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Administrative Assistant Training

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1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

Train as an administrative assistant in this free online administration course that explains how to organise an office. One of the most crucial roles in every firm is that of the administrative assistant. This course teaches you all you need to know to start a career in this field. We explain how to act and behave before or after being hired and lay out the daily duties of an administrative assistant. We then cover telephone etiquette and basic filing techniques before showing you how to organise meetings and conferences and use office machinery properly.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID186791
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world's largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Describe the role of an administrative assistant
• Discuss the day-to-day activities of an administrative assistant
• Outline some basic telephone and voicemail etiquette
• Explain how to organise an annual shareholders' meeting to elect directors
• Distinguish between the ‘decimal’ and ‘group name’ filing systems
• State how to use essential office equipment such as telephones, computers, fax machines and so on
Course Code5502

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