This course is a Level 1 course that is intended to introduce you to how to use Excel in a professional environment. It will help develop your skills for entering into a job using Excel for administration purposes.
Become familiar with the interface for Excel and be able to access the menu options.
Learn basic techniques including formatting and editing menus to enable you to produce professional looking documents.
Learn basic techniques on how to combine information.
Use appropriate functions and formulas in simple spreadsheets to analyse and interpret simple data. Check if figures entered in simple spreadsheet are correct.
To be eligible for this course you must be 19 or over on 31st August prior to the course start date.
Keyboard and mouse skills are essential. Basic knowledge of cut, paste, print and save is desirable.
Paper, pen, folder to keep handouts and work produced.
You are assessed through a portfolio of assessment evidence generated during the course
You can progress to:
Excel Intermediate course,
Office Skills accredited courses,
Other Microsoft Office software courses ie Word and Powerpoint
If you require further course information or advice & guidance that is not answered in this outline please email rbs@racc.ac.uk [1].