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What you will learn - Effectively Manage Product Distribution & Achieve Customer Satisfaction
  • Raw material
  • Forecasting
  • Routine Process 
  • Creative Process
  • People and partners
  • Problem solving
  • Write it down
  • Continuous assessment
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  1.  Supply Chain Management
  2.  Archiving and Records Management
  3.  Six Sigma and Lean Process
  4.  Organizational Skills
  5.  Business Acumen
1. Supply Chain Management: Effectively Manage Product Distribution & Achieve Customer Satisfaction

Learn how to develop and implement effective supply chain management systems that improve performance, lowers costs and achieves customer satisfaction.

Supply Chain Management improves the coordination and relationship between Suppliers, Producers, and Customers. It must be kept at a high level of organization to be successful in today's global economy. Goods and services are now pieced together from all over the world, and this process can be hectic and complicated if not managed correctly.

With Supply Chain Management your company and employees will be on target to lower costs, improving efficiency, and increase customer satisfaction. This course will provide your employees with the understanding of how Supply Chain Management can improve and help almost any type of business.

This Supply Chain Management Online Short Course course has been carefully designed to help you better understand the systems and concepts of supply chain management.

By the end of this Certificate In Supply Chain Management Course, you will be able to:

  • Identify how supply chain management relates to customer satisfaction, improving performance, lowering costs and product development
  • Define the terms procurement, upstream and downstream, raw material, forecasting, carrying cost, inventory, order generation, order taking, order fulfillment and returns management
  • Understand the levels of supply chain management and their effects strategic, tactical and operational
  • Comprehend the flows of supply chain management and data warehouses, product flow, information flow and finances flow
  • Take a look at inventory management
  • Study supply chain groups
  • Review tracking and monitoring methods
  • Examine supply chain event management
2. Archiving and Records Management: Discover the Basic Elements of Records Management Programs and Different Ways to Manage Records

Every organization is responsible for maintaining records. The ability to create, organize, and maintain records and archives is essential to success. Correct records keeping will not only offer liability protection; it will also increase efficiency and productivity. To put it simply, maintaining records and archives will improve the bottom line. 

Records are in every organization. From purchasing receipts to tax documents to communications, they need to be identified and managed properly. The method of records management that a company uses should be tailored to fit the needs of the organization. There are, however, some basic concepts in most records management systems.  

By the end of this Archiving and Records Management Online Course, you will be able to:

  • Define records and archives
  • Analyze records in context
  • Classify records
  • Understand different systems
  • Maintain and convert records
3. Six Sigma and Lean Process: Eliminate Defects and Waste in Your Business Processes

Six Sigma is a data-driven approach for eliminating defects and waste in any business process. You can compare Six Sigma with turning your water faucet and experiencing the flow of clean, clear water. Reliable systems are in place to purify, treat, and pressure the water through the faucet. That is what Six Sigma does to business: it treats the processes in business so that they deliver their intended result.

Our Lean Process And Six Sigma course will provide an introduction to this way of thinking that has changed so many corporations in the world. This course will give you an overview of the Six Sigma methodology, and some of the tools required to deploy Six Sigma in own organizations.

By the end of this Six Sigma and Lean Process Online Short Course, you will be able to:

  • Develop a 360 degree view of Six Sigma and how it can be implemented in any organization
  • Identify the fundamentals of lean manufacturing, lean enterprise and lean principles
  • Describe the key dimensions of quality - product features and freedom from deficiencies
  • Develop attributes and value according to the Kano Model
  • Understand how products and services that have the right features and are free from deficiencies can promote customer satisfaction and attract and retain new customers
  • Describe what is required to regulate a process
  • Give examples of how poor quality affects operating expenses in the areas of appraisal, inspection costs, internal failure costs and external failure costs
  • Using basic techniques such as DMAIC and how to identify Six Sigma Projects
  • Use specific criteria to evaluate a project
  • Discover root causes of a problem
  • Design and install new controls to hold the gains and to prevent the problem from returning
4. Organizational Skills: Achieve Your Goals By Being Organized and Productive

Good organizational skills can prove beneficial in many areas of life, including personal and business areas.

Organization skills can increase a person’s general productivity, project management, and can even affect his or her memory and retention skills. These skills are not acquired overnight – it will take a lot of hard work and practice. But with a little guidance and the right tools, anyone can learn how to stop hunting for missing things and become better organized with our Organizational Skills Online Short Course.

