ADMINISTRATION & IT
ADMINISTRATION & IT AND THE WORLD OF WORK
Employment prospects include:
Administrative Assistant, Personal Assistant, Insurance, Tourism, Hospitality, Estate
Agency, Finance, Legal Secretary, Customer Service
Is it for me?
What will I learn?
What can I do with it?
You will enjoy this subject if:
You would like to develop your IT skills
You enjoy problem solving
You want to develop skills you will use across the
school, in further education and in employment
You will develop skills and knowledge in:
Administrative theory in the workplace
Word, DTP, Excel and Access to perform workplace
administrative tasks
Presentation and Communication of Information
Organisation and Management of Information
Literacy and Numeracy
You will develop skills that could take you straight into
employment or aid future studies
Most employers expect prospective employees to be
able to use the Microsoft suite
All office bases jobs would expect knowledge of the
Microsoft suite
Link to SQA Documents
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