CTC Computer Training

• 12Aug

  Manual Handling

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  Manual handling means more than just lifting or carrying something. The term “Manual Handling” is used to describe a range of activities including lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, moving, holding or restraining an object, animal or person. It also covers activities which require the use of force or effort such as pulling a lever, or operating power tools.

  Up to one third of all work injuries in Ireland occur during manual handling. In 2000, 35% of the accidents reported to the Health Safety Authority were injuries resulting from manual handling activity. Most of the reported accidents involving manual handling tasks cause back injury, although hands, arms and feet are also vunerable. Sometimes the person injured never fully recovers or requires a long period of rehabiliation before they are able to work again.

  Both employers and employees have an obligation to ensure the correct steps are taken to reduce the possability of an injury or accident in the workplace. By being aware of manual handling techniques and procedures you will be creating a safer environment for both yourself and others to work in.

  We will be running 1 day courses on manual handling in our training centre, but we are also available to carry out on-site course for larger groups or to fit your personal needs as a company.

  Qualification

  Certificate of Completion (valid for 3 years, as standard)

  Schedule

  9.30am-4.30pm on a Saturday. Please call for dates.

  Cost

  E150

  Please call or e-mail if you wish to express an interest in taking this course so that we can ensure everyone interested can be catered for. Continue reading »

• 11Aug

  Using The Internet

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  Introduces participants to practical everyday uses of the Internet to save time and money by getting what you need from it.

  Learn how to:

  • Download and install software properly
  • Download podcasts
  • Upload your digital photos
  • Use online photo catalogues such as flicker and picaso
  • Pay household bills online such as esb, phone motor tax
  • Butickets online such as concerts, Irish rail, football
  • Book holidays and fights online
  • Manage your finances online with online banking
  • Use price comparison sites for quick insurance quotes
  • UseSkype
  • Set up and maintain an e-mail account, – create, send, receive, forward and add attachments.
  • Protect your computer from viruses
  • Plan and time your journey with route planners such as AA

  Qualification

  CTC Certificate of Completion

  Schedule

  2 hour classes for 4 consecutive Monday evenings, 7-9pm.

  Cost

  E80

  Funding may be available.

  Please call or e-mail if you wish to express an interest in taking this course so that we can ensure everyone interested can be catered for. Continue reading »

• 11Aug

  ECDL

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  As well as offering ECDL and ECDL Advanced exams to our own students, we also offer them to the general public.

  These exams can take place during the morning, afternoon, evening or at the weekend by request. The exams we offer are based on a combination of theory and practical tests.

  Exams can be taken in any order and last for a duration of 45 minutes, as standard.

  In order to take an ECDL exam you must have a valid ICS Skills Card, if you do not have one we can apply for one on your behalf before you take the exam.

  In order to sit an ECDL Advanced exam, you must have already completed your ECDL exams successfully.

  We can also cater for those who don’t have the time to attend a class but would like to gain an ECDL or ECDL Advanced certificate. We can provide you with the required courseware so that you can study in your own time and sit an exam when it is convenient to you.

  Cost

  ECDL exams are E25 per module

  ECDL Advanced exams are E75 per module

  ICS Skills Card and & ECDL exams are E215

  Schedule

  Please call or e-mail our office to arrange an exam or courseware. Continue reading »

• 11Aug

  Certified

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  Certified Training Professional is an international qualification in training which was developed by the ECDL? Foundation and is licenced in Ireland by ICS Skills. CTP defines an objective standard for instructor led training and provides a mechanism for trainers to have their competance recognised and certified.

  The CTP programme has two options, for experienced trainers and for new or aspiring trainers;

  - Experienced trainers attend a 3 day CTP Certification workshop before completing a comprehensive report on their skills and abilities, called the Trainers Evidence Record.

  - New and aspiring trainers must attend a 12 week CTP Development course, which incorporates forty hours of training observation, before moving on to the CTP Certification phase of the programme.

  FAS has offically recognised the CTP qualification as a basis for inclusion in the FAS/EI Register of Trainers.

  Please see www.ics-skills.ie for further details on this programme and to register your interest in undertaking it. Continue reading »

• 11Aug

  Introduction

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  This course is designed for those who have basic computer skills but would like to progress on to the next level. Candidates should be familar with the computer and be able to perform such tasks as creating a document or e-mail and installing a programme and saving it to the desktop.

  Course Content Includes:

  • Exploring and understanding the internet
  • Using and maintaining an ee-mail account
  • Creating effective documents
  • Formatting documents
  • Creating posters
  • Using a spreadsheet for home or business
  • How and Where to store documents and folders
  • Troubleshooting

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  Schedule?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?2 hour classes for 8 consecutive Thursday evenings, 7-9pm.

  Cost?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?E140

  Next course due to start in early 2010. Please call or e-mail if you wish to express an interest in taking this course so that we can ensure everyone interested can be catered for. Continue reading »

• 29May

  Advanced

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  Dreamweaver is a text editor for HTML and JavaScript to make Web Design easier. Adobe Dreamweaver is an ideal tool for web site design. You can use this innovative software to create web sites with the most advanced features possible on the web. The aim of the course is to bring the participant to the stage where they are making more advanced web pages and sites.

  Content Includes:

  • Overview of Web Design with Adobe Dreamweaver, understanding how HTML works-structure, defining head elements, adding to the body, working with code view and code inspector, working with tags, using HTML styles.
  • Incorporating Advanced WML-setting up tables, making client-side image maps, interactive forms, using frames and framesheets.
  • Extending HTML through Dreamweaver-accessing external programs, creating and using objects, using behaviours.
  • Adding Multimedia Elements-fireworks integration, inserting flash and shockwave elements, adding video to your web page, adding audio tp your web page.
  • Working with Dynamic HIML and Dreamweaver-defining dynamic HTML, building style sheet web pages, working with layers, working with timelines.
  • Creating Next Generation Code with Dreamweaver-extending with XML and understanding JavaScript.