By the end of this Organizational Skills Online Short Course, you will be able to:

  • Examine current habits and routines that are not organized
  • Learn to prioritize your time schedule and daily tasks
  • Determine ways of storing information and supplies
  • Learn to organize personal and work space
  • Learn to resist procrastination
  • Make plans to stay organized in the future
5. Business Acumen: Increase your Financial Literacy & Improve Business Sense

Improve your judgment and decisiveness skills. Business Acumen is all about seeing the big picture and recognizing that all decisions no matter how small can have an effect on the bottom line. Increase your financial literacy and improve business sense. 

Business Acumen will give you an advantage everyone wishes they had. The Business Acumen Online Short Course will help you recognize learning events, manage risk better, and increase your critical thinking. Business Acumen has the ability to influence your whole organization, and provide that additional edge that will lead to success.

By the end of this Business Acumen Online Short Course, you will be able to:

  • Know how to see the big picture
  • Develop a risk management strategy
  • Know how to practice financial literacy
  • Develop critical thinking
  • Practive management acumen
  • Find key financial levers

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The Supply Chain Management 5 Course Bundle includes the following courses, below is a summary of each course: 

Course 1 -  Supply Chain Management

Module One - Getting Started

Module Two - Why Supply Chain Management?

  • Customer satisfaction
  • Improving performance
  • Lowering costs
  • Product development

Module Three - Key Terms (Part 1)

  • Procurement
  • Upstream and downstream
  • Raw material
  • Forecasting
  • Carrying cost

Module Four - Key Terms (Part 2)

  • Inventory
  • Oder generation
  • Order taking
  • Order fulfillment
  • Returns management

Module Five - Three Levels of Supply Chain Management

  • Strategic level
  • Tactical level
  • Operational level
  • Bullwhip effect

Module Six - Five Stages of Supply Chain Management

  • Plan
  • Source
  • Make
  • Deliver
  • Return

Module Seven - The Flows of Supply Chain Management

  • The product flow
  • The information flow
  • The finances flow
  • Data warehouses

Module Eight - Inventory Management

  • Levels of inventory
  • Just-in-time inventory
  • Keeping accurate records
  • Inventory calculator

Module Nine - Supply Chain Groups

  • The suppliers
  • The producers
  • The customers
  • The customer's customers

Module Ten - Tracking and Monitoring

  • Dashboard
  • RFID's
  • Alert generation
  • Stock keeping unit (SKU)

Module Eleven - Supply Chain Event Management

  • Inventory alerts
  • Supplier alerts
  • Bottlenecking
  • Being proactive

Module Twelve - Wrapping Up

Course 2 - Archiving and Records Management

Module One: Getting Started

Module Two: Understanding Records

  • What is Records Management? 
  • Defining Records 
  • Archives vs. Records 
  • Life Cycle

Module Three: Management of Records

  • What Is and Is Not a Record? 
  • Record Programs
  • Management of Systems 
  • Developing Standards

Module Four: Context I

  • Techniques for Analyzing Records 
  • Collecting Information 
  • Organizational Needs 
  • Legal Demands

Module Five: Context II

  • Routine Process 
  • Creative Process 
  • System Analysis 
  • Records Survey

Module Six: Classification

  • Functionality 
  • Prioritize 
  • Assess and Review 
  • Develop a Tool

Module Seven: Paper-Based Systems

  • Arranging and Grouping 
  • Building Files 
  • Elementary & Intermediate 
  • Metadata

Module Eight: Electronic Records

  • Classifying 
  • Folders and Directories 
  • Groupings 
  • Metadata

Module Nine: Hybrid Systems

  • Routine Processes 
  • Creative Processes 
  • Design 
  • Limitations

Module Ten: Appraisals & Systems

  • Taxonomy of Values 
  • Macro Appraisal
  • Strategy & Criteria 
  • Document & Review Decisions

Module Eleven: Record Maintenance

  • Paper 
  • Electronic 
  • Create Archives 
  • Conversion

Module Twelve: Wrapping Up

Course 3 - Six Sigma and Lean Process

Module One - Getting Started

Module Two - Understanding Lean

  • About six sigma
  • About lean
  • History behind lean
  • Toyota production systems
  • The toyota precepts

