If you want steady office work, this is the ground floor. It covers business writing, office systems, payroll and accounts. You pick up Word, Excel, Sage, QuickBooks and Xero on the way.
Admin roles sit in every business, and most begin at reception.
Payroll, accounts and Excel make you useful past the front desk.
There are no set start dates, so you begin when ready.
Admin work sits behind every business, so the openings are wide. Days look like emails, diaries, invoices and keeping people sorted.
Keep the paperwork and systems ticking over.
Support a team with diaries and records.
First voice and face of the business.
Handle orders, queries and account records.
Keep reports, files and suppliers in order.
Run the office rota, supplies and bookings.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every job is different, and some ask for more study or experience.
Ten topics, from writing a clear email to running the books.
Three things to weigh up.
Word, Excel, Sage, QuickBooks and Xero are all covered.
You cover payables, receivables and cash management as well.
Student membership of the Association of Professional Administrators in Ireland.
Plus career support services
Issued by the college when you finish.
The college is an official Xero Education Partner.
Job listings, CV review and interview prep.
Reception, accounts, or a step up where you are.
An advisor is straight about what the course covers.
Upfront, or weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
Enrol and open the first topics.
None at all. There are no entry requirements and no prior study needed.
The Excel topic starts at the beginning. Confidence with spreadsheets is built here, not assumed.
You set the pace. There are no set start dates. You can stop and pick it up later.
None, ever. You work through the topics in your own time.
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Sage, QuickBooks and Xero.
Yes. Career coaching, a CV review and the Career Centre come with it.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office. It is not a QQI course and not a national award. For admin work, employers tend to look at the software and the systems, and that is what this covers.
Talk to a course advisor before you enrol. They will say plainly if another course suits you better.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy.
It is an ICOES accredited centre and holds accreditation with the CPD Standards Office. It is also an official Xero Education Partner and an AAT Approved Training Provider.
Picture the morning you run the diary, the invoices and the whole office.