NEW CLAIT 2006
Level 1
CLAiT 2006 is the new qualification from
OCR (Oxford, Cambridge & RSA). This is a nationally
recognised qualification and over 2 million people in the
UK now hold CLAiT certificates, making CLAiT the benchmark
qualification in IT.
- CLAiT 2006 now offers:
- Simplified unit
structure
- Clear progression
at all levels
- Single Unit / Certificate
/ Diploma options for candidates
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New CLAiT Level
1 for Beginners
Each unit provides complete coverage of
the National Occupational Standards for Using IT (iTQ) and
offers clear progression routes. New CLAiT also provides
a basis for progression to the NVQs which form part of the
iTQ suite (NVQ Levels 1, 2 and 3 for IT Users).
Each unit is individually assessed. To achieve
the Certificate a candidate is required to achieve Unit
1 (File Management and e-Document Production) plus 2 optional
units. To achieve a Diploma a candidate is required to achieve
Unit 1 plus 4 optional units.
Some previous experience of using a computer
would prove beneficial.
Please call for information
on CLAiT 2006 Level 2
CLAiT
PLUS Level 2 - CLICK HERE FOR NEWS |
Single
Units are available from:
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Unit
1 File Management and e-Document Production
using Microsoft Word
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Unit
2 Creating Spreadsheets and Graphs using
Microsoft Excel
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Unit
3 Database Manipulation using Microsoft
Access
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Unit
4 e-Publication Creation using Microsoft
Publisher
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Unit
5 Create an e-Presentation using Microsoft
PowerPoint
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Unit
6 e-Image Creation
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Unit
7 Web Page Creation using Microsoft FrontPage
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Unit
8 On-line Communication using Microsoft
Internet Explorer & Outlook
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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Up
to 10 hrs per unit including an assignment. |
Course
Fees:
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£126.00 plus
VAT per unit |
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 European
Computer Driving Licence ®
ECDL
(Parts 1 and 2)
IT skills
have become a requirement for many employers when employing
new staff. ECDL is a qualification recognised by most companies
both in the UK and Europe. It is specifically
designed for those who wish to gain a basic qualification
in computing. |
BCS
Level 1 Certificate for IT Users (ECDL Part 1)
Is designed to give an initial overview of computer use
for candidates wishing to gain a
qualification. The qualification is made up of the following
modules which have direct mapping to the European Computer
Driving Licence for the following modules:
- Concepts
of Information Technology (ECDL module 1)
- Using the
computer and managing files (ECDL module 2)
- Information
and communications (ECDL module 7)
Progressing
to:
BCS
Level 2 Certificate for IT Users (ECDL Part 2)
Is designed to give a more in depth knowledge and understanding
of computer use for
candidates wishing to gain a qualification.
- Word processing
(ECDL module 3)
- Spreadsheets
(ECDL module 4)
- Databases
(ECDL module 5)
- Presentation
(ECDL module 6)
- Using IT
All
8 modules must be completed and passed before the full award
is given.
No prior knowledge
of IT is required, however the use of a mouse and a knowledge
of
Windows would be an advantage.
Please call
for more information
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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Up
to 16 hrs per unit including an assignment. |
Course
Fees:
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£TBC |
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 Introduction
to IT
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| INTRODUCTION
TO IT |
About the Course
This course is ideal for complete beginners. It will introduce
you to all the basics of computing – from switching
on your PC to printing word processed documents.
Understand some of the jargon, layout a
letter, design a simple poster, a greetings card and use
your home computer with skill and confidence.
The tutor will help you with practical exercises,
giving you easy-to-follow reference notes so that you can
remember what you have learnt in class to enable you to
work on your own.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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9
hours over 3 weeks |
Course
Fees:
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£75.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
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 Word
Processing
Microsoft Word
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| BEGINNERS |
A course to introduce skills with Microsoft Word.
About the Course
This tutor-led course uses demonstration and practical exercises
to learn the basic skills of word processing software. Ideal
for business and personal use, candidates will learn how
set-up a document page with margins, headers and footers
and to correctly enter, format and manipulate text. Inserting
graphics and text to produce professional and attractive
display documents will be demonstrated.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work. A Poultec Certificate
of Achievement is given upon successful completion of the
course.
Requirements
No prior knowledge of IT is required, however the use of
a mouse and knowledge of Windows would be an advantage.
Candidates who wish to gain a nationally recognised qualification
may find our OCR CLAiT
and ECDL Level 1 courses
of interest.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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6
hours over 2 weeks or a 1 day course. |
Course
Fees:
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£90.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
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INTERMEDIATE
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A course to develop skills with Microsoft Word.
