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There are many IT training companies to choose from if you are looking into IT training.  The choice can seem overwhelming at first, but if you spend a bit of time on research you can quickly narrow your options down in terms of course locations, training specialists and what will work best for your particular needs.

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IT training is a growing field and shows no sign of slowing down as more and more people seek to improve their IT skills, either in order to run their own business, improve their skill set for their own personal achievement, gain better employment or secure a promotion.  This means that there is a constant demand for a high calibre of IT trainers and a large number of IT training jobs available at any given time. Read the rest of this entry »

The national economy has suffered terribly over the past few years. As a result, employment has become quite scarce. Many who have been fortunate enough to find work, have done so out of sheer desperation. Low paying jobs that that have been born out of necessity are often less than satisfying endeavours. However, there may be a light in the midst of the darkness. IT training can offer a solution to many who have found themselves in a dead-end job that pay a measly wage. In fact, there are five fantastic ways to improve your career vocation through IT computer training. Read the rest of this entry »

National IT Learning Centre
www.nitlc.com
Telephone: 01636 612226
E-mail: enquiries@nitlc.com
Trentside Business Village
Farndon Road
Newark
Notts
NG24 4XB

IT Training Companies:  National IT Learning Centre

The company mission statement is as follows:

Our Purpose is to move individuals from their current situation to one that offers a brighter future, better prospects and improved lifestyle taking advantage of the opportunities within the IT sector.

Our Strategy is to deliver relevant, high quality learning, knowledge, skills and qualifications via a blended learning and multi-channel approach to meet the needs of individuals and businesses in the UK specifically and by contributing to the long-term prosperity of the UK in general.

Our Vision is to be a top IT training company whilst maintaining our brand image as a provider of high quality IT training putting the student first. We will harness the talents of our team to organise our resources and processes to the benefit of all our stakeholders. In a nutshell our mission is to deliver our promises.

Additional Information For The National IT Learning Centre

National IT Learning Centre was originally founded in 1992 so have nearly twenty years’ experience and are pioneers in IT & computer training and career development.

Being the first to offer Microsoft qualifications via distance learning, NITLC are proactive in making sure that students can obtain the very latest national and international qualifications from such vendors as Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco, CIW and Adobe.

To ensure students are matched to the appropriate course, NITLC have developed an exclusive profiling system that identifies strengths and matches them to an appropriate career track and level of qualification. Results are validated by the Student Services Manager and discussed with the prospective student as requested.

As the emphasis is on career change and progression, all courses include a free career service from day one. This includes online career advice and job searching via a partnership with CW jobs, CV writing service, advice and preparation for interviews, and a complete package of support throughout and even after the course duration. NITLC do not guarantee jobs as it is felt that this is not appropriate. However the guarantee is that support will be given in every way possible.

Course delivery is via Blended Learning; a flexible mix of home study, online resources, hands-on workshops, exam preparation software and extra onsite tutorials as needed. Tutorial support via phone and e-mail is unlimited, and students have exclusive 24/7 access to an online Student Net portal.

As most students enrolling with NITLC are looking to change careers and therefore may not be experienced in IT generally, there is the option to attend a ‘Kickstart’ half-day workshop right at the start of the course. This gets students off on the right foot and enables them to meet the team at headquarters and utilise the facilities straight away. For added convenience these workshops are held on Saturday mornings to alleviate the need for extra time off work in the students’ current role.

Study Plans for each course based on an average of 5, 10 or 15 hours of study per week enable each student to work to targets and goals, and these are completely adaptable to suit any change in circumstances.

All courses are continually reviewed and updated as soon as practicable, therefore enabling students to obtain the very latest qualifications. Flexibility is key, and a consultation with the Student Services Manager can be held at any time to discuss progression, timeframes, changed priorities or upgrades to qualifications. Although a fixed course duration is set at the outset, students can endeavour to complete well within this if necessary. Conversely extensions are very often granted as life can get in the way of even the best laid plans and goals.

Courses include Technical and Systems Engineer, Web Designer and Developer, Applications Programmer (all of which can be taken to four different levels to suit aptitude, ambition and study time available), Database Administrator and Cisco Networking Engineer.

The company’s headquarters are in Newark, Nottinghamshire, so are central for students from all over the country.

If you wish to attend any intermediate Excel training courses, we at IT Training Scotland would like you to ask yourself if you have first been able to use Microsoft Excel to its biggest capabilities?  If the answer to that question is “No”, then this course will not only allow you to work faster, it will also let you to become more productive in your day to day tasks.

There is little doubt that the vast majority of employers and businesses today require staff to have had some decent hands on experience with Microsoft Excel, to really stand out from the crowd, one must really come to terms with the many different features of this important piece of software from Microsoft.

