Online Certificate · Advanced Excel

Upskill in Advanced Excel for Office Reporting

You might be the person others ask when a spreadsheet breaks. It takes you into lookups, pivot tables, charts and clean reporting. Six months of access, online, at your own pace.

From €29per week, no deposit
6 Monthscourse access
30 Hoursof study, roughly
No Examsever
At a Glance

Course Snapshot

Study AreaAdvanced Microsoft Excel
Course Access6 Months
Study HoursAbout 30 hours
Delivery100% online, self paced
AssessmentNo exams, ever
PaymentsFrom €29 per week
Comes with
  • For people who know basic Excel
  • Pivot tables and pivot charts
  • Start any day
  • Tutor support by phone and email
Who It’s For

Why Do This Course

Be The Excel Person

Every team has one. It is a quiet kind of job security.

Short Enough To Finish

About 30 hours of work, so it fits in a few weekends.

Reports That Do Themselves

Set the data up once and let the tables do the work.

Where The Skills Fit

Where These Skills Could Take You

Advanced Excel turns up in finance, operations, marketing and logistics. The work is pulling numbers together so other people can decide.

Reporting & Insights Officer

Build the reports the team runs on.

Budgeting Coordinator

Keep budget sheets accurate and current.

Excel Automation Assistant

Take the manual work out of the file.

Spreadsheet Modelling Assistant

Set up models people can trust.

Operations Reporting Officer

Track how the day to day is going.

Excel Specialist

Be the one who fixes the broken workbook.

Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every job is different, and some ask for more study or experience.

The Course

What You'll Learn

Six topics, from raw data to finished charts.

01
Getting Data In
Wrangling files that arrive in a mess.
Importing and Saving Plain Text Files
Preparing Data for Reporting
02
Finding And Matching
Pulling the right value from anywhere.
Lookup and Cross-Reference
03
Tables And Charts
Where the reporting time gets won back.
Introduction to Dynamic Tables
Pivot Tables
Pivot Charts
Included

What You’ll Get

In the Course

  • Import, plain text files
  • Lookup, cross-reference across sheets
  • Prepare, data ready for reporting
  • Pivot, tables and charts

As a Student

  • 6 months access, start any day
  • About 30 hours, short by design
  • No exams, none at all
  • Study anywhere, from any part of Ireland
Why This One

What Makes It Different

Three things to know first.

01
Built On What You Have

It picks up where basic Excel skills leave off.

02
Straight To Pivots

Dynamic tables, pivot tables and pivot charts get proper time.

03
Messy Data Handled

Importing plain text files and cleaning data for reporting.

The Credentials

What You'll Earn

CERTIFICATE

Certificate of Achievement

Plus Career Centre access

Certificate Of Achievement

Issued by the college once you finish.

Career Centre Access

Job listings, CV templates and a free CV review.

Tutor Support

Phone and email help while you work through it.

Getting Started

How It Works

Step one

Enquire

Tell us what your spreadsheets look like now.

Step two

Check It Suits

An advisor confirms the level is right for you.

Step three

Choose Payments

Upfront, or weekly, fortnightly or monthly.

Step four

Open Excel

Enrol and start on the first topic tonight.

The Investment

How to Get Started

From €29 / week
Pay upfront, or on an interest free plan.
No deposit to start
No credit check
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly
A course advisor can confirm the cost
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Good to Know

Common Questions

How much Excel do I need already?

Basic skills are enough. You do not need pivot tables or big data sets.

How long does it take?

About 30 hours of work, with six months of access.

Are there exams?

None, ever. You work through the topics at your own pace.

What version of Excel?

The topics cover the tools in Microsoft Excel, from importing data to pivot charts.

Can I study while working?

Yes. It is self paced and you can start any day.

Do I get help if I am stuck?

Yes. Tutor support is unlimited by phone and email during business hours.

Is this course accredited?

It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office. It is not a QQI course and not a national award. For spreadsheet work, what matters is whether you can build the thing, and this is aimed squarely at that.

Where can I study from?

Anywhere in Ireland. Everything runs online.

Delivered By

About the College

This course is delivered by The Career Academy.

It is a Xero Partner and an IAB Accredited Training Provider. It is also an AAT Approved Training Provider, and has taught for over 15 years.

ICOES accredited centreCPD Standards OfficeXero PartnerOver 15 years teaching
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