About the Course
This tutor-led course uses demonstration and practical exercises
to develop effective Word Processing software skills and
is ideal for business or personal use. Candidates will learn
to create professional-looking documents and newsletters,
set-up features such as text styles and page numbering,
insert and wrap graphics, use bulleted lists, tables, tabs
and indents efficiently.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work.
A Poultec Certificate of Achievement is given upon successful
completion of the course.
Requirements
Candidates should have a working familiarity with Word Processing
software features such as text entry and formatting, cut/copy/paste
techniques and basic file management. This course has been
designed as a progression from Level 1 Word Processing courses
such as OCR CLAiT.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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6
hours over 2 weeks or a 1 day course. |
Course
Fees:
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£90.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
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| ADVANCED |
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A course to build on the skills achieved on the
Intermediate course.
About the Course
This tutor-led course uses demonstration and practical exercises
to work with large Word Processing documents and the professional
standards make it ideal for business or personal use. Candidates
will learn methods to manage large and multiple documents,
templates, section breaks, objects such as macros, fields
and combo-boxes as well as editing and tracking tools.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work.
A Poultec Certificate of Achievement is given upon successful
completion of the course.
Requirements
Candidates should have a working familiarity with intermediate
word processing software.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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9
hours over 3 weeks or 1 day and a half-day session. |
Course
Fees:
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£125.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
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| BUSINESS
LETTERS & MAILINGS |
About
the Course
Professional correspondence is a key facet of business administration.
This session uses
demonstration and practical exercises to print labels and
envelopes, merge documents to new address lists or map to
existing data files. Including the standard professional letter
layout and customising toolbars, it is ideal for all who desire
accuracy and time-saving efficiency.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work. A Poultec Certificate
of Achievement is given upon successful completion of the
course.
Requirements
Candidates should have a working familiarity with Intermediate
Word Processing software.
This single three-hour session can be attended
as a stand-alone module or can be an add-on to the Word
Processing Intermediate course.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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3
hours in 1 session. |
Course
Fees:
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£50.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
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 Spreadsheets
Microsoft Excel
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| BEGINNERS |
A course to introduce skills with Microsoft Excel.
About the Course
This tutor-led course uses demonstration and practical exercises
to learn the basic skills of spreadsheets using Microsoft
Excel software. Ideal for business and personal use, candidates
will learn to enter, edit and format numeric data, use simple
formulas for calculations and generate professional charts
and printouts.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work. A Poultec Certificate
of Achievement is given upon successful completion of the
course.
Requirements
This course is best suited for those who already have some
skills in text entry and using the mouse.
Candidates who wish
to gain a nationally recognised qualification may find our
OCR CLAiT and ECDL
Level 1 courses of interest.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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6
hours over 2 weeks or a 1 day course. |
Course
Fees:
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£90.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
TOP |
| INTERMEDIATE |
A course to develop skills with Microsoft Excel.
About the Course
This tutor-led course uses demonstration and practical
exercises to develop effective
spreadsheet software skills and is ideal for business or
personal use. Candidates will learn to problem-solve and
obtain accurate data results by creating efficient spreadsheets.
They will also use set-up features such as formats, styles,
view and print commands, formulas, functions and ranges
and protect against data corruption.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work.
A Poultec Certificate of Achievement is given upon successful
completion of the course.
Requirements
Candidates should have a working familiarity with spreadsheet
software features such as data entry and formatting, simple
formulas and basic file management.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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6
hours over 2 weeks or a 1 day course. |
Course
Fees:
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£90.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
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| ADVANCED |
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A course to build on the skills achieved on the Intermediate
course.
About the Course
This tutor-led course uses demonstration and practical exercises
with large spreadsheets and multiple workbooks and is ideal
for business or personal use. Candidates will learn to link,
arrange and validate data, use ranges, macros, formulas
and functions to produce and protect the correct results.
Other advanced features include customisation, comments
and notes, database features, pivot tables and ‘What
If’ scenarios.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work.
A Poultec Certificate of Achievement is given upon successful
completion of the course.
Requirements
Candidates should have a working familiarity with intermediate
spreadsheet software features.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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9
hours over 3 weeks or a 1 day and a half-day session. |
Course
Fees:
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£125.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
TOP |
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 Databases
Microsoft Access
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INTERMEDIATE
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A course developing skills with Microsoft Access.
About the Course
This tutor-led course uses demonstration and practical exercises
to develop effective database software skills and is ideal
for business or personal use. Candidates will learn to create
a
database, use different data types, set up properties, use
different queries, create forms and reports and organise
a database with a switchboard.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work.
A Poultec Certificate of Achievement is given upon successful
completion of the course.