Module Three - Liker's Toyota Way

  • Philosophy
  • Process
  • People and partners
  • Problem solving

Module Four - The TPS House

  • The goals of TPS
  • The first pillar - Just in time (JIT)
  • The second pillar - Jidoka (Error-free production)
  • Kaizen (Continuous improvement)
  • The foundation of the house

Module Five - The Five Principles of Lean Business

  • Value
  • Value Stream
  • Flow
  • Pull
  • Seek perfection

Module Six - The First Improvement Concept (Value)

  • Basic characteristics
  • Satisfiers
  • Delighters
  • Applying the Kano model

Module Seven - The Second Improvement Concept (Waste)

  • Muda
  • Mura
  • Muri
  • The new wasters

Module Eight - The Third Improvement Concept (Variation)

  • Common cause
  • Special cause
  • Tampering
  • Structural

Module Nine - The Fourth Improvement Concept (Complexity)

  • What is complexity?
  • What causes complexity?
  • How to simplify?

Module Ten - The Fifth Improvement Concept (Continuous Improvement)

  • The PDSA cycle (Plan, Do, Study, Act)
  • The DMAIC method

Module Eleven - The Improvement Toolkit

  • Gemba
  • Genchi Genbutsu
  • Womack's Principle
  • Kaizen
  • A roadmap for implementation

Module Twelve - Wrapping Up

Course 4 - Organizational Skills

Module One - Getting Started

Module Two - Remove the Clutter

  • Just do it
  • You dont have to keep everything
  • Three boxes: Keep, donate and trash
  • A place for everything and everything in it's place

Module Three - Prioritize

  • Write it down
  • Urgent / Important Matrix
  • Divide tasks
  • 80/20 rule

Module Four - Scheduling Your Time

  • Have a master calendar
  • Setting deadlines
  • Remove or limit the time wasters
  • Coping with things outside of your control

Module Five - To Do Lists

  • Use a day planner
  • Finish what you start
  • Focus on the important
  • Do quick tasks immediately

Module Six - Paper and Paperless Storage

  • Find a system that works for you
  • Make it consistent
  • Make it time sensitive
  • Setting up archives

Module Seven - Organization in Your Work Area

  • Keeping items within arm's reach
  • Only have current projects on your desk
  • Arranging your drawers
  • Organize to match your workflow

Module Eight - Tools to Fight Procrastination

  • Eat that Frog!
  • Remove distractions
  • Give yourself a reward
  • Break up large tasks

Module Nine - Organizing Your Inbox

  • Setting delivery rules
  • Folder and message hierachy
  • Deal with email right away
  • Flag and highlight important items

Module Ten - Avoid the Causes of Disorganisation

  • Keeping everything
  • Not being consistent
  • Not following a schedule
  • Bad habits

Module Eleven - Discipline is the Key to Stay Organised

  • Stay within your systems
  • Learn to say No
  • Have organisiation be part of your life
  • Plan for tomorrow, today

Module Twelve - Wrapping Up

Course 5 - Business Acumen

Module One - Getting Started

Module Two - Seeing the Big Picture

  • Short and long term interactions
  • Recognize growth opportunities
  • Mindfulness of decisions
  • Everything is related

Module Three - KPI's (Key Performance Indicators)

  • Decisiveness
  • Flexible
  • Strong initiative
  • Being intuitive

Module Four - Risk Management Strategies

  • Continuous assessment
  • Internal and external factors
  • Making adjustments and corrections
  • Knowing when to pull the trigger or plug

Module Five - Recognizing Learning Events

  • Develop a sense of always learning
  • Evaluate past decisions
  • Problems are learning opportunities
  • Recognize your blind spots

Module Six - You Need to Know These Answers and More

  • What makes my company money?
  • What were sales last year?
  • What is our profit margin?
  • What were our costs?

