Online courses

Delivered in partnership with the Safer Food Group, this online qualification can be completed at home or anywhere that has internet access. Once started, you have a month to complete the course.

As well as gaining your ‘Qualifi’ accreditation certificate, you will also learn vital skills for working in catering.

This course meets health and safety requirements so is suitable for anyone wishing to serve or sell food, as well as anyone wishing to improve their food hygiene skills.

You will learn:

• The law that applies to business and food handlers
• Food safety hazard
• Principles of safe food storage
• The importance of cleaning food premises and equipment
• Cooking and handling food

​Cost: £13

Confidentiality of information is enforced on the ‘need to know’ principle, which forms the cornerstone of information security in today’s business world. The confidentiality bubble restricts information flows with both positive and negative consequences.

You will learn:

• What confidentiality is and why it is important
• The four key requirements of the confidentiality model
• Your role in creating a confidential service

Cost: £30

Back injury is the main reason for absence from the workplace and one third of all reported injuries that result in three days off work are cause by manual handling accidents.

Employers are required by law to take reasonable steps to safeguard the health and safety of all employees, one of which is increasing awareness about the hazards related to manual handling, and outlining what can be done to minimise risk.

This outline manual handling module provides learners with the knowledge they need in order to reduce the chance of incurring an injury whilst manually handling loads in their work environment.

You will learn:

• Why you need to know how to move and handle objects correctly
• The key pieces of legislation that relate to manual handling
• The responsibilities they place on you and your employer
• The basic theory of how your spine works, common injuries and how you can avoid them
• Key factors to take into account before undertaking the moving or lifting of a load

Cost: £20

This module will form an introduction to the safeguarding of young and vulnerable people. It will emphasise how important it is for practitioners to ensure the safety and security of anyone in their care, or who they come into contact with in their role.

You will learn:

• How to recognise signs of abuse
• Local and national contexts
• How to respond: recording and reporting
• Ways to reduce the likelihood of abuse
• Serious case reviews, case studies and summary

Cost: £30

Microsoft Office is one of the most commonly used programs in the workplace and at home. This set of courses will give you the ability to advance your knowledge and skills on this software.

Each of the interactive lessons tackles one specific issue. After getting acquainted with the tools and processes related to it, you can immediately practice the acquired knowledge in the real application.

Overview

Word, PowerPoint and Excel are the most widely used Microsoft applications in both the workplace and for students. Therefore, we have compiled this set of Microsoft Office courses in order to give you advanced knowledge of these common Microsoft Office programs.

Course description

As the use of electronic documents is becoming the preferred method, the presentation and design of the documents is becoming more and more important and, therefore, should be taken seriously. In order to create a well-designed document, you need a decent knowledge of the whole suite of common office programs. The presented Microsoft Office suite has established a widely respected standard in this area through years, and at the moment, it represents the widest and most purchased offer of software used in business.

Each of the interactive lessons tackles one specific issue. After getting acquainted with the tools and processes related to it, you can immediately practice the acquired knowledge in the real application. Several quiz questions included at the end then help you realise whether you have mastered the topic or you need to review the content.

Why take this course?

This online training will help learners who have previous experience with the Microsoft Office programmes to develop their skills and understanding of each software and how it works, and create digital documents to improve their work or employability.

Who should take this course?

These courses are aimed at anyone who uses Microsoft Office, whether that is in study, at home or at work. This course is tailored to advanced level learners, who are looking to expand their knowledge even further and improve their abilities.

Elearning content

MS Word 2016: Advanced

MS Excel 2016: Advanced

MS PowerPoint 2016: Advanced

Certificate
All learners who successfully complete the course will be able to download and print a certificate. As this is an excellent indication of your skills, we suggest you keep it for your own records in order to show current or future employers.

Cost: £25

Our three interactive Microsoft Excel training courses provide the essential skills you need to effectively use the programme, ensuring you feel confident in your work.

