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Our Food Safety course is ideal for anyone wanting to work in a catering environment.

You will learn a basic knowledge of Food Safety, how to control food safety risks and develop the confidence and expertise needed to safely deliver quality food to customers.

Learning new skills or just updating the ones you already have, can be key to ensuring your success in the workplace. Please arrange to speak to one of our guidance advisers for more information about any of these courses and to discuss your personal career plan.

 
For further information about this course contact Starting Point on 01744 698800 or email info@thestartingpoint.org.

Are you aged 16 – 24 and looking for work?

Our Fast Track courses will give you the skills, knowledge and qualifications to help you to get an Apprenticeship.

We will help you to:

• Improve your CV
• Perfect your interview techniques
• Gain the skills that employers are looking for
• Gain a variety of work experience to put on your CV
• Get here with a free bus pass

On successful completion you will get:

• Exclusive access to local vacancies
• £100 bonus on moving into an Apprenticeship, job or further training
• A free NUS discount card

Want to find out more? Come to our Open Day! Book online now or contact us for more information on:

• Call 01744 742045
• Email apprenticeships@sthelenschamber.com
• Visit www.sthelenschamber.com/apprenticeships

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Are you interested in developing your digital knowledge and skills?

This course will provide you with updated skills and abilities needed to build on existing knowledge, motivate further learning, and improve your employability in a wide range of fields and industries.

To complete this course you will need to have some working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.

This course is delivered over 5 full days at our Clickworks building. Times are 9.30am-4.00pm.

AVAILABLE UNITS ARE:

Microsoft Word

Most employers expect employees to have Microsoft Word skills, and it's probably the most universally-consumed programme in businesses around the globe. Microsoft Office Essentials will help you understand and brush up on your word processing skills, so that you can develop skills and confidence you need to progress in your work and personal life. You will cover:

• Using a software application designed for formatting, editing and production of largely text-based documents.
• Creating mail merged documents
• Paragraph and font formatting
• Using tables and graphs

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is perhaps the most important computer spreadsheets programme used in the workplace today. As a result, many employers expect employees to have a working knowledge of the software. Learning how to use Microsoft Excel can improve your employment options, as well as improving your productivity by learning the best shortcuts and formulae to use in different situations. You will cover:

• Creating spreadsheets
• Data entry
• Text and number formats
• Editing cells
• Basic data analysis skills through sorting and filtering

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is the most widely used presentation software in the world. The software is designed to help people to create a clean, visually engaging and information-rich presentation. On the Microsoft Office Essentials course you will learn skills and knowledge to operate and develop your own presentation through Microsoft PowerPoint. You will cover:

• How to create slides
• Using text boxes, shapes, images and drawing tools
• How to create excellent transitions and animations
• How to make a presentation flow using charts, graphs and tables

Improving Productivity Using IT

Computer software systems are all around us, and we use them a lot. knowing which systems to use for various tasks can help you work more effectively. This course can help you understand different IT tools, and provide a quick refresher on software you may not have used for a long time. You will cover:

• Choosing the appropriate IT systems and software to meet requirements.
• Using IT systems and software efficiently to complete planned tasks.
• Reviewing the selection and use of IT tools to make sure that tasks are completed.

On successful completion of the course learners will achieve the City & Guilds Level 1 Award for IT User.

For further information about this course contact Starting Point on 01744 698800 or email info@thestartingpoint.org

This seminar is suitable for individuals regardless of their position in an organisation, who have or will have a significant level of responsibility in delivering a project within their business. This is an interactive seminar and you will be encouraged to participate in discussions and self-reflection and required to participate in activities. This seminar will provide you with the skills to set up and control projects that meet the planned outcomes within agreed time scales and to budget. You will become familiar with project management tools and techniques and develop an understanding of how you can apply them and how you may also assist those around you involved with a project.

Delegates will learn about:

• The project lifecycle

• Roles within a project team (Project Governance)

• How to set up and deliver a project

• Components of a project budget

• Project management tools

• Managing resources

• Monitoring progress

• How to manage risks and issues

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is inviting local businesses to learn about developing business with the NHS, and our 'Meet the Buyer' event. The event will take place at St Helens Chamber on 19th November 2019.

The 'Meet the Buyer' event will give local businesses and opportunity to learn more on how to secure business with the NHS and provide information about the Trust's key procurement areas for the next two years. 

The session will also include a presentation on 'Top Tips for Tendering'. Attendees will get the opportunity to meet buyers from St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, find out about local business support networks and will also be able to network with other businesses over lunch.