Dpa South Africa Computer Training School

The Dpa-Training Computer School

The DPA Computer Training School is a division of Delport Du Preez and Associates, a firm of Consulting Engineers and Project Managers. The school operates from Hatfield in Pretoria (South Africa) and is located within walking distance from the University of Pretoria.

Professional users of the application software operate the School and all course material was developed with the requirements of the user in mind.

The DPA Computer Training School offers you a practical approach to learning the basic instructions and procedures required to operate the application software within a small period of time.

The school has developed a suite of training packages specifically tailored for the entry level user of the Microsoft Office software.

The DPA Training School offers the student a comprehensive training package to accommodate all his needs. The training schedule is adjusted to allow the student access to all facilities with the minimum of disruption and inconvenience.

Dpa Training offers the following facilities to its' students:

Small classes
Expertly trained tutors
User orientated training material
Individual guidance

Interactive training material.

The Dpa Training School has a special programme for those students that want to study the application software at their own pace and not in a class environment.

Access to the Interactive training software and computers is available at special rates. With this the student can set his own pace. It will generally take the student between 8 to 12 hours to work through the material.

Available Courses:

The Dpa-Training suite of courses was designed to provide the student with the basic skills to allow him/her to make use of the knowledge to do basic application processing. The courses are aligned with the following unit standards published by SAQA:

117925 - The application of IT in the business environment
7547 - Operating a personal computer system
114636/114913 - Personal computer operating system
7566 - Operating personal computer peripherals
117924/119078 - Basic word processing
116942 - Advanced word processing
116937/116943 - Basic spreadsheets
116940 - Advanced spreadsheets
116936/117927 - Operating a database
116931/115391 - Using Electronic mail
116935/116945 - Browsing the world wide web
116930 - Basic presentation graphics
117923 - Advanced presentation graphics
117927 - Business use of a database
13999 - Basic Accounting


	The following Courses are available to Groups up to a maximum of 6 persons per class: Introduction to the Electronic Office Windows for beginners Excel for beginners Excel for advanced users PowerPoint for beginners PowerPoint Advanced. Word for beginners Word Advanced. Access Introduction to the Internet. Basic Accounting for managers Pastel Partner Pastel Xpress Fundamentals of Project Management Microsoft Project



			Training Philosophy. The DPA suite of Computer Training Software is aimed at providing the student in a short span of time with the basic skills required to start using the application software. The material was developed as basic skills training for the entry-level user. In order to reap the full benefit of any course, it is essential that the user obtains a good reference manual that fits his personal style. The School is in a good position to assist the students with this selection through the wide range of books on the subjects handled.


	During the presentation of the training material the student is given ample time to practice all the new skills acquired. Review sessions help to reinforce the material. Structure of the Dpa Suite of training courses. The material in each course is made up in the form of an animated slide presentation. The slides were composed using text combined with graphical inserts to clearly convey the message in an interesting way. Each course is made up of approximately 8 lessons presented over a period of 7-8 hours in one to three sessions. Sessions are scheduled to suite the classes. Video and CD inserts serve to bridge the lessons and to provide a review of material covered.

Practice makes perfect.

During the lessons each student is given ample time to practice on his computer.

Classes are limited to a maximum of six students with each lecturer and student working on his/her own computer.

Students are slowly taken from the beginning through each step to maturity. Should a student feel at the end of a course that more practice is required, Dpa will make a computer with interactive training material available for such use.

Material covered in each course.

Windows.

The Windows courses are covered in 10 lessons over 4 sessions. Items dealt with includes Operating the PC, The desktop and Objects, Getting programs to run, Managing information, Working with files and Folders, Working with multimedia, Customizing the desktop, Maintaining the set-up, Using Help and working on networks.

Microsoft Excel

The Excel course is covered in 8 lessons over 3 sessions. During the course the student will learn to work with the following: Getting started, Saving and opening a workbook, Edit worksheets, Basic formulas and functions, Formatting a worksheet, Printing your work, Multiple worksheets, Working with graphs and charts.

Microsoft PowerPoint

The PowerPoint beginners' course consists of 8 lessons presented over 2 sessions. The material covered includes: Starting PowerPoint, Files and Documents, Typing and Editing Text, Printing, Advanced text formatting, Slide design, AutoShapes and Objects and Animating Slides.

The PowerPoint Advanced course is 4 lessons conducted over a period of 4 hours and deals with: Special Effects, WordArt and Charts, Speaker Notes, Movies and Sounds, Slide Transitions and Slide Shows, Presenting Slide Shows.

Microsoft Word

The beginners' course in Word is made up of 8 lessons covered in two sessions. The course covers items such as: Starting Word, Files and Documents, Typing and Editing Text, Printing and Correcting Text, Text Formatting, Paragraphs and Indents, Working with Tables, Headers, Footers and Page Numbers.

The advanced session consists of 6 lessons covering subjects such as: WordArt, Pictures and Graphics, Language and Spelling, Internet documents.

For more information about the courses offered contact the School.

Scheduled class sessions

Classes are normally arranged to suit the requirements of the individual groups. Where possible the following times are scheduled:

One day course: 8:30 to 17:00 on a week day.
Morning classes: two sessions from 8:30 to 12:30.
Afternoon classes: two sessions from 13:00 to 17:00
Evening classes: Not available.
Saturday classes - Not available.

Three easy ways to register:

By fax to +2712 362 6687

By Phone +2712 362 6682/3

By e-mail: webinfo3@dpa-training.co.za

Contact the School for special group rates

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Updated: 13 December 2009


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