Designed for all abilities, our courses are broken down into three levels – introductory, intermediate and advanced, so you can be sure to find the level you require.

• How to enter values to the cells of future tables and set their format
• How to derive new data by calculating them through formulas, including the applied functions from various categories.
• How to manipulate cell ranges and whole worksheets.
• How to adjust the appearance of created tables by setting the cell properties and by applying cell styles.
• How to analyse the entered data via charts and conditional formatting
• How to set the print properties before printing created tables and charts
• How to sort and filter more extensive data and to calculate their subtotals
• How to share workbooks and to set various levels of their protection.
• How to create and use macros
• Data validation, the creation of scenarios and with the application of the Solver tool.

Why take this course?

This online training will help learners who may or may not have previous experience with Microsoft Excel to develop their skills and understanding of the software and how it works, to improve their work or employability. Who should take this course? These courses are aimed at anyone who uses Microsoft Office, whether that is in study, at home or at work. As our courses are tailored to all abilities with introductory, intermediate and advanced levels, they are suitable for all learners. This ranges from beginners to those learners who want to refresh and update knowledge they already have. Elearning content

• MS Excel 2016: Introduction
• MS Excel 2016: Intermediate
• MS Excel 2016: Advanced

Certificate

All learners who successfully complete the course will be able to download and print a certificate. As this is an excellent indication of your skills, we suggest you keep it for your own records in order to show current or future employers.

Cost: £25

Our three interactive Microsoft Outlook training courses provide the essential skills you need to effectively use the programme, ensuring you feel confident in your work.

Designed for all abilities, our courses are broken down into three levels – introductory, intermediate and advanced, so you can be sure to find the level you require.

Microsoft Outlook is a mail client, which enables its users to not only manage their emails, but also their contacts, appointments, tasks and more. These three courses will help you develop your skills from a beginner’s level to an advanced one. They will help you become familiar with the programme environment, and through step by step instructions, you will learn how to:

• Create and send messages as well as to read the received ones
• Use the address book and create new contacts
• Create tasks, notes and track your actions in the Journal
• Organise various appointments and manage invitations

Why take this course?

This online training will help learners who may or may not have previous experience with the Microsoft Outlook application to develop their skills and understanding of the software and how it works, to improve their work or employability.

This course will teach learners the basics of Microsoft Outlook 2016 including how to manage emails and contacts and schedule meetings. This course will build up your skills until you are an advanced learner of Microsoft Outlook.

Who should take this course?

These courses are aimed at anyone who uses Microsoft Office, whether that is in study, at home or at work. As our courses are tailored to all abilities with introductory, intermediate and advanced levels, they are suitable for all learners. This ranges from beginners to those learners who want to refresh and update knowledge they already have.

Elearning content

• MS Outlook 2016: Introduction
• MS Outlook 2016: Intermediate
• MS Outlook 2016: Advanced

Certificate

All learners who successfully complete the course will be able to download and print a certificate. As this is an excellent indication of your skills, we suggest you keep it for your own records in order to show current or future employers.

Cost: £25

Microsoft Office is one of the most widely used programmes in both businesses and at home.

This set of 12 interactive courses gives the learner an extensive knowledge of the Microsoft Office and allows them to develop their skills from introductory level through to advanced.

Overview

This set of Microsoft office courses has been designed to give you a complete knowledge of Microsoft office 2016 including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook. These are the most widely used Microsoft applications in both the workplace and for students. These courses will cover an introductory level through to an advanced one.

Course Description

As the use of electronic documents is becoming the preferred method of sharing knowledge and information, it is becoming more important to understand how to create, design and use them. In order to achieve this, you need a decent knowledge of the whole suite of common office programmes. The presented Microsoft Office suite has established a widely respected standard in this area through years, and at the moment, it represents the widest and most purchased offer of software used in business.

Each of the interactive lessons tackles one specific issue. After getting acquainted with the tools and processes related to it, you can immediately practice the acquired knowledge in the real application. Several quiz questions included at the end then help you realise whether you have mastered the topic or you need to review the content.

