Level 2 Certificate in Principles of Business Administration for Adults
Course Code: Q271084
Key Information
Course type:
Distance learning
Campus:
Online
Start Date:
Flexible
Duration:
Flexible
Attendance:
Part-time
Fees:
Free

This course aims to provide you with the basic knowledge needed by employees to work in a range of different work environments in a business administration role. This qualification will help you develop essential knowledge of how to carry out administrative tasks, such as how to manage information, how to support events and how to apply your knowledge in a variety of industries and job roles.
Units may include:
- principles of providing administrative services
- principles of business document production and information management
- understand employer organisations
- principles of communication in a business environment
- principles of developing working relationships with colleagues.
Students are expected to have at least a Level 1 qualification in English, which will be assessed before starting this course.
This qualification is online only so you can study at your own pace, in your own workspace. This qualification includes 170 guided learning hours.
This is a distance learning course. Assessment must meet the requirements of the identified assessment strategy/principles. All learning outcomes must be met to achieve a pass.
After successfully completing this course, you could go on to study a Level 2 Diploma in Business Administration or a Level 3 Diploma in Business Administration.
Level 2 Certificate in Principles of Business Administration for Adults
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