Requirements
Candidates should have a working familiarity with database
software features such as editing an existing database and
basic file management.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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6 hours over 2 weeks or a 1 day course. |
Course
Fees:
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£90.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
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| ADVANCED |
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A course to build on the skills achieved on the Intermediate
course.
About the Course
This tutor-led course uses demonstration and practical exercises
to advance existing database software skills and is ideal
for business or personal use. Candidates will learn advanced
queries, create advanced reports with grouping and calculations
and how macros can be manipulated with Visual Basic coding
to achieve customised results.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work.
A Poultec Certificate of Achievement is given upon successful
completion of the course.
Requirements
Candidates should have a working familiarity with intermediate
database software features.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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9
hours over 3 weeks or a 1 day and a half-day session. |
Course
Fees:
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£125.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
TOP |
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 Desk
Top Publishing
Microsoft Publisher
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| BEGINNERS |
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A course to acquire basic skills with Microsoft Publisher.
About the Course
This tutor-led course uses demonstration and practical exercises
to learn the basic skills of desktop publishing software.
Ideal for business and personal use, candidates will learn
how to combine text and graphic features to create stationery,
greetings cards and newsletter-style leaflets.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work. A Poultec Certificate
of Achievement is given upon successful completion of the
course.
Requirements
This course is best suited for those who already have some
skills in text entry and using the mouse. Candidates may
find it beneficial to have completed Word Processing at
Level 1 such as OCR CLAiT.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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6
hours over 2 weeks or a 1 day course. |
Course
Fees:
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£90.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
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| INTERMEDIATE |
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A course to develop skills with Microsoft Publisher.
About the Course
This tutor-led course uses demonstration and practical exercises
to develop effective desktop publishing software skills
to create accurate layouts. Candidates will produce professional
looking stationery and multi-page newsletters which would
be ideal for business or personal use.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work.
A Poultec Certificate of Achievement is given upon successful
completion of the course.
Requirements
Candidates should have a working familiarity with desktop
publishing software features such as creating the page layout,
formatting text and graphic frames and basic file management.
This course has been designed as a progression from the
Desktop Publishing – Beginners course and Level 1
courses such as OCR CLAiT.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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6-hours
over 2 weeks or a 1 day course. |
Course
Fees:
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£90.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
TOP |
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 Presentations
Microsoft PowerPoint
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| PowerPoint
is the most widely used of all the presentation tools in business
today. |
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A course developing skills with Microsoft
PowerPoint.
About the Course
This tutor-led course uses demonstration and practical exercises
to develop effective presentation software skills and is
ideal for business use. Candidates will learn to build a
presentation from scratch, using PowerPoint’s powerful
features animations and sounds.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work.
A Poultec Certificate of Achievement is given upon successful
completion of the course.
Requirements
This course is best suited for those who already have some
skills in text entry and using the mouse. Candidates may
find it beneficial to have completed Word Processing at
Level 1 such as OCR CLAiT.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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6
hours over 2 weeks or a 1 day course. |
Course
Fees:
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£90.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
TOP |
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 Personal
Organiser using ...
Microsoft Outlook
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| BEGINNER |
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About
the Course
A basic understanding of how
to get organised, communicate and plan.
This course covers E-mail and Contact Management, Appointments
and Events, Tasks, Meeting requests, responses and more,
all using one software programme — Microsoft Outlook,
a standard part of the Microsoft Office Suite.
The course will arm you with the knowledge to work proficiently
in Outlook and to organise your data. You will be able to
work more efficiently, automate tasks and improve communications.
This is a one-day course.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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6
hours over 2 weeks or a 1 day course. |
Course
Fees:
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£90.00
plus VAT per delegate. |
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| INTERMEDIATE
TO ADVANCED |
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Advancing personal management skills with Microsoft Outlook.
About the Course
This tutor-led course will enhance your business and personal
management effectiveness by maximising the powerful organisation
features of Microsoft Outlook. Candidates will learn more
about tracking and control of Mail, Calendar, Contacts,
Tasks and Journal features including Importing and Exporting,
mail merge and smarter use of the Address Book with other
Microsoft Office applications such as Word.
Comprehensive reference notes are also supplied
to supplement the practical work. A Poultec Certificate
of Achievement is given upon successful completion of the
course.
Requirements
Candidates should have a working familiarity with using
Microsoft Outlook and the Microsoft Office Suite. This course
has been designed as a progression from the Outlook –
Beginners course.
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Dates:
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Please
contact for dates & times |
Duration:
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6
hours over 2 weeks or a 1 day course. |
Course
Fees:
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£125.00
plus VAT per delegate |
TOP |
