Core Courses
Legal Secretary – Scots Law
This course will take around 25 hours to study and you’ll learn the practices and procedures for various legal specialisms such as Conveyancing, Criminal Law and Family Law. Through a series of self-paced lessons you’ll look at the different documentation and terminology used in each of the key legal areas.
Working in the Legal Environment
This course enables the learner to develop the knowledge and skills to understand and operate in different organisational structures and be aware of how relevant legislation, regulations and procedures apply to the Legal and Business environments. The course teaches about working relationships, effective communication skills, internal and external customer service.
Typing
In just 25 hours speeds of 20-40+ words per minute are perfectly achievable, even if you have little prior experience. You’ll also receive guidance on ergonomics, technique and accuracy.
Typing Speed
If you want to build speed and accuracy, this course will take you to speeds of 40-60 words per minute.
Audio Transcription Level 1
Audio Transcription is a valuable skill to gain, with applications in many industry sectors. This course will help you learn how to operate audio transcribing equipment and become proficient in document transcription.
Effective Business Communication
This excellent course will raise your game when it comes to Business Communication skills, which is often top of the list of qualities demanded by employers.
Word
Our Microsoft Word course is designed to provide you with the essential skills you will need to be proficient in Word, in a work environment, in as short a time as possible.
Word Expert
This training in Microsoft Word will propel your Word skills forward to an advanced level. Over several lessons, you’ll become confident in a range of Word’s more sophisticated features.
Excel
This course is suitable for beginner to intermediate level. Over 10 self-paced lessons you’ll learn how to format your spreadsheet to best display your information, handle simple and complex formulas, insert charts, learn how to insert functions such as IFERROR and much much more.
or Excel Expert
Over a series of self-paced lessons you’ll learn how to perform tasks such as conditional formatting, recording and running macros, working with pivot tables and using statistical functions.
Outlook
This flexible study Outlook course takes you through everything you need to use this popular email system as a work tool, from navigation and views through contacts and appointments, to tasks and folders.
Successful Meetings and Minutes
Taking clear and accurate minutes is a core task for any Office Admin, Secretarial or PA job. This course will teach you all of the skills and techniques you need to take the stress out of Minute Taking.
Elective Courses (choose one)
- PowerPoint
- SpeedWriting
- Access
- Health & Safety Essentials
(Alternative subjects may be chosen if more suitable to your existing skills and career)
