Audio Secretarial Course

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

This is one of our shorter courses - and provides the key skills to get you working.  You can study this course via our distance learning scheme and is tutor led.

It is suitable for those who wish to learn just enough to get them working as soon as possible.  It is also suitable for those on a strict budget but wish to get their careers moving, with the option of adding on more skills later.

You will need to study between 5-10 hours on average per week.

The Audio Secretarial course will take approximately 6 weeks to complete based on this study time and the Advanced Audio Secretarial course will take approximately 10 weeks to complete.

There is an overall time limit of 3 months within which you have to complete either course.

You can take loner to complete the coure - the pace of your learning is to suit you.

Included in the course is our unique Career and Job support service - which includes helping to design a professional CV, developing your interview techniques, looking at your options based on where you live and the types of businesses you would like to work in, supporting you as you apply for jobs and go for interview.

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COURSE PROSPECTUS

You will cover all the key secretarial skills you will need to work as an Audio Secretary. You will learn how to produce professional business documents from drafts and audio dictation using digital software, edit multi page documents, and use mail merge facilities.

You can choose to study just the Audio Secretarial Course (up to Intermediate level) or the Advanced Audio Secretarial Course.

QUALIFICATIONS

You will gain either one or two Certificates in Text Processing on this course with the OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and Royal Society of Arts) Examining Board.

If you are studying the Advanced Audio Secretarial Course you have the option of not sitting the Level 2 examinations if you wish to save time and reduce your exam entry fees.

Level 2 - Certificate in Text Processing

• Text Production
• Word Processing
• Audio Transcription

Level 3 - Certificate in Text Processing  

• Text Production
• Word Processing
• Audio Transcription

You will need Microsoft Word to complete this course.

You will also need a computer with a printer and headphones (for the audio module) and Internet connection.

How does distance learning work?  Read our How We Teach page to find out more.