Administration Career Options
An administration course helps create or develop knowledge of how a business or organisation works and the tasks and roles that promote functionality. This knowledge enables the administrator to provide a functional role within that organisation helping it to perform according to its objectives.
There are a vast number of career options with administration depending to what level and in what area you wish to pursue a career in.
Here are a few examples of career options in office administration:
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Civil service clerical staff
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Personal assistant or secretary
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Receptionist
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office administrator
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hr administrator
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finance administrator
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Office manager
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Legal secretary. …
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Medical secretary.
We´ll start with some of the shorter term courses you can take with the likes of Pitman Training. Pitman training offer a nunber of administration diplomas such as an audio transcription, office IT, keyboarding skills, HR administration and many more.
They also offer a Medical secretary Diploma, which can be a very valid career option if you want
to offer yourself an advantage over people with a general administration qualification the medical secretary diploma imparts valuable knowledge pertaining to medical reporting and terminogy.
Medical secretary courses enable students to pursue careers in medical administration settings. This Medical Secretary Diploma provides you with the knowledge to take on the intermediary role between the patient and doctor, to confidently put in practice the theory of highly technical medical terminology, work efficiently on administrative and technical tasks; such as recording records, assisting with medical journals and managing the running of the office. Subjects covered range from Medical Audio transcription to Socrates GP Practice Healthcare, subjects covered offer the student the dearth of knowledge to take on the role of medical secretary with confidence. Pitman also offer an office skills diploma
Another option is The QQI Level 6 in Administration Practice is an eLearning course with Tutor Support offered by CMIT. The course lenght is 12 weeks and one can choose to start the course at their convenience at any time of the year. The overall aim of the Administration and Office Management course at CMIT is to impart to students all the information and abilities needed for office administration. The course is for applicants who want to learn the skill of the organisation of administration in a business. It covers a wide range of administrative duties such as delegation, encouragement and oversight of staff, Management of suppliers, workplace legislation, health and safety management and procurement and facilities functions.
This is a distance learning, QQI accredited course signifying that students can study flexibly at home, or at work, and can gain a nationally accredited Qualification. This course is designed for people coming from or applying to all sectors , including large and small enterprise and those in the public sector.
The International Career Institute also offers a distance learning opportunity. This is an executive secretarial program offering people the opportunity to study from leaders in the field. The program is designed to imbue students with skills to perform the role of personal executive assistant or executive secretary. The course is 24 weeks in lenght with 3 years as a maximum to complete the program. It offers a friendly payment schedule of paying on a weekly basis.
If you are looking to advance your administration career or you are looking for a more specialised higher qualification in Administration there are offerings such as The Masters Degree in Archives and Records Management at the University College Dublin or a Master in Business Administration in Marketing from Dublin Business school.