For information call Omar or Katie on 01983 535218 or email Katie.Collins@iwcollege.ac.uk  or Omar.Lakhssassi@iwcollege.ac.uk

This course will enable delegates to analyse and report on statistical functions and analyse risk and probability with Excel.

• Importing data
• Data Validation
• Counting data in cells
• Finding and filtering
• Multiple level sorting
• Pivot table review
• Satistical 5 point test
• Introduction to the Analysis Tool Pack
• Defining names
• Protecting worksheets
• Tracing faults
• Linking worksheets
• Checking links
• Grouping cells
• Advanced printing
• Positioning data within cells

Entry requirements:

There are no formal entry enquirements, but candidates will be expected to be familiar with Excel at intermediate level.

1 Day course £75 per person

For information please contact Marilyn Aarnold on 01983 550825 or email Marilyn.Arnold@iwcollege.ac.uk

Candidates will be shown how Excel can be used as a powerful data analyse tool learning how to apply filters, sort data, and design and work with formulas to manipulate data effectively.

• Refresher of basics
• Using date and time functions
• Look up tables
• Creating and removing outlines
• Using an Automatic Outline
• Outline symbols
• Introduction to using Excel as a database
• Data form
• Autofiller
• Sort
• Selection using criteria
• Colour coding
• Working with formulae
• Cresting & editing charts
• Linking data across spreadsheets

Entry requirements:

Candidates will be expected to be familiar with Excel at an introductory level.

1 Day course £75 per person

For information please contact Marilyn Arnold on 01983 550825 or email Marilyn.Arnold@iwcollege.ac.uk

Candidates will learn how to construct spreadsheets to store and manipulate data and get an introduction to some of the calculations Excel can perform.

What the course covers:

• The Excel program
• Worksheet basics
• Moving round the worksheet
• Saving work
• Formatting your spreadsheet
• Copy & paste facilities
• Applying borders
• Column widths
• Naming ranges
• Page set-up and printing
• Entering and editing data
• Manipulating text
• Aligning data
• Using A
• Using Autosum
• Using Autofill or Sequencer

Entry requirements:

There are no formal entry requirements

1/2 Day course £40 per person

For information please contact Marilyn Arnold on 01983 550825 or email Marilyn.Arnold@iwcollege.ac.uk

What will the course cover?

• Page layout
• Using Columns
• Watermarks
• Line and paragraph spacing
• Changing page orientation within a document
• Perfect tables
• Formatting & text positioning
• Page flow
• Aligning and arranging objects
• Inserting captions
• Endnotes and footnotes
• Citations and bibliography
• Merging documents
• Protecting documents

Entry requirements:

There are no formal entry requirements but candidates should be familiar with Word at intermediate level.

1 day course £75 per person

For information please contact Marilyn Arnold on 01983 550825 or email Marilyn.Arnold@iwcollege.ac.uk

 The L2 qualification covers a wide variety of logistics activities and is suitable for individuals in logistics operations and learners undertaking Skills for Logistics apprenticeship frameworks.   Warehousing and Storage is suitable for learners working in a number of roles including Distribution Operative, Warehouse Operative, Packer Logistics Engineer, Logistics Operator, Warehousing and Storage, Transport or Freight Forwarding.

Apprenticeships are a way of continuing learning whilst working and gaining a nationally recognised qualification through the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF). The QCF is the new way of recognising achievement through the award of credit for units and qualifications across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.  To qualify as an apprentice you must be in full-time employment.

 • Earn real wages

• Gain new qualifications

• Gain new knowledge and key skills.

 Requirements for an Apprenticeship:

 All applicants will be interviewed to assess suitability before an offer of apprenticeship is made. Numeracy and Literacy assessments must also be undertaken to ensure you can achieve all the requirements of the apprenticeship programme. As an Employer you must be able to meet the range of activity in the workplace that is needed to achieve the QCF.

Entry Criteria

Entry onto the course will depend on successfully achieving the required level on the initial assessments.  Maths and English GCSE’s graded at A*-C within the last 5 years of achieving would exempt you from Key Skills or Functional Skills.  If you have not attained grades A*-C  you may be allowed to study  for a Functional Skills qualification at Level 2 or equivalent as part of the Apprenticeship framework.

Duration of Qualification:

On average this qualification will take 2 years to complete.

 Fees/Contributions

All employers must pay their Apprentice’s a minimum of wage of £2.60 per hour for all their time, including time spent training and at college. As skills develop many employers tend to increase wages. Apprentices aged 19 or over who have already spent a year on their apprenticeship must be paid at least the full National Minimum Wage (NMW) rate appropriate to their age. Study fees for under 19’s are fully funded by the Skills Funding Agency at no cost to the employer or apprentice.

