Typewriting qualifications and training courses

Last Updated: 03 Oct 2019

These qualifications are available at elementary, intermediate and advanced levels, and help learners to demonstrate practical skills and ability in producing a range of texts via a typewriter or a word processor, in a given time.

Ideal for anyone who wants to improve, and gain formal recognition for, their typewriting skills - perhaps to help them find work in secretarial or office-based positions.

Available to deliver in the following:

Scotland
International

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General Information

What Is Involved In Studying This Course?

Available at elementary, intermediate and advanced levels, this qualification enables you to boost and demonstrate your ability to produce and present copy accurately within a set time. Skills covered include:

Typing a simple business letter
Proofreading and correcting text
Producing specialised text such as legal documents, minutes and agenda.

You will learn on the job in the work environment, or in the classroom.

Assessment is through an externally set and marked written test.

Which level is right for me?

Level 1
You will cover elementary tasks.

Level 2
You have basic skills and are looking to take on more complicated tasks and improve your speed and accuracy.

Level 3
You have good intermediate skills and are able to correct your own work. You are looking to take on specialist text such as minutes or reports.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

These qualifications can help you to progress in a wide range of secretarial and administration roles including:

PA/Secretary
Administration assistant
Clerical officer
Legal or medical secretary.

This typewriting qualification could also be the stepping stone to a range of administration qualifications including:

Level 1 and 2 Awards in Office Procedures (8993)
Level 1 Award and Certificate in Business Administration (4418)
Levels 1, 2 and 3 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Business Skills (7593)
Level 2 and 3 Certificate and Diploma for Legal Secretaries (7465).

What Is Involved With Delivering This Course?

To deliver these qualifications you will need suitably qualified staff to carry out training and assessment.

You will also need suitable facilities to carry out the required training to enable learners to achieve industry standards.

To find all the resource requirements, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents section.

There are no eligibility requirements.

Level 1

Level 1 is ideal if you want to learn elementary typewriting tasks.

You will cover units such as:

Copy type from printed text
Type a simple business letter
Display a notice
Type a memo.

For a full list of units, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents section.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

These qualifications can help you to progress in a wide range of secretarial and administration roles including:

PA/Secretary
Administration assistant
Clerical officer
Legal or medical secretary.

This typewriting qualification could also be the stepping stone to a range of administration qualifications including:

•Level 1 and 2 Awards in Office Procedures (8993)
•Level 1 Award and Certificate in Business Administration (4418)
•Levels 1,2 and 3 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Business Skills (7593)
Level 2 and 3 Certificate and Diploma for Legal Secretaries (7465)

Elementary Certificate in Typewriting (8972-02)

Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2021

Elementary Certificate in Typewriting

Accreditation No: N/A This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: VRQ This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: Data unavailable Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: Data unavailable This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2023 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: TBC, please speak to your Account Manager for further information Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 2

Level 2 is ideal if you have basic typewriting and presentation skills and are looking to take on more complicated tasks and improve your speed and accuracy.

You will cover units such as:

Typing more advanced items
Alterations and printers' correction signs
Proof-reading and correction of text.

For a full list of units, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents section.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

These qualifications can help you to progress in a wide range of secretarial and administration roles including:

PA/Secretary
Administration assistant
Clerical officer
Legal or medical secretary.

This typewriting qualification could also be the stepping stone to a range of administration qualifications including:

Level 1 and 2 Awards in Office Procedures (8993)
Level 1 Award and Certificate in Business Administration (4418)
Levels 1, 2 and 3 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Business Skills (7593)
Level 2 and 3 Certificate and Diploma for Legal Secretaries (7465).

Intermediate Certificate in Typewriting (8972-03)

Last Registration Date: 31 Dec 2021

Intermediate Certificate in Typewriting

Accreditation No: N/A This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: VRQ This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: Data unavailable Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: Data unavailable This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: Data unavailable The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/12/2023 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: TBC, please speak to your Account Manager for further information Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Here you can find all documents related to this suite of qualifications.

By clicking on the section headings below, you can access a variety of documents such as the qualification handbooks and assessment materials, Statements of Purpose, and recognition letters from industry and employers.

Some documents may be password protected. Passwords can be retrieved by logging in to Walled Garden and visiting the Administration section of the relevant qualification catalogue page.

Interested in delivering this qualification?

Find out more about how to become an approved City & Guilds centre or fill out our online customer application form.

Typewriting (8972)