Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets Training for Beginners

This is an accredited self study course that you can complete in your own time.

Once you have registered on Eventbrite we will receive a notification and will then set up a learning account for you. This may take a day or two so please bear with us. Once you've got your learning account you have 6 months to complete the course.

PLEASE NOTE:

You must be a Unite member and live/work in Wales to be able to access this course for free.

About this course

For beginners, Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets can appear complex, difficult or overwhelming tools to use. However, with a little bit of knowledge and confidence, you can soon start to include this common spreadsheet software in your day-to-day job role, and will discover that it quickly enhances your record-keeping and calculation skills.

This short course provides you with written instructions for how the key functions of Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets work, alongside a short video for each function to show you how the skills work in action, plus a workbook for each module so you can practice the skills yourself.

Aims of the course

By the end of this short course, you will know how to:

• Understand Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets terminology.
• Perform simple calculations.
• Input, sort, filter and edit data.
• Use conditional formatting functions.
• Create charts, graphs and pivot tables.
• Use basic formulas and functions, including AVERAGE, SUM, SUMIF and SUMIFS, COUNTIF and COUNTIFS, IF and IFS, and VLOOKUP.

C ourse content

• Developed by experts in Excel and Google Sheets
• Accredited by CPD
• Fully online course and assessment with no time limits
• Full audio voiceover
• Approximate duration: 1-2 hours
• Same day digital certificate. Printed certificate posted the next working day
• You can access full details of the course by clicking on the link below:

Excel & Google Sheets For Beginners | Online Course (highspeedtraining.co.uk)

Assessment

The online assessment is taken on completion of the training material. You will be asked 10 multiple-choice questions with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked automatically so you will instantly know whether you have passed. If you don't pass, don't worry! You can take the test as many times as you need with no extra charge.

Certification

CPD Approved

All of our courses are accredited by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to universally accepted Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

On successful completion of the course you will be sent a quality assured certificate through the post the next working day. This can be used to provide evidence for compliance and audit.

Who should take this course?

This Microsoft Excel for Beginners course is designed for anyone who wishes to update, refresh or learn new spreadsheet skills. The content is ideal for complete beginners to the subject who want to gain some basic knowledge of Excel or Google Sheets, either for their current job role or a future position, and is also perfect as a refresher course for people who already use Excel but want to remind themselves of its key functions.

Please take a look at the High Speed Training Website to find out more about the courses and to see the full list of courses available.

See the full list of courses by clicking HERE

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Contact Us

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A Note About Data Collection

This training is funded by the Welsh Government funded Wales Union Learning Fund (WULF) project.

Please note that, for you to receive support from the WULF project, we are required to collect specific information from you during the registration process. This information is collected for project monitoring and evaluation purposes only.

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