Specialised Computer Courses
Nowadays there are more opportunities than ever for people working from home. With advances in computing and communication technology the majority of jobs from home are appearing in the IT sector. When applying for jobs in this field knowledge of computing is a distinct advantage which can increase your available career options considerably.
If you are interested in learning new skills or expanding on skills already acquired there are a variety of courses you can enrol on. The following is a brief view of some of these courses available.
Keyboard A-Z
The keyboard A-Z (or KAZ for short) is a great course for people with a basic grasp of IT who wish to improve their typing speed. If you are aiming for secretarial work or a similar position which involves a lot of typing this course is recommended for improving your typing speed and keyboard efficiency.
IT for Life Spreadsheets - Level One
This course is suitable for people with some experience of computers and follows on well from the IT for Life Using your Computer course. Spreadsheets are a manageable medium for entering, comparing and maintaining numerical data.
The course helps you get to grips with spreadsheets from the basics. Starting off with creating new spreadsheets, the course continues to show you how to edit and update them before moving onto compiling workbooks to group spreadsheets together.
The course shows you how to complete tasks step by step with practical examples to complete as you progress. Starting with entering text and numbers you'll eventually progress to using formulas and finding out how to present and analyse your work.
IT for Work Databases - Level One
Databases hold large amounts of data which can be processed, implemented and presented in a variety of ways. This course is designed to help users with a moderate level of experience with computers learn how to use databases.
The course helps you to learn how databases work by following practical examples taken from IT professionals' daily work. Starting with the basics users will learn how build a new database, use tables and forms to compile data and gradually move on to adding data, editing and presenting the results as reports.