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Pitman Training’s Virtual Assistant courses give you the keys to independent success. Our holistic curriculum ensures you complete the course equipped with the knowledge and tools you’ll need to provide excellent service to clients while running and marketing your own business.
Quick EnquiryIf you’re interested in starting a dynamic career in a growing field from the comfort of your own home, our Virtual Assistant courses are the perfect fit. This role can be wide ranging, granting the opportunity to work with clients in various industries. Additionally, the recent, vast adoption of remote work has accelerated what was already increasingly high demand for competent VA’s.
Awarded 130 CPD points upon successful completion
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Pitman Training offers flexible, learn at your own pace courses to allow you the freedom to earn your new skill set when convenient for you. Our Virtual Assistant courses can get you started on your new career path in as little as 5 weeks or 130 hours. Leaving you confidently armed with a variety of skills to lead your successful new business. An exciting opportunity for those looking to quickly transition to a new career where they are able to take control of their hours, responsibilities, clients and earning potential.
A Virtual Assistant (VA) can often be a saviour to a sole trader or small business. When it’s essential to keep overheads as low as possible, utilising the services of a Virtual Assistant is one of the most sensible business decisions they might make.
Working for yourself as a Virtual Assistant offers a unique and varied career opportunity. You’ll be your own boss, so be able to set your working patterns as you wish. Many businesses don’t need a full-time PA or Administrator so, rather than pay out a monthly salary, they will often utilise the services of a VA on an as and when basis and pay only for what they need.
The areas you offer support a business with are varied. You might help them deal with their admin and general office workload, manage their social media accounts or maintain the company’s financial records, it all depends on what their needs are. This offers a great variety to keep the days interesting.
With the flexible method of study available, you can study this diploma whenever suits you in any of our handy local centres.
This diploma will give you the skills required to be able to offer a great VA service to your clients. You’ll cover all the essential areas a VA will need to know such as Microsoft Office and Business Document Production but also gain valuable marketing and project management knowledge to give you a wide skillset.
In addition to the core courses listed below you also choose an additional 4 social media courses from a list which includes: Social Media Strategy for Business, Facebook for Business, Twitter for Business, Introduction to Google Website Tools, LinkedIn for Business, Video for Business, Blogging for Business, Pinterest for Business, Instagram for Business and SEO for Business.
Over four lessons you’ll cover topics such as understanding what a marketing plan is, how to carry out appropriate research, how websites are designed to market a company, effective advertising and the four P’s of marketing products.
For a business, nothing is more important than its finances. This course will provide you with a good understanding of business accounts – essential knowledge if you run a small business.
If you have or are thinking about setting up your own business, this course will provide you with an essential grounding in the basics of business structure and law.
If you’re thinking of becoming a Virtual Assistant, our VA Essentials course will help give you a rounded overview of what is involved in running your own business as a Virtual Assistant.
Split into four engaging parts, this course takes you through the full life cycle of a project in terms of defining what it is, planning every aspect, implementation, completion and evaluation of a project.
Communication is a key, must-have skill in today’s employment market. This short online course will help prove to employers that you’re able to communicate confidently and effectively online to different audiences.
This course is specifically designed for those wishing to learn how to create a business-focused website. You’ll learn about designing the site and how to develop and enhance it.
In addition to the core courses, you also choose two additional elective courses. Below is a list of recommended courses but there is a wider list available. Please speak to a Course Advisor for full details of how best to tailor this Diploma to your requirements.
Pitman Training Ireland is delighted to bring you this comprehensive Payroll training course, which provides a thorough introduction to Payroll Principles in the Manual Section, and in the Computerised Section you create real life payroll scenarios using Sage Micropay software.
This is an online sales training course. It contains eight modules covering subjects such as the laws and ethics of selling, using market information, preparing and delivering a sales presentation to handling objections and negotiating.
Taking clear and accurate minutes is a core task for any office admin, secretarial or PA job. This course will teach you all of the skills and techniques you need to take the stress out of minute taking.
Time management training increases your productivity and efficiency - and this is the perfect time management course for anyone who wants to get more done in less time.
People with strong bookkeeping skills are always in demand. This course is designed to give you an advantage over others with less experience, teaching you double-entry bookkeeping.
Our SpeedWriting course is a new way to learn the BakerWrite™ SpeedWriting system in just six hours. It will help you accurately record the spoken word, to speeds over 40 wpm.
Microsoft Excel is the world’s most popular spreadsheet program. This course is suitable for beginner to intermediate level.
Over 10 self-paced lessons you’ll learn how to format your spreadsheet to best display your information, handle simple and complex formulas, insert charts, learn how to insert functions such as IFERROR and much much more.
This flexible study Outlook course takes you through everything you need to use this popular email system as a work tool, from navigation and views through contacts and appointments, to tasks and folders.
Our Microsoft Word course is designed to provide you with the essential skills you will need to be proficient in Word, in a work environment, in as short a time as possible.
Audio Transcription is a valuable skill to gain, with applications in many industry sectors. This course will help you learn how to operate audio transcribing equipment and become proficient in document transcription.
There are no pre-requisites required for this diploma.
Wherever possible our training is tailored to your needs. The cost of our training programmes depend on the course(s) you choose and varies according to duration and breadth. Rest assured we have a number of payment options available to ensure the cost of training is affordable and can be worked alongside your other financial commitments. Common ways people fund their training include: -
Requesting funding from your employers needn’t be a daunting task. Many employers support and encourage their employees with their professional development and consider it a worthwhile investment to fund any training required.
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* Terms and Conditions apply. Speak to a Course Advisor for full information on the options available to you.
This diploma is quite specific in that it aims to help you get the skills required to work as a Virtual Assistant and make use of your entrepreneurial spirit that is required to run your own business.
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Executive PA Diploma | Diploma | Office & Secretarial | More Info Quick Enquiry |
Facebook for Business | Course | Marketing | More Info Quick Enquiry |
Google+ for Business | Course | Marketing | More Info Quick Enquiry |
Instagram for Business | Course | Marketing | More Info Quick Enquiry |
LinkedIn for Business | Course | Marketing | More Info Quick Enquiry |
Marketing Assistant Diploma | Diploma | Marketing | More Info Quick Enquiry |
Pinterest for Business | Course | Marketing | More Info Quick Enquiry |
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) for Business | Course | Marketing | More Info Quick Enquiry |
Social Media for Business Diploma | Diploma | Marketing | More Info Quick Enquiry |
Social Media Strategy for Business | Course | Marketing | More Info Quick Enquiry |
Twitter for Business | Course | Marketing | More Info Quick Enquiry |
VA Essentials | Course | Office & Secretarial | More Info Quick Enquiry |
Video for Business | Course | Marketing | More Info Quick Enquiry |
WordPress for Business | Course | Visual Design,Marketing | More Info Quick Enquiry |
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We offer a range of training packages in a range of subject areas and can offer blended learning opportunities to best meet your needs.
Our courses are practical in nature and focus on a single subject and can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days.
Diplomas are designed to give you a complete skillset mapped to a specific career path and contain a number of core and elective courses.
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