Module Seven - Financial Literacy (Part 1)

  • Assets
  • Financial Ratios
  • Liabilities
  • Equity

Module Eight - Financial Literacy (Part 2)

  • Income statement
  • Balance sheet
  • Cash flow statement
  • Read, read and read

Module Nine - Business Acumen in Management

  • Talent management
  • Change management
  • Asset management
  • Organisational management

Module Ten - Critical Thinking in Business

  • Ask the right questions
  • Organise data
  • Evalute the information
  • Make the decision

Module Eleven - Key Financial Levers

  • Investing in people
  • Effective communication
  • Process improvement
  • Goal alignment

Module Twelve - Wrapping Up

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About This Course
What you will learn - Effectively Manage Product Distribution & Achieve Customer Satisfaction
  • Raw material
  • Forecasting
  • Routine Process 
  • Creative Process
  • People and partners
  • Problem solving
  • Write it down
  • Continuous assessment
Get BIG Savings with our Supply Chain Management Online Bundle, 5 Certificate Courses
  1.  Supply Chain Management
  2.  Archiving and Records Management
  3.  Six Sigma and Lean Process
  4.  Organizational Skills
  5.  Business Acumen
1. Supply Chain Management: Effectively Manage Product Distribution & Achieve Customer Satisfaction

Learn how to develop and implement effective supply chain management systems that improve performance, lowers costs and achieves customer satisfaction.

Supply Chain Management improves the coordination and relationship between Suppliers, Producers, and Customers. It must be kept at a high level of organization to be successful in today's global economy. Goods and services are now pieced together from all over the world, and this process can be hectic and complicated if not managed correctly.

With Supply Chain Management your company and employees will be on target to lower costs, improving efficiency, and increase customer satisfaction. This course will provide your employees with the understanding of how Supply Chain Management can improve and help almost any type of business.

This Supply Chain Management Online Short Course course has been carefully designed to help you better understand the systems and concepts of supply chain management.

By the end of this Certificate In Supply Chain Management Course, you will be able to:

  • Identify how supply chain management relates to customer satisfaction, improving performance, lowering costs and product development
  • Define the terms procurement, upstream and downstream, raw material, forecasting, carrying cost, inventory, order generation, order taking, order fulfillment and returns management
  • Understand the levels of supply chain management and their effects strategic, tactical and operational
  • Comprehend the flows of supply chain management and data warehouses, product flow, information flow and finances flow
  • Take a look at inventory management
  • Study supply chain groups
  • Review tracking and monitoring methods
  • Examine supply chain event management
2. Archiving and Records Management: Discover the Basic Elements of Records Management Programs and Different Ways to Manage Records

Every organization is responsible for maintaining records. The ability to create, organize, and maintain records and archives is essential to success. Correct records keeping will not only offer liability protection; it will also increase efficiency and productivity. To put it simply, maintaining records and archives will improve the bottom line. 

Records are in every organization. From purchasing receipts to tax documents to communications, they need to be identified and managed properly. The method of records management that a company uses should be tailored to fit the needs of the organization. There are, however, some basic concepts in most records management systems.  

By the end of this Archiving and Records Management Online Course, you will be able to:

  • Define records and archives
  • Analyze records in context
  • Classify records
  • Understand different systems
  • Maintain and convert records
3. Six Sigma and Lean Process: Eliminate Defects and Waste in Your Business Processes

Six Sigma is a data-driven approach for eliminating defects and waste in any business process. You can compare Six Sigma with turning your water faucet and experiencing the flow of clean, clear water. Reliable systems are in place to purify, treat, and pressure the water through the faucet. That is what Six Sigma does to business: it treats the processes in business so that they deliver their intended result.

Our Lean Process And Six Sigma course will provide an introduction to this way of thinking that has changed so many corporations in the world. This course will give you an overview of the Six Sigma methodology, and some of the tools required to deploy Six Sigma in own organizations.

By the end of this Six Sigma and Lean Process Online Short Course, you will be able to:

  • Develop a 360 degree view of Six Sigma and how it can be implemented in any organization
  • Identify the fundamentals of lean manufacturing, lean enterprise and lean principles
  • Describe the key dimensions of quality - product features and freedom from deficiencies
  • Develop attributes and value according to the Kano Model
  • Understand how products and services that have the right features and are free from deficiencies can promote customer satisfaction and attract and retain new customers
  • Describe what is required to regulate a process
  • Give examples of how poor quality affects operating expenses in the areas of appraisal, inspection costs, internal failure costs and external failure costs
  • Using basic techniques such as DMAIC and how to identify Six Sigma Projects
  • Use specific criteria to evaluate a project
  • Discover root causes of a problem
  • Design and install new controls to hold the gains and to prevent the problem from returning
4. Organizational Skills: Achieve Your Goals By Being Organized and Productive

Good organizational skills can prove beneficial in many areas of life, including personal and business areas.