Intermediate Excel Training Course Duration

1 day (9:30am – 5:00pm)

Course Delivery Options
Instructor led classroom
Online
Onsite
1 to 1 tuition

Average Course Cost
£199+VAT per person with discounts available on group bookings

Course Location
Training centres throughout the UK

How to book an Excel training course
Use the contact form at the top of this page

Excel Courses
Basic Excel Training
Intermediate Excel Training Courses
Advanced Excel Training

You will no doubt already be aware that Excel is way more than your run of the mill spreadsheet software, Excel is of course the most important data analysis and manipulation tool in existence with many different qualities running under the hood.

You name it Microsoft Excel has it!

To make sure you keep your skills up to date and to a level that would benefit any business it is recommended you attend one of our intermediate Microsoft Excel training courses.

As with all our other computer training courses we always feel the student will of course learn Excel, and more importantly retain a lot more information if they come to one of our live instructor led classes.  With our Microsoft Excel tuorials you will go through step by step and thought out exercises, have hands on experience being taught by a certified Microsoft trainer and most of all you will take away with you knowledge such as the following:

•    Execute formula analysis for different error and dependence situations
•    Put into operation custom made and sophisticated filters to a directory of records
•    Learn how to execute tables using controlled formula referencing
•    Construct 3D equations and formulas across many different spreadsheets
•    Describe specific styles and amalgamate them together across work-books
•    Administer named ranges
•    Change tracking for your shared documents and work-books
•    Summarise any data with outlines and subtotals

The above is just a small amount of what you will take away with you from the intermediate excel training course, for a full intermediate Excel training outline click on the course outlines above.

The Intermediate Microsoft training course make sure the person that attends the lessons becomes more aware of the many amazing data organisation and formula tools that are already available to them.

We aim to make the student understand and give a better outlook into important data for the company.  And by understanding and grasping how to create different macros and get rid of monotones recurring tasks, the student shall be able to confidently manipulate and change data with minimal presses of a button

Not only that, this Excel course aims to provide the delegates with knowledge they will take back to the workplace and that they will be more knowledgeable, confident and efficient in their work

What Do You Get if You Learn Excel Intermediate?

• Improve on your knowledge gained from the basic Excel course
• Discover formulas that link worksheets & workbooks
• Use of the “if” function to allow Excel to make decisions
• Conditional formatting
• Worksheet template creation
• Use built in security features to protect data
• Improve knowledge into data and automation
• Learn how to start plotting trend lines
• Create graphs
• Build graphs
• Customise graphs
• Much, Much More …

Who Should Attend

People that should attend the intermediate excel training course should ideally have had some minimal experience working with excel or have already attended our basic Excel course.  If you are still unsure what level you are at, please get in contact with us for a informal chat where can meet with one of our Microsoft certified trainers with absolutely no obligation to buy.

By now we all know the importance of Microsoft Excel in the workplace.  Some companies today simply would not be able to operate if it was not for this little spreadsheet program practically running their business.  That is why it is always important for these companies to invest in their staff and it seems that basic Excel training courses are the ideal way to allow someone new to the workplace (and indeed the office environment) a helping hand in understanding their way around this vital software program.

Basic Excel Training Course Duration

1 day (9:30am – 5:00pm)

Course Delivery Options
Instructor led classroom
Online
Onsite
1 to 1 tuition

Average Course Cost
£199+VAT per person with discounts available on group bookings

Course Location
Training centres throughout the UK

How to book an Excel training course
Use the contact form at the top of this page

Excel Courses
Basic Excel Training Courses
Intermediate Excel Training
Advanced Excel Training

Companies investing in computer training courses for their staff is of course nothing new, it is a part of any business to invest in teaching its staff the latest software technologies if they wish to grow as a profitable organisation.  As many office’s today use the Microsoft Windows operating system, staff in those companies will no doubt require Microsoft training courses at some stage.

If we look at some of the Microsoft programs that are in frequent use in office’s all over the UK today:-

• Word
• Excel
• Access
• Outlook
• Point
• Publisher
• InfoPath

With the above programs found in the vast majority of business today, there is little doubt over the need for Microsoft Office training.  The program that is most popular out of all of the above is Microsoft word, this program is however relatively simple to pick up and Microsoft Word training is only ever truly required for people wishing to really understand the technical editing capabilities of it.

Microsoft Excel is the second most common program and unlike Microsoft word, has a very steep learning curve to it.  That is why it is important for people to learn Excel from the basic to the advanced stages to fully get the most out of the program.

Do You Need Basic Excel Training?

