Sarah R.

Level 1 This qualification is designed to develop secretarial skills for use in the workplace. It will allow learners to gain an understanding of typical business document layout and the conventions used in their production and presentation. In addition the course develops keyboard skills and accuracy in proofreading. Course content includes Reading and transcribing variable quality documents, use of abbreviations, planning layout of work in a variety of formats and formating of text in documents. To gain the qualification learners must complete both Text Processing and Document Production exams. Level 2 This qualification is designed to develop secretarial skills for use in the workplace. It will allow learners to gain an understanding of typical business document layout and the conventions used in their production and presentation. In addition the course develops keyboard skills and accuracy in proofreading. Course content includes Reading and transcribing variable quality documents, use of abbreviations, planning layout of work in a variety of formats and formatting of text in documents. To gain the qualification learners must complete both Text Processing and Document Production exams. Level 3 The aim of the course is to assess your ability to produce a variety of complex and specialist business documents involving technical terminology from handwritten and typewritten drafts, and recalled text. These will include multi-page letters, multi-page reports, two-column articles, notices for display, landscaped tables and memorandums. You will also be required to display work to conform to directions given concerning style of presentation: line spacing (i.e. single/double); emphasis (e.g. emboldening, underlining, capital, etc); insetting from the left-hand margin and centering over the typing line. Also: Inserting Footnotes. Correcting unmarked spelling errors, errors of punctuation (including apostrophes) and errors of agreement. Copying part of a previously stored document to a specified location within a separate document. Paginating documents as instructed. Changing Fonts and/or Typeface. Creating tables with differing numbers of columns from information in a data sheet. Presenting information as shown in draft, or as instructed. Producing extra copies and indicating routing as instructed. The overall aim of the award is to meet the business document production requirements of the discerning employer and to give you the opportunity to demonstrate competence to the level demanded for OCR Level 3 Text Production.