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NPA PC Passport – Level 4-6

Will develop essential professional skills needed for effective Word Processing, Presentations and Spreadsheets and allow you to progress from basic applications at level 4 to advanced  features at level 6 and giving you expert skills.

  • Word Processingfile management, document formatting, mail merge, cloud based multi-editing.
  • PresentationsEditing, creating master templates, media integration, cloud collaboration.
  • Spreadsheetsadvanced formulae and functions, conditional formatting, charts, macros, data validation

What skills are developed?

  • Analytical Skills – identifying the nature of the problem
  • Critical thinking – evaluating a range of solutions
  • Creativity – thinking outside-the-box
  • Problem solving – designing a solution
  • Accuracy – creating working solutions
  • Resilience – not giving up
  • Communication in written and graphical formats

Horizons – where can this subject take you?

There are few jobs today where you are not completing your own administration tasks it would be a significant benefit to be expert in analysing data and producing professional documents.  Whether your next step is employment, College or University, PC Passport will ensure you have the professional skills to impress and give you a competitive advantage over others.

Advanced knowledge of Office based is required across all industries including: finance, software houses, communications, multimedia, entertainment, government, education, healthcare, energy and any engineering or manufacturing industries.

What kind of person does it take?

  • Ambitious, to do better every time
  • Patient, to check detail and fix errors
  • Logical thinker, to design solutions
  • Creative, thinking of new approaches
  • Independent—able to take own responsibility
  • Able to organise and plan ahead
  • Interested in how technology can help us

Pathways – how can I make progression?

School

Invaluable where presenting information and analysis of data is required.

College

Many diverse courses on offer at Moray College

Link to Moray UHI Business faculty

Employment

Opportunities in local employers that offer

Foundation, Modern and Graduate apprenticeships

University

Software courses on offer at university example

Robert Gordon University

Related subjects PC Passport works well with:

Every subject that uses IT and allows students use word, create presentation and process numerical data

 

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