Organization skills can increase a person’s general productivity, project management, and can even affect his or her memory and retention skills. These skills are not acquired overnight – it will take a lot of hard work and practice. But with a little guidance and the right tools, anyone can learn how to stop hunting for missing things and become better organized with our Organizational Skills Online Short Course.

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The Supply Chain Management 5 Course Bundle includes the following courses, below is a summary of each course: 

Course 1 -  Supply Chain Management

Module One - Getting Started

Module Two - Why Supply Chain Management?

  • Customer satisfaction
  • Improving performance
  • Lowering costs
  • Product development

Module Three - Key Terms (Part 1)

  • Procurement
  • Upstream and downstream
  • Raw material
  • Forecasting
  • Carrying cost

Module Four - Key Terms (Part 2)

  • Inventory
  • Oder generation
  • Order taking
  • Order fulfillment
  • Returns management

Module Five - Three Levels of Supply Chain Management

  • Strategic level
  • Tactical level
  • Operational level
  • Bullwhip effect

Module Six - Five Stages of Supply Chain Management

  • Plan
  • Source
  • Make
  • Deliver
  • Return

Module Seven - The Flows of Supply Chain Management

  • The product flow
  • The information flow
  • The finances flow
  • Data warehouses

Module Eight - Inventory Management

  • Levels of inventory
  • Just-in-time inventory
  • Keeping accurate records
  • Inventory calculator

Module Nine - Supply Chain Groups

  • The suppliers
  • The producers
  • The customers
  • The customer's customers

Module Ten - Tracking and Monitoring

  • Dashboard
  • RFID's
  • Alert generation
  • Stock keeping unit (SKU)

Module Eleven - Supply Chain Event Management

  • Inventory alerts
  • Supplier alerts
  • Bottlenecking
  • Being proactive

Module Twelve - Wrapping Up

Course 2 - Archiving and Records Management

Module One: Getting Started

Module Two: Understanding Records

  • What is Records Management? 
  • Defining Records 
  • Archives vs. Records 
  • Life Cycle

Module Three: Management of Records

  • What Is and Is Not a Record? 
  • Record Programs
  • Management of Systems 
  • Developing Standards

Module Four: Context I

  • Techniques for Analyzing Records 
  • Collecting Information 
  • Organizational Needs 
  • Legal Demands

Module Five: Context II

  • Routine Process 
  • Creative Process 
  • System Analysis 
  • Records Survey

Module Six: Classification

  • Functionality 
  • Prioritize 
  • Assess and Review 
  • Develop a Tool

Module Seven: Paper-Based Systems

  • Arranging and Grouping 
  • Building Files 
  • Elementary & Intermediate 
  • Metadata

Module Eight: Electronic Records

  • Classifying 
  • Folders and Directories 
  • Groupings 
  • Metadata

Module Nine: Hybrid Systems

  • Routine Processes 
  • Creative Processes 
  • Design 
  • Limitations

Module Ten: Appraisals & Systems

  • Taxonomy of Values 
  • Macro Appraisal
  • Strategy & Criteria 
  • Document & Review Decisions

Module Eleven: Record Maintenance

  • Paper 
  • Electronic 
  • Create Archives 
  • Conversion

Module Twelve: Wrapping Up

Course 3 - Six Sigma and Lean Process

Module One - Getting Started

Module Two - Understanding Lean

  • About six sigma
  • About lean
  • History behind lean
  • Toyota production systems
  • The toyota precepts

Module Three - Liker's Toyota Way

  • Philosophy
  • Process
  • People and partners
  • Problem solving

Module Four - The TPS House

  • The goals of TPS
  • The first pillar - Just in time (JIT)
  • The second pillar - Jidoka (Error-free production)
  • Kaizen (Continuous improvement)
  • The foundation of the house

Module Five - The Five Principles of Lean Business

  • Value
  • Value Stream
  • Flow
  • Pull
  • Seek perfection

Module Six - The First Improvement Concept (Value)

  • Basic characteristics
  • Satisfiers
  • Delighters
  • Applying the Kano model

Module Seven - The Second Improvement Concept (Waste)

  • Muda
  • Mura
  • Muri
  • The new wasters

Module Eight - The Third Improvement Concept (Variation)

  • Common cause
  • Special cause
  • Tampering
  • Structural

Module Nine - The Fourth Improvement Concept (Complexity)

  • What is complexity?
  • What causes complexity?
  • How to simplify?

