This Certificate in Personal Assistants gives current or aspiring personal assistants a broad range of administration, computing and organisational skills. If you are looking to expand your career horizons in an office environment then this certificate course will provide you with a solid grounding in the necessary skills.

Advance your skills in:

document production
computing
communication.

The career opportunities open to the PA are limited only by your ambition and knowledge, and NMIT can help you gain an edge.

Please contact the department for more details on session times and enrolment.

The Certificate in Personal Assistants is awarded on completion of:

Administration for Personal Assistants (TS529) (Click on the link for session times)
This module covers the key administrative skills required of a Personal Assistant. Topics include: client liaison; personal presentation; diary management; records management; storage systems; creating manuals; organising meetings and conferences; and travel administration.

Individual Module Fees: $535

Computing for Personal Assistants (TS530) (Click on the link for session times)
Sharpen your computer skills using essential software for Personal Assistants. Topics include: advanced Microsoft Word features (forms, tables, reports, mail merge, data import, macros etc); Microsoft Excel (lists, worksheets, workbooks); and PowerPoint presentations. Also includes a touch-typing speed certificate.

Individual Module Fees: $535

Study options: The above modules can be undertaken seperately, if required.

Pre-requisites: Office experience or training to a Certificate III level PLUS keyboard and word processing skills equivalent to the Microsoft Word Level 1 course.

Please contact the relevant department about future classes