Is This for You?
With the Professional Executive PA diploma, you’ll learn how to stay one step ahead, anticipating needs and meeting the demands of this challenging, yet rewarding role.
Award and Associated Qualifications
Professional Executive PA Diploma
PA Courses
Open the door to a rewarding career as a Personal Assistant! From here, you could progress to a more
in-depth Executive Assistant (EA) role where you’ll need more managerial level expertise.
Start DateFlexible
Study TypeIn centre, online, or a combination
Training TypeDiploma
Duration380-440 hours or 15-17 weeks full-time study
About This Diploma
Businesses throughout the UK recognise the Pitman Training name as a sign that you have been trained to the very highest level. Our diploma will give you the confidence to know that you’re one step closer to your dream job, promotion, or new career.
If you have your sights set on becoming the right-hand person to a senior director or head of one of the UK’s top companies, the Professional Executive PA diploma is the right choice of training for you. You’ll get all the essential skills required to be an indispensable PA or EA, delivering reports, figures, forecasts and reports to enable decision making at the highest level, quickly and accurately.
- Flexible training that fits around your commitments
- Support on hand from our friendly course advisors and learning coaches
- Get the skills in demand by employers
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Aims and Objectives
If you’re looking to advance your career towards a Senior Personal Assistant or Executive Assistant role, this is a great training option.
Having a skillset that includes financial understanding and knowledge is essential if you want to fully support senior team members and upper
management.
Courses Included
With this Diploma you also have the option to include Shorthand as a core course.
PA Courses
Meetings and Minutes Seminar
This one-day tutor-led seminar is one of our most popular seminars ideal for anyone involved in organising meetings and taking notes at those meetings. You'll…
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Typaz Professional
For those needing high proficiency at touch-typing and keyboard skills. The course takes up to 42 hours and includes the alpha-numeric keys and high-end learning…
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HR Essentials
HR Essentials is an entry-level HR training course. You'll learn essential knowledge on area such as recruiting new staff, employment contracts, salary processing and maternity…
Communication Courses
Communications in an Organisation
This course focuses on how communications and information are managed within an organisation.
Personal Development Courses
Leadership Skills
This one-day master class helps you develop your ability to manage managers, mentor and inspire others.
Personal Development Courses
Time Management
Time management training increases your productivity and efficiency. This is the ideal course for anyone who wants to get more done in less time.
Social Media Courses
LinkedIn for Business
This course will bring you up to speed in using LinkedIn in a business environment. You’ll learn how to get the most out of the…
Social Media Courses
Instagram for Business
This course will teach you what you need to know about Instagram, the popular image-sharing platform, and how it can help your business with its…
Social Media Courses
Facebook for Business
Learn how to use Facebook to promote and market your organisation. This course looks at how businesses can maximise their social media presence on this…
Marketing Courses
Marketing Essentials
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…
Microsoft Office Courses
Outlook
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…
Microsoft Office Courses
Word Expert
In this course, you will learn advanced-level features of Microsoft Word, such as templates, document protection, Track Changes, forms, macros, and more.
General Office Skills Courses
Personal Computer Essentials
In this course, you’ll learn the components and basic operation of the personal computer, covering hardware and software components, application software, and file management.
Communication Courses
Effective Business Communication
This excellent course will raise your game when it comes to business communication skills, which is often top of the list of qualities demanded by…
Social Media Courses
Social Media Strategy for Business
Social media is no longer just for keeping in touch with people on the other side of the world. It’s now very much recognised as…
Microsoft Office Courses
PowerPoint
Our comprehensive PowerPoint training course will help you get to grips with this popular presentation software. Learning with us will teach you how to produce…
Microsoft Office Courses
Word
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,…
Touch Typing Courses
Audio Transcription Level 1
Audio Transcription is a valuable skill, with applications in many industry sectors. This audio typing course will teach you how to operate audio transcribing equipment…
IT Courses (incl. A+)
CompTIA Project+
This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to manage the life cycle of a project in terms of defining what it is,…
General Office Skills Courses
Successful Meetings and Minutes
If you work as a Secretary, Administrator, PA, EA or Office Manager for instance, your role may involve taking notes or minutes at meetings.
Touch Typing Courses
Typaz
In just 25 hours speeds of 20-40+ words per minute are perfectly achievable, even if you have little prior experience. Comprising 10 lessons, you’ll also…
Microsoft Office
Excel
Microsoft Excel is the world’s most popular spreadsheet program. In Part 1, you will learn how to use the core features of Excel, such as…
Microsoft Office
Excel Expert
In this course, you will learn advanced-level features of Microsoft Excel, such as macros, PivotTables, PivotCharts, and data analysis tools to help you make data-driven…
Pre-Requisites
No pre-requisites are required to study this diploma.
Finance Options
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.
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:
- Providing a comprehensive training programme outlining learning outcomes
- Tailored personnel letters
- Communication with finance departments to arrange payment options (upfront or payment plan*).
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.
Career Path
Our PA training can open the door to a rewarding career as a Personal Assistant. From here you could progress to a more in-depth Executive Assistant (EA) role, where you’ll need more managerial level expertise.
Alternatively, you could decide to be the master of your own career and use your skills to work as a Virtual Assistant (VA), where you can dictate your own schedule and workload.
What’s the Difference?
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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