Is Virtual Assistant (VA) Diploma for You?
If you’re looking to become a Virtual Assistant and offer a flexible office support service from the comfort of your home, this is the ideal diploma for you.
Award and Associated Qualifications
Virtual Assistant (VA) Training
PA Courses
This diploma is for anyone seeking to work as a Virtual Assistant (VA). You will gain valuable skills and learn what is required to be able to run and market your own business.
Start DateFlexible
Study TypeIn centre, online, or a combination
Training TypeDiploma
Duration155 hours study or 6 weeks full-time
About Virtual Assistant (VA) Diploma
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 6 weeks or 155 hours. Leaving you confidently armed with a variety 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.
Become an invaluable resource from your own home
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, using the services of a Virtual Assistant is one of the most sensible decisions a businessperson might make.
Working for yourself as a Virtual Assistant offers a unique and varied career opportunity. You’ll be your own boss, so you’ll 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 use the services of a VA on an ‘as and when’ basis and simply pay for what they need.
The areas where you may support a business are varied. You might help them deal with their admin and general office workload, manage their social media accounts, or maintain their financial records. It all depends on what they need. This offers a great variety to keep your days exciting and interesting. With our flexible method of study available, you can study this diploma whenever suits you in any of our convenient, local centres.
At Pitman Training, we offer:
- Flexible training that fits around your commitments
- Support on hand from our friendly Learning Coaches
Get the skills and confidence you need to achieve your career goals!
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Aims and Objectives
This diploma will give you the skills required to be able to offer a top-notch VA service to your clients. You’ll cover all the essential areas a VA will need to know, such as effective communication and bookkeeping, but also gain valuable marketing and project management knowledge to give you a broad skillset.
Courses Included
General Office Skills Courses
Working Remotely
This course will equip you to succeed as a remote worker, whether you’re part of a virtual team or working independently as a self-employed professional.
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Microsoft SharePoint
In this course, you will learn how to use the core features of Microsoft SharePoint to store, organise, share, and access information from any device.
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Understanding Business Accounts
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Elective Courses
In addition to the core courses, you also choose four 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.
General Office Skills Courses
Google Docs
Google Docs is the online word-processing application that forms part of Google’s G-suite, which is used by organisations all over the world.
General Office Skills Courses
Zoom
This course will show you how to use the essential features of this popular video-conferencing platform to bolster your skillset for today’s business environment.
Microsoft Office
Microsoft OneDrive
In this course, you will learn how to use the core features of Microsoft OneDrive to organise documents, import files and folders, and share documents…
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Bookkeeping Diploma
Pitman Training’s Bookkeeping Diploma is suitable for anyone keen to develop bookkeeping and spreadsheets skills for an accounting role
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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…
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Time management training increases your productivity and efficiency. This is the ideal course for anyone who wants to get more done in less time.
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WordPress for Business
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…
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Outlook
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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…
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
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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.
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…
Pre-Requisites
There are no pre-requisites for 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
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.
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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