Investing in training courses no matter what the course may be can be a costly exercise if you realise mid way through the class that you already know what is being taught.  IT Training Scotland takes pride in finding you a course that you can learn from and use that knowledge to your advantage in the workplace, the last thing we want is for you to spend money in a basic Excel course when you may have benefited more from attending an intermediate class.

So to find out if the basic level of training is right for you we will briefly cover the main training exercises & aspects you will study from the basic level course.  If you feel you can improve your knowledge in these areas then the basic course is perfect for you.

Document & Spreadsheet Creation

Attending the beginner Microsoft Excel training course you will be familiarising yourself with the basic tools of the software.  This is of course a fantastic way for you to gain in confidence as you learn more.

Creating documents & spreadsheets in Excel is a basic fundamental task that any user will need to know if they are going to use this program and put it to any use, this is where you create a spreadsheet that will allow you to organise and analyse any data that you wish to input into the document.

An Excel spreadsheet consists of rows and columns in which the user can enter any data they see fit in the cells displayed below.

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The beginners Excel courses will show you exactly how to create a spreadsheet and input information and data for you to confidently produce documents of data from a blank canvas.

Performing Basic Calculations

Once you have data in your spreadsheet it is then up to you what you can do with this data.  Microsoft Excel allows the user to create his or her own custom calculations.  This is a very powerful feature and is vital to understand as once you know how to calculate data to your own specific requirements it can open up the doors on the possibilities on how you use the software.

Performing basic calculations is an important part of learning Excel and is always recommended that you understand how to do this before you undertake any of the intermediate or advanced Excel classes.

Data Manipulation & Editing

Once you understand the above it is important to then take on board the ability you as the user has to edit & manipulate the data on screen for your benefit.   Once you have confidence in creating spreadsheets and basic calculations it is then important to see what effect any changes you make to the data will have on the overall document structure.

If you wish to book on to the basic Excel training course or any other computer software training course then please get in contact with IT Training Scotland.  It is also important to note that we are currently running a promotion on our Microsoft Excel classes where you can get a 2nd course half price!  For example if you wished, you could attend the basic course then move on to the intermediate and get a 50% discount!

How do you benefit from IT training in Scotland?

Would an occupation change assist you to reach your potential? Or do you already have a career in Information Technology but sense that your career prospects would be enhanced if you had formal certificates?

A course at IT Training Scotland could put forward the opportunity to begin a fresh career in IT in Scotland and create yourself an improved future.

Certified IT Courses with IT Training Scotland

With authorized and official Microsoft Certification to MCSA, MCDST, MCSE, Database Specialist, or a CIW Certificate for Website Design through our many different training methods you can achieve practical IT training and a known and accepted qualification for an excellent career in information technology.
We also present students all-inclusive employment guidance and services through our occupation support group, IT Training Scotland.

To discover more about how our flexible IT Training classes can help you, please contact us for a free IT training consultation.

Clasroom IT training methods used today

This is the traditional method of tuition, and a very successful one.  Learn in a classroom with one of our talented trainers.

valid application in a practical learning atmosphere. Conventional classroom teaching techniques carry on having fantastic value and significance. all the way through Classroom Learning, trainers can adjust their case in point to fit the students frame of suggestion, elevate or subordinate their topic matter treatment to go with learner understanding and select instances most possible to make common sense to individuals sitting in the room. IT Training instructor’s talent to extract reaction from their listeners and roll it into an plus for the whole group of students is what makes Classroom Learning so important.

About valuable teaching in a classroom situation, IT Training Scotland is the obvious boss. We put forward more classes on more occasions and in more places than any other computer training provider. Companies and people can decide from hundreds of desktop programs and technical training classes in our learning centres around Scotland. We have always supplied post-class Help Desk support to our learners, but now there are more advantages in taking Classroom Learning from IT Training Scotland. Delegates have access to an online class obtainable through an internet connection that matches the live class to be of assistance in supporting education.

IT training in the classroom

As the base of incorporated education, the classroom familiarity has developed into a more inspiring, vibrant, and priceless experience for our clients. Our conventional classroom deliverance technique – teacher lecture and exhibition, chased by student training throughout hands-on work – has been improved to consist of online resources throughout and subsequent to the class.

Students accept a Learning guide as a reference tool while in the group of students. But now, a complete e-version of the user handbook is accessible for a post-class stage of six months. Revisions to the courseware within an e-manual are regular, providing the learner with right of entry to the latest version of the class.

If you have a business or Excel Training need such as Excel 2003 training courses and are based in the UK, then please fill in the IT Training Scotland contact form and we will get in touch with you within 24 hours to discuss your training requirements in detail. and hopefully come to a business solution.

IT Training Scotland makes a real effort to spotlight customer requirements and endeavours to recommend the greatest achievable service with competitive costs and to assure customer wishes all of the time.