• Business

    PDA Office Administration

  • SCQF Level

    Level 7

  • Attendance/Duration

    Part-Time, One Year

Overview

Improve their professional practice in particular their customer care, communication and negotiation skills.

Entry Requirements

Candidates should have some prior knowledge of numeracy, ICT and communication to SCQF level 6, although formal qualifications may not be necessary if suitable experience had been gained informally or through work experience.

Course Content

  • Office Administration:  Develop the knowledge and skills required of an administrator to meet the requirements of an organisation
  • Personal Development Planning: Take responsibility for your own personal and professional development using a framework to develop skills reuqired by employers
  • Business Communication: Develop your skills in analysing, summarising, evaluating, and producing complex written business information
  • Digital Technologies for Administrators: Enhance your knowledge and skills in the use of ICT, social media, collaborative software and web services in a business context

Next Steps and Career Opportunities

On completion of this course, you may:

  • progress to an HNC such as Accounting, Business, and Administration and IT.
  • build your qualification part-time towards a full HNC by undertaking further PDAs and/or HN units.
  • start your career in administrative roles within a wide range of public and private sector organisations.

Why Choose This Course?

  • Develop your knowledge on current practice and the latest technology
  • Practical skills in Digital Technology to use within a business context
  • Improve your professional practice with Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

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Campus

Kilwinning

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Ayr

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