Now called OCR Text Processing (Business Professional)
The OCR Text Processing set of units is a popular qualification for secretarial roles, covering touch-typing, audio typing, word processing and other secretarial skills courses. OCR stands for Oxford, Cambridge and RSA. We are an OCR Text Processing test centre and we have courses that prepare you for the various OCR Text Processing unit exams.
Employers will often still ask for an RSA Level 3 qualification. If you are applying for a job that asks for this, check if they mean:
- RSA Level 3 Typing, which means touch-typing at 50+ words per minute; or
- RSA Level 3, which may mean any one of the Level 3 OCR Text Processing units
The OCR Text Processing qualifications changed on 1 October 2008. There are now 9 different OCR Text Processing qualifications, comprising an Award, a Certificate and a Diploma, each at Levels 1, 2 and 3. The difference relates to the units taken, with each unit allocated a number of credits. For example, an OCR Text Processing Level 2 Certificate will be awarded for acheiving 16 or more credits. However, the choice of units is now more restrictive, as some combinations of units do not count towards the Award, Certificate or Diploma.
If you have already been studying OCR Text Processing, depending on the units taken, OCR may transfer the credits across into the new format.
We offer courses that cover the syllabus for all of the main OCR Text Processing units and we are an OCR Text Processing test centre. Call Jill on 0191 241 1122 for more information.
