Course description
Executive Secretarial Course
The ICI executive secretarial and personal assistant course has been designed in conjunction with industry representatives and helps you learn the skills you need to succeed quickly and conveniently.
How Will You Benefit?
- Fast track your career as an executive secretary or personal assistant (PA)
- Learn the inside secrets of how to become an executive secretary or PA pro in months not years!
- Study an executive secretary course that was designed in conjunction with leading industry leaders
- Free up valuable time, don’t waste time and money travelling to classes
- Study at your own pace whenever and wherever you are
- Have access to a tutor
- Easy interest-free payment plans from as low as $39 per week
Upcoming start dates
Who should attend?
There are no previous work or education requirements for entry into any course level.
Training content
Administer projects
- Plan project administration
- Coordinate project administration
- Finalise and review project administration
Implement workplace information systems
- Identify and source information needs
- Collect, analyse and report information
- Implement information systems
- Prepare for information system changes
Write complex documents
- Plan and write letters and documents
- Draft text
- Prepare final text
- Produce document
Workplace OH&S
Workplace safety and ergonomics
Communicate effectively (telephone and face to face)
- Body language
- Building self confidence
- Personal qualities to develop
- Telephone skills, gaining information and closing calls.
Word processing (MS Word)
- Managing Your Documents
- Using Formatting Tools
- Using Time Saving Tools
Spreadsheets (MS Excel)
- Prepare & develop a spreadsheet
- Working with Functions and Formulas
- Managing Tables
- Enhancing your Workbook
Course delivery details
This entire course is carried out via Distance Learning (also known as correspondence learning). Distance learning is ideal if you need to adapt around work, family, or other commitments. It is also extremely beneficial should you simply wish to fast track your studies (and career) and not be locked into a timetable.
Our course content and learning experience ensure that your course is relevant and interesting. Learning, tutorial assistance and assessments take place whenever and wherever you are in the country or world. It takes place at your own pace on your own terms to fit your lifestyle. As an ICI student, you’ll never endure a pop quiz, spend countless hours and hundreds of dollars travelling, and never be late with an assignment or for class.
Course Length
ICI courses allow you to study at your own pace with no assignment deadlines. This means that you determine the pace of the course and within which time period you will ultimately complete your studies in.
- Completing your course with ICI is flexible as you can fast-track and graduate in a matter of months. You complete activities and submit assignments whenever you are ready.
- The maximum time given to complete a program is three years.
Certification / Credits
On successful completion of the course you will receive:
- A graduation certificate officially recognizing your successful completion of studies and qualifications as an executive secretary
- Transcripts indicating units completed
- Letter of recommendation and validation for current and future employers
- Post-nominal letters placed after your name which indicate that you hold the relevant qualification. For example: John Smith, DipPhrmcyA
Continuing studies
Your training will prepare you for roles in small or large organizations in all industry sectors. It is the variety of opportunity and wealth of available positions that makes these programs so popular. Areas, where recent graduates have been employed, include:
- Advertising, marketing and public relations
- Banking and finance
- Entertainment
- Fashion and retail
- Finance and insurance
- Travel, hotels and leisure
- Legal
- Government
- Sporting organisations
- Medical Centres
- Real Estate
- Publishing
This extensive training course will equip you with the skills and qualifications to gain employment in a variety of positions including:
- Personal Assistant
- Executive Assistant
- Executive Secretary
- Receptionist
- Administration Assistant
- Office Manager & Bookkeeping Assistant.
Why choose ICI?
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91% would recommend to a friend
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