Course Summary
Course Category: Employment / Lifelong Learning
The course is designed to help learners build their confidence in using word processing programs, an essential skill for those undertaking a college course.
QQI Level 4 Minor Award Certificate in Word Processing (4N1123)
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Outline typical word processing functions, to include document creation, saving and retrieving and enhancing documents
State the primary functions and processes involved in creating word documents
Carry out common word processing functions including creating, naming and locating files and folders
Use with confidence a word processing application to create and modify text including inserting, copying, cutting, pasting, deleting, finding and replacing
Produce a range of printed documents by selecting different printers, changing paper size and orientation and adjusting document margins
Demonstrate character and paragraph formatting skills to include font type, size, style, colour, tabs, indents, line spacing, alignments, bullets, numbering, symbols, special characters
Complete object insertion skills including creating a basic table and locating, aligning and re sizing graphic images
Carry out a range of editing operations on a document containing proof reader's marks using the spelling checker, thesaurus and grammar tools
Produce a range of word processing documents including letter, memo and form, to a mailable or publishable standard.
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Administrative
Administrative people are interested in work that offers security and a sense of being part of a larger process. They may be at their most productive under supervisors who give clear guidelines and while performing routine tasks in a methodical and reliable way.
They tend to enjoy clerical and most forms of office work, where they perform essential administrative duties. They often form the backbone of large and small organisations alike. They may enjoy being in charge of office filing systems, and using computers and other office equipment to keep things running smoothly. They usually like routine work hours and prefer comfortable indoor workplaces.
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, the performing arts or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
