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Essential Secretarial Efficiency Award

Diploma Overview

Our Essential Secretarial Efficiency Award is one of our range of mini-diplomas.

This Award has been specially designed to help you get the most out of your working day by improving your productivity and efficiency – both of which are guaranteed to impress your employers and help you get ahead. 

As well as enhancing your keyboard and Microsoft Word skills, you’ll also learn how to take notes quickly and accurately using our proven SpeedWriting technique.

In line with all our courses, your training will be flexible, giving you the freedom to learn when it suits you. You will also take away your workbooks as handy reference guides when your course is complete.

  • Flexible training that fits around your home and work lives 
  • Support on hand when you need it from our friendly course advisors 
  • The skills you need to get the job you want

Get the Pitman Advantage™

The Essential Secretarial Efficiency Award has been designed specifically to help you improve your keyboard, note-taking and Microsoft Word skills. So if you’re working in office admin and want to take your skills to the next level, this is just the course for you.

On completion, you’ll be able to type at up to 60 words per minute – a good working standard, take notes accurately and efficiently using the SpeedWriting system and fully understand and be confident in Microsoft Word.

A ‘mini-diploma’ in its own right, the Award has three core parts: - 

You’ll start with improving your keyboard skills by taking our ‘Typaz Speed’ course. This will teach you how to touch type accurately at approximately 60 words per minute.

You’ll then move on to the SpeedWriting course, which is a great way to learn how to take down minutes and notes quickly and precisely at speeds of over 40 words per minute.

Finally, you can choose Microsoft Word or Microsoft Word Expert (depending upon your current level of experience), which will ensure you’ll be confident in this most important and popular word processing software.

The guideline learning time for the Essential Efficient Secretary Award is: 

  • 45 hours flexi study or 2 weeks full-time*

*full-time is based on approximately 20-30 hours per week.

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