How to Become an Executive PA

If your next career goal is to become right-hand person to a very senior manager or director, this exactly the right qualification for you.

Picture yourself as Alan Sugar's next apprentice, called upon at all times to deliver reports, figures, facts and forecasts using all the business skills and information technology you can deploy to ensure your boss makes level decisions accurately and quickly.

As you provide the support, you'll be learning what it takes to hold the top position in the organisation - and maybe even planning to get there yourself! In fact, it's fair to consider this as the underpinning for business management training.

Pitman Training's Executive Plus Diploma is designed to help you operate at the highest levels.

It's our most comprehensive programme ever, requiring one year's full time or two years' part-time study using both our world renowned self-paced study method and our live classroom seminars.

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Studying with the support of our experienced on-site trainers at Pitman Training Bromley, you'll learn advanced touch typing, MS Office to expert level, web design, book-keeping, accounts (including Sage Line 50) and payroll as well as enjoying a brief self-development programme and business English.

In addition, you'll choose four more subjects from shorthand, marketing, HR or any of the 75 programmes from our extensive course list.

To find out more either call 0208 313 3882 or fill in the contact form on the right.

What Is Covered?

You'll study all the subjects below plus any four others from our comprehensive course list.

Keyboard and Soft Skills

• Computer Keyboard Skills
• Keyboard Speed Development
• Audio Transcription
• Numeric Data Entry
• Effective Business Communication
• Go Make a Difference

Book-keeping and Accounts Basic Book-Keeping

• Purchase Ledger and Sales Ledger
• Final Accounts 1 and Final Accounts 2
• Sage Line 50
• Manual Payroll
• Sage Payroll

Office and Web Design

• Word 2007 - Part 1 - Beginners To Intermediate
• Word 2007 - Part 2 - Expert Level
• Excel 2007 Part 1
• Excel 2007 Part 2
• PowerPoint 2007
• Outlook 2007
• Access 2007
• Publisher 2007
• Dreamweaver 8.0
• HTML

As all our diploma programmes offer a degree of tailorability, prices and duration are calculated for the specific needs of each student, based on exemptions for their existing skills and their choices of electives. Contact Us for details.

How Does The Diploma Work?

You can start this programme at any time and study at times to suit you. To graduate in one year, we estimate you'll need to put in approximately 30 hours per week and 15 hours per week to graduate in 2 years. But it's up to you. The more you can attend, the more quickly you'll complete the programme.

You'll control the speed of your learning, relying on our proven self-paced methodology to help you develop practical business skills and depending on our friendly trainers to provide additional support.

What Is A Pitman Training Diploma Programme?

Our diploma programmes are made up of a number of single courses linked together and and focused on a particular career path. They are built around the student from a mix of "core" subjects and "electives" to allow you to tailor your studies to the needs of the jobs market.

Nationally recognised as proof of your practical ability to do the job, a Pitman Training Diploma could be your first step into a new career or promotion at work.

If you'd like to know more, just call us on 0208 313 3882.