Secretarial and Business Administration

Secretarial and Business Administration opens the door for a variety of roles within almost any business that requires reception, bookkeeping and office management style skills. From the Reception desk through to the Personal Assistant of a top executive, students can jump in and make an impact in the corporate world! The opportunities are endless!

At Perth Institute our professional team can make students job ready in as little as 13 weeks when they take on one of the following life-changing courses! These courses are for those who wish to attain a range of well-developed skills in an administrative role in a commercial environment. Students will gain comprehensive office skills and higher level skills in computing with programs like MYOB, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access as well as learning to touch type. These skills are highly sought after in the corporate world.

Certificate II in Business

Developing a broad knowledge in working in an office/business environment provides a student with an incredible background to gain work in a variety of areas. With the age of the computer well entrenched into our lifestyles, the skills of typing and creating documents and spreadsheets is now a must. With the Certificate II course, the basic skills required to efficiently operate computer systems, handle the day to day tasks in an office and communicate with the variety of people you meet in a business environment, is laid out in an easy to understand and apply program.

Certificate III in Business Administration / Certificate III in Business

Not everyone wants to go to university and not everyone is convinced of what they may want to do with their working life. These courses are designed to provide a basic framework to allow access to employment in offices and businesses. They provide students with the necessary competent typing and computing skills including keyboard skills, Word and Excel, as well as knowledge of all aspects of general duties. Students will also learn to process payroll, accounts payable and receivable and how to maintain a general ledger. With these courses students can apply for any junior secretarial position with success. Almost any industry requires the services of competent administration staff - mining, resources, finance, medical – there is a huge variety of choices!

Certificate IV in Business

If a student already has a good base of work experience and is proficient in office package skills, or they already have a Certificate III in Business Administration and would like to go to the next level, they should enrol in the Certificate IV in Business. This provides a student with more responsibility and administration management skills.

Further Studies

Should a student decide to extend their business knowledge even further, they can continue on with a Diploma of Business and then an Advanced Diploma of Management.