•  If you are aged 16 to 18 years the Government will fund the cost of your training
• If you are aged 19 to 24 years the Government will pay up to 50% of the cost of training and your employer will make a contribution
• If you are over 25 years of age the employer contribution will be dependent  on the industry sector and existing qualifications

 For more information contact Omar Lakhssassi on 01983 535218 or email Omar.Lakhssassi@iwcollege.ac.uk

Awarding Body EAL

How the Business Improvement Techniques NVQ can help an individual learner or your business?

By involving employees in the improvement of business efficiency, BIT encourages a company culture that is focused on the benefits of continuous improvement, as well as ensuring a safer, more organised workplace.

Through gaining this qualification you or your employees will:

•  understand the concept of continuous improvement
• understand how, by eliminating waste, reducing defects and organising the workplace, there can be a dramatic improvement in business performance
• gain an awareness of the most up-to-date management thinking
• learn to identify what needs improving, how to get to the root cause of a problem and how to go about improving it
• achieve a safer organised workplace.

The BIT NVQ has two elements:

•  Underpinning knowledge and skills – provided by flexible class room courses
• Practical work-based competence assessment – leading to an NVQ at level 2.

Who is a BIT NVQ suitable for?

 This course requires an organisational approach to Business improvement.  Individuals are trained to involve themselves, through effective team working in continuous improvement techniques. This qualification can be applied in any working environment from the shop floor to the office.

What you or your staff will learn?        

Our BIT course explores the concept of continuous improvement. It demonstrates how eliminating waste, reducing variation and preventing defects through managing quality and process flows, can dramatically improve business performance. It covers the most up-to-date management thinking – from the Japanese 5S (work place organisation) method to the Kaizen (continuous improvement) approach – in a manner that is accessible and relevant to your employees.

The course acknowledges that there’s always room for improvement at work – be it major adjustments or small changes – and provides a range of new tools to help your employees identify what needs improving and how to improve it.

 The course includes 5 mandatory units:

•  Complying with Statutory Regulations and Organisations Safety Requirements
• Contributing to Effective Team work
• Applying Workplace Organisation Techniques (5s/5c)
• Applying Continuous Improvement Techniques (Kaizen)
• Creating Visual Management Systems

One optional unit must also be completed:

• Contributing to the Analysis and Selection of Parts for Improvement
• Contributing to Carrying out Lead Time Analysis
• Carrying Out Set-up Reduction Techniques
• Carrying out Autonomous Maintenance
• Contributing to the Application of Problem Solving Techniques
• Carrying out Flow Process Analysis
• Contributing to the Creation of Standard Operating Procedures

Each unit offers an in-depth view of a different area of business and the continuous improvement techniques that can bring rapid and positive results.

Entry Requirements:

 The candidate must be:

• In full time employment, working in a relevant job role to the criteria for the qualification
• Working in a company that adheres to, or exceeds HASAW guidelines
• Supported by the company allowing assessors access during the normal working period
• At or working towards occupationally competency to the level of the award

• Employers must be prepared to support the candidate by allowing the assessor time and access to the candidate
• Employers must release the candidate to attend the underpinning knowledge sessions

For more information contact  Katie Collins on 01983 535218

  Email:  Katie.collins@iwcollege.ac.uk

 Funding may be available subject to criteria, please call for details.

This is a Level 3 QCF Qualification for learners who wish to become a pre-school worker, practitioner in a children’s centre.  Practitioner in a day nursery, nursery school or reception class in primary schools.

This programme of study is suitable for staff who are working at an un-supervised level in the children and young people’s workforce in England such as a pre-school worker, practitioner in a children’s centre.  Practitioner in a day nursery, nursery school or reception class in primary schools.

There are no formal entry requirements but you will need to be assessed on your levels of literacy and numeracy and offered addtional support if it is felt that this will enable you to complete the qualification successfully.

The Level 3 Diploma covers the skills and knowledge needed to care for others in a wide range of health & social care settings.

If you are interested in becoming an apprentice you can find information on the National Apprenticeship website www.apprenticeships.org.uk

or contact Katie Collins on 01983 535218 or email Katie.Collins@iwcollege.ac.uk

This is a Level 2 QCF qualification  for learners who work in a Pre-School, Children’s centre or Nursery.

This programme is suitable for new entrants to the children and young people’s workforce in England and who are looking for an initial qualification that is relevant to all areas within the sector. 

It is also appropriate for candidates who have some experience of working in the children and young people’s sector in a supervised role and want a qualification that recognises good standards of practice and compretence.  You could be working as an assistant pre-school worker, an assistant in a children’s centre or an assistant in a day nursery, nursery school or nursery class in a primary school. The Level 2 Certificate covers the skills and knowledge needed to care for children and young people up to 19 years of age in a wide range of settings.

Entry requirements:

There are no formal entry requirements, but you will be assessed on your levels of literacy and numeracy and offered additional support if it is flet that this will enable you to complete the qualification successfully.

If you are interested in becoming an apprentice you can find information on the National Apprenticeship website www.apprenticeships.org.uk or

contact Katie Collins on 01983 535218 or email Katie.Collins@iwcollege.ac.uk