Office Practices

Overview

Office work has been revolutionised in recent years by technological developments, and to give yourself the best chance of securing well paid office work, you have to keep pace! This course is for those wishing to gain work in an office. It develops knowledge and skills in the operation of an office, covering such things as: nature and scope of office work, office procedures, the home office vs commercial premises, communication systems (phone, faxes, couriers, postage, etc); writing letters and reports, scope and uses for computers, setting up and care of a PC, office materials and equipment (stationary, furniture, paper, record keeping etc); office organization and procedures, security, etc.

Aims of the Office Practices course from Warnborough College

• Determine the price range of different items of equipment and materials.

• Determine the upper and lower limit of what it might be likely to cost you to set up a new office.

• Design a memorandum form.

• Explain postal systems used in a business.

• Create a MS Access Database.

• Design a filing system.

• Design a work schedule suitable for a specific workplace.

• Design a security system that can be implemented in a work situation.

• Design a layout for an office situation.