  Qualification

  Certificate of Completion

  Schedule

  3 hour classes for 6 consecutive Thursdays, 7-10pm.

  Cost

  Was E400 Now E300

  Next course due to start in early 2010. Please call or e-mail if you wish to express an interest in taking this course so that we can ensure everyone interested can be catered for. Continue reading »

• 10Mar

  Digital

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  Overview

  This course introduces participants to Digital Photography. It will teach participants how to correctly take digital photographs, download them onto a PC, manipulate them (using an application called Photoshop Elements) and then finally print them.

  Suitability

  The course is open to all age groups. It is recommended that Digital Photography Level 1 is completed before joining this course.

  Content

  Camera

  Experimenting with preset modes/Macro function/extreme close-up photos/White Balance/Depth of Field/ IOS(Light Sensitivity) settings/Video Mode

  Editing in Adobe Photoshop Elements 3

  Setting Computer Screen Resolution/Using Levels to adjust Colour and Contrast/Replacing Colour in an image/Using the full range of ‘Selection’ tools/Sharpening soft focus images/A closer look at Filters and Creative Picture Effects/ A closer look at ‘Layers’ – Adjustment and Masking Layers/Additional tutorials will include;/Making a Picture Package (numerous pictures on a single sheet)/How to make a Panoramic from?multiple sequential images/How to fix distortion and perspective/Changing/replacing backround

  Printing

  Adjusting Printer Settings/Printer Maintance, ink, paper, nozzle and alignment issues/Storage and Export Solutions – External Hard Drives, Writing a Photo CD/Copying Pictures back to Memory Card after Editing on the computer/Creating a Slide Show PDF document.

  Tutor

  Tony Murphy, Dip AD, H. Dip, MA

  Qualification

  CTC Certificate of Attendance

  Schedule

  3 Saturday Mornings 9.30am-1.30pm

  Cost

  E160

  Next course due to start in early 2010. Please call or e-mail if you wish to express an interest in taking this course so that we can ensure everyone interested can be catered for. Continue reading »

• 09Mar

  Web

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  Overview

  WEB DESIGN has been specifically developed for anyone who wants to acquire the skills to create a simple web site, without having to commit to the time and expense of a professional-level web design programme. this makes WEB DESIGN an ideal course for second-level students, small businesses, community groups and individuals who need to create personal web sites.

  By explaining the basics and cutting through the jargon of web site design, WEB DESIGN gives you the skills you need to get started.

  Web Design is:

  • Designed for the student, home or small business candidate
  • Simple, easy to follow programme progression
  • Explains the basic concepts behind web site design
  • Covers a variety of web publishing software
  • Certifies best-practice in simple web design creation

  Web Design ensures that a candidate:

  • understands key web publishing concepts
  • has the skills necessary to create a simple web site
  • understands some of the basic principles of HTML
  • can use a web site editor to create Web pages, create forms and tables, use frames and format text
  • can save and work with images on a web site
  • can publish the site on the World Wide Web (WWW)
  • has a good appreciation of security issues and law relating to web publishing

  Qualification

  CTC Certificate of Completion

  Schedule

  3 hour classes for 5 consecutive Wednesdays, 7-10pm.

  Cost

  Was E300 Now E240

  Next course due to start in early 2010. Please call or e-mail if you wish to express an interest in taking this course so that we can ensure everyone interested can be catered for. Continue reading »

• 09Mar

  Upgrade

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  Overview

  The course will cover Word, Excel, Access and Powerpoint so you can easily adapt to the new layout and menu options. The new Ribbon, presented in a clear & organised fashion, groups your tools by task, and the commands you use most frequently are close at hand.

  Content

  Office Word 2007 provides editing and reviewing tools for creating polished documents more easily than ever before.

  Office Excel 2007 makes powerful productivity tools easily accessible. It offers more room for you to work in and delivers faster performance.

  Office Access 2007 helps you track and report information with ease. Create and edit detailed reports that display sorted, filtered, grouped information in a way that helps you make sense of the data.

  Office Powerpoint 2007 enables users to quickly create high impact, dynamic presentations, while integrating workflow and ways to easily share information. It puts the control in your hands to create great looking presentations.

  Certificate

  CTC Certificate of Attendance

  Schedule

  3 hour classes for 4 consecutive Wednesdays, 7-10pm.

  Cost

  E160

  Next course due to start in early 2010. Please call or e-mail if you wish to express an interest in taking this course so that we can ensure everyone interested can be catered for. Continue reading »

• 09Mar

  Certificate

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  Overview

  To provide participants with the knowledge and skills to carry out the payroll function in a small or medium enterprise.

  The course will start with the basics of running a payroll using Quickpay and general requirements of your payroll, including knowledge to calculate tax and PRSI and the reports that are required for the revenue and Social Welfare.

  Contents

  Define taxable incomes…………………………………………..Process the payroll of employees

  Calculate gross pay………………………………………………..Edit employee data

  Explain & complete P45, P60, P30, P35……………………..Print payroll

  Calculate employee & employer PRSI………………………..Update records

  Calculate employee annual net pay………………………….Importance of password security

  Enter company & emloyee details……………………………Calculate effects of budget on pay

  Certification

  FETAC Level 5 Component Certificate

  Schedule

  2 hour class, twice a week for 5 weeks

  Cost

  €280

  Next course due to start in November 2011.  Please call 0867223026 or e-mail enquiries@ctccomputertraining.ie if you wish to express an interest in taking this course so that we can ensure everyone interested can be catered for.

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