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OCR Text Processing Level 1 Award (RSA 1)

This course combines OCR Text Production Level 1 and OCR Word Processing Level 1. This combination of units is the equivalent of the old RSA Stage 1, Part 1 and Part 2.

Course content

The course involves typing and word processing a variety of business documents including, letters, reports, menus, notices and advertisements. It also includes learning abbreviations, spellings and correction signs, moving and copying text, emphasising text, changing margins and locating information from a resource sheet.

Distance / home learning

We will email your learning materials and instructions to you. When you have completed an exercise you email your work to your personal tutor. Your tutor will then mark your work and provide you with constructive feedback. Further exercises are then emailed for completion, marking and feedback in the same way. Further Details

Course duration

The course will need 20-30 hours of study time. The overall duration could be anything from 2 weeks to 12 months, depending upon the time you take to complete the work set.

Certification

There are 2 ways a student's ability can be assessed at the end of the course, leading to 2 different OCR / RSA equivalent qualifications.

  1. Students who successfully complete the end of course assessments will be awarded the Act Assessed Certificate (AAC). There is no additional charge for this.

  2. Students who pass optional on-line examinations will be awarded the Act Invigilated Certificate (AIC). There is an additional charge of £50 per examination for this optional extra.Further Details

Is this the right course for you?

Before starting this course, students should have a basic knowledge of word processing, a basic knowledge of English and a typing speed of around 25 words per minute.

This level 1 training course is suitable for people with little or no experience of working in an administration or secretarial environment. It is especially suitable for school/college leavers.

Course price

The total cost of this course is £195.

This is the total amount you will pay. There is no administration fee, delivery fee, payment processing fee or certification fee and there is no VAT to add.

Enrolling

The easiest way to enrol is to click one of the links below. If you would prefer to make a bank transfer, please contact us and we'll send you our bank details.

 
 

After enrolling

Your enrollment will be processed by a person, not a computer. It may be the next working day before we contact you.