Is this for you?
For anyone who would like to increase their speed and accuracy when using a PC or laptop keyboard. Especially ideal if you work in an Office Administration role.
Award and Associated Qualifications
About this course
Touch-typing is a skill in high demand, but choosing the right touch typing training is vital. Ours is the very best – and the Pitman Training name on your CV is worth its weight in gold.
With our typaz online course we’ll increase your work-rate and help you learn to touch-type at up to 20-40+ words a minute; what a difference that will make to your productivity and daily work!
The typaz software works with you and adjusts automatically to your individual learning path and the course workbook lets you keep the information from your touch typing lessons for reference; a handy guide to your step-by-step progress.
And you can progress even further if you move on to our Effective Business Communications or Microsoft Office courses. Pitman Training also offers a comprehensive range of specialist secretarial diplomas that can help maximise your career and earning potential, such as our highly respected Secretarial Diploma.
With centres in handy locations and a course advisor always on hand to give you help and support when you need it, Pitman Training offers training that’s designed to fit around your needs.
What’s included in this course?
You are guided through ten comprehensive and enjoyable lessons in a planned and logical sequence. Each self-paced lesson builds on skills learned in previous lessons and at each step you are encouraged and motivated to continue. At the end of the lesson, the program invites you to have extra practice if desired with the option of an extension exercise.
A simple but obvious objective of this course – to teach you to touch type quickly and, importantly, accurately. If this is what you’re looking for, then this is the course for you!
There are no pre-requisites required for this course.
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: –
Self-Funded:
- Flexible payment plans to help you spread the cost* available at many of our centres;
- You could opt to pay upfront.
- Providing a comprehensive training programme outlining learning outcomes
- Tailored personnel letters
- Communication with finance departments to arrange payment options (upfront or payment plan*).
Company Funded:
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.What we can help with:
Funding & Grants:
There may be the opportunity to apply for funded grants that can help towards the cost of training. These include the Skills Development Scotland ITAs and the ReAct programme in Wales. All schemes will have different terms and conditions that will need to be met in order to qualify for a grant and these are managed by each individual centre.We’d recommend you speak to a Course Advisor in your local centre to find out whether they are registered to offer any such schemes and discuss your requirements further.
* Terms and Conditions apply. Speak to a Course Advisor for full information on the options available to you.
Excellent typing skills are near enough a mandatory requirement for anyone working in an office administration role. With these types of certifications you can progress to work in roles such as Receptionist, Secretary, Senior Administrator etc.