Module Ten - The Fifth Improvement Concept (Continuous Improvement)

  • The PDSA cycle (Plan, Do, Study, Act)
  • The DMAIC method

Module Eleven - The Improvement Toolkit

  • Gemba
  • Genchi Genbutsu
  • Womack's Principle
  • Kaizen
  • A roadmap for implementation

Module Twelve - Wrapping Up

Course 4 - Organizational Skills

Module One - Getting Started

Module Two - Remove the Clutter

  • Just do it
  • You dont have to keep everything
  • Three boxes: Keep, donate and trash
  • A place for everything and everything in it's place

Module Three - Prioritize

  • Write it down
  • Urgent / Important Matrix
  • Divide tasks
  • 80/20 rule

Module Four - Scheduling Your Time

  • Have a master calendar
  • Setting deadlines
  • Remove or limit the time wasters
  • Coping with things outside of your control

Module Five - To Do Lists

  • Use a day planner
  • Finish what you start
  • Focus on the important
  • Do quick tasks immediately

Module Six - Paper and Paperless Storage

  • Find a system that works for you
  • Make it consistent
  • Make it time sensitive
  • Setting up archives

Module Seven - Organization in Your Work Area

  • Keeping items within arm's reach
  • Only have current projects on your desk
  • Arranging your drawers
  • Organize to match your workflow

Module Eight - Tools to Fight Procrastination

  • Eat that Frog!
  • Remove distractions
  • Give yourself a reward
  • Break up large tasks

Module Nine - Organizing Your Inbox

  • Setting delivery rules
  • Folder and message hierachy
  • Deal with email right away
  • Flag and highlight important items

Module Ten - Avoid the Causes of Disorganisation

  • Keeping everything
  • Not being consistent
  • Not following a schedule
  • Bad habits

Module Eleven - Discipline is the Key to Stay Organised

  • Stay within your systems
  • Learn to say No
  • Have organisiation be part of your life
  • Plan for tomorrow, today

Module Twelve - Wrapping Up

Course 5 - Business Acumen

Module One - Getting Started

Module Two - Seeing the Big Picture

  • Short and long term interactions
  • Recognize growth opportunities
  • Mindfulness of decisions
  • Everything is related

Module Three - KPI's (Key Performance Indicators)

  • Decisiveness
  • Flexible
  • Strong initiative
  • Being intuitive

Module Four - Risk Management Strategies

  • Continuous assessment
  • Internal and external factors
  • Making adjustments and corrections
  • Knowing when to pull the trigger or plug

Module Five - Recognizing Learning Events

  • Develop a sense of always learning
  • Evaluate past decisions
  • Problems are learning opportunities
  • Recognize your blind spots

Module Six - You Need to Know These Answers and More

  • What makes my company money?
  • What were sales last year?
  • What is our profit margin?
  • What were our costs?

Module Seven - Financial Literacy (Part 1)

  • Assets
  • Financial Ratios
  • Liabilities
  • Equity

Module Eight - Financial Literacy (Part 2)

  • Income statement
  • Balance sheet
  • Cash flow statement
  • Read, read and read

Module Nine - Business Acumen in Management

  • Talent management
  • Change management
  • Asset management
  • Organisational management

Module Ten - Critical Thinking in Business

  • Ask the right questions
  • Organise data
  • Evalute the information
  • Make the decision

Module Eleven - Key Financial Levers

  • Investing in people
  • Effective communication
  • Process improvement
  • Goal alignment

Module Twelve - Wrapping Up

Requirements

Entry requirements

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Microsoft Windows XP, or laterModern and up to date Browser (Internet Explorer 8 or later, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)

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OSX/iOS 6 or laterModern and up to date Browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari)

All systems

Internet bandwidth of 1Mb or fasterFlash player or a browser with HTML5 video capabilities(Currently Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)

Students will also need access the following applications:

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Requirements

Entry requirements:

Students must have basic literacy and numeracy skills.


Minimum education:

Open entry. Previous schooling and academic achievements are not required for entry into this course.


Device requirements:

Students will need access to a computer/any device and the internet.

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