souters is designed to prepare students to become a (or provides consolidation skills for) Personal Assistant / Secretary in any business sector.

This secretarial and PA course focuses on skill enhancement and looks at building confidence through improving interpersonal and self-developmental skills providing a sounding footing on your career development path.

The course aims to provide the full range of Souters’ Secretarial training, giving the student a fully documented commercial training for an immediate move into the job market with broad options.

Course dates and duration

There are different study options available for the Secretary / PA Diploma Programme, including full-time or part-time (evenings or weekends) for five or ten weeks. The courses have a live tutor and concludes with a practical assessment.

The Touch Typing Course can be completed in-house and at home. Participants have three months in which to achieve the pass standard for certification.

The Microsoft Office Training has to be completed within three months from date of commencement. This can be completed in-house or at home. Exams are taken at the centre for local students. Special arrangements can be made for overseas students. Access to the training system is available for one year.

This course is CPD accredited.

Suitability - Who should attend?

This Secretary & PA Diploma Programme is suitable for a variety of people such as:

• Existing secretaries or PA’s looking to consolidate their skills and obtain certification.

• People from other sectors looking for career change

• School leavers with good results and good IT and typing skills

• Company employees looking for diversification training

• Home workers looking to build a skill base

Course requirements:

• A good general level of education and a positive attitude

• Minimum intermediate English

Souters' unique Secretarial training is designed for people with experience ranging from complete beginner to those having some experience of the day-to-day requirements of the Secretarial/PA functions. Most people use common PC based computer programmes on a regular basis. A lot of people have some typing skills. Some people have had experience of administrative but not secretarial roles.

Our training takes these varied experience levels into account and builds on them with the objective of students achieving the Souters Secretarial/PA Diploma after examination and course work assessment.