Why take this course?

This online training will help learners who may or may not have previous experience with the Microsoft Office programmes to develop their skills and understanding of each software and how it works and create digital documents to improve their work or employability.

Who should take this course?

These courses are aimed at anyone who uses Microsoft Office, whether that is in study, at home or at work. This package is tailored to beginners who want to ensure they gain a complete knowledge of these popular Microsoft programmes.

E-learning content

• MS Word 2016: Introduction
• MS Word 2016: Intermediate
• MS Word 2016: Advanced
• MS Excel 2016: Introduction
• MS Excel 2016: Intermediate
• MS Excel 2016: Advanced
• MS PowerPoint 2016: Introduction
• MS PowerPoint 2016: Intermediate
• MS PowerPoint 2016: Advanced
• MS Outlook 2016: Introduction
• MS Outlook 2016: Intermediate
• MS Outlook 2016: Advanced

Certificate
All learners who successfully complete the course will be able to download and print a certificate. As this is an excellent indication of your skills, we suggest you keep it for your own records in order to show current or future employers.

Cost: £72

This course is designed for anyone who may find themselves first on the scene of an incident involving a casualty. This may include a workplace environment – including shops, restaurants or in an office – whilst volunteering, or in a personal capacity such as an accident or an incident at home.

Why take this first aid course?

The course teaches learners to follow the Resuscitation Council (UK) Guidelines for basic to advanced life support training. Learners will know what to do if they are first on the scene of an incident, how to assess the situation as a potential danger zone and understand the importance of the recovery position and how they may apply it.

Upon completion of this course, learners will understand what is meant by the AVPU scale (Alert, Voice, Pain, and Unresponsive), be able to follow guidelines for the use of Automated External Defibrillators and know the key processes to follow in an emergency and what to do for each one: Danger, Response, Shout, Airway, Breathing, and Circulation.

This course was formerly known as First Aid: The Primary Survey.

First Aid training outcomes

• Know what to do if you are first on the scene of an accident
• Be able to assess the situation as a potential danger zone
• Understand what is meant by AVPU
• Understand Danger, Response, Airways, Breathing and Circulation
• Understand the importance of the recovery position and how to apply it

CPD certified

The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Does this course make me a qualified first-aider?

To become a qualified first-aider you will need to undertake workplace first aid training that includes at least 18 training and assessment contact hours.

Course duration

The first aid training and test usually take between 1 to 2 hours to complete (depending on learning speed), which is equivalent to 4 hours of face-to-face group training.

Test and certificate

The end of course test consists of 15 multiple-choice questions. Learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark, and, if necessary, may attempt the test 3 times at no extra cost, having revisited the training material.

If learners do not immediately achieve the 75% pass mark, further attempts may be given by contacting our Learner Support team.

You can download and print a digital first-aid certificate immediately upon completion.

​Cost: £15

This course is aimed at those involved in the handling of people’s information as part of their day-to-day role. This course will provide a GDPR overview for those looking to gain more information on how to uphold the six principles of GDPR. With this course, learners will understand the key principles and process under the regulation and what their roles and responsibilities include. Since May 2018, all UK companies are required by law to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In its early days, GDPR compliance quickly became a key priority for businesses, as the risk of large financial penalties for failing to introduce a culture of greater data transparency were introduced.

GDPR has since given consumers more power than ever before over their data. They now have the right to know how their data is used and stored, and for how long. They also have the right to be deleted from marketing databases, and businesses that fail to comply with any of these requests could find themselves facing a fine of up to €20 million, or four per cent of annual turnover, depending on which is greater.

The regulations replace the previous data protection law, the Data Protection Act 1998, and it is vital that everyone who handles data as part of their job is aware of the changes, as it will remain in place even after Britain leaves the EU. This is exactly what the Virtual College’s the Essentials of GDPR e-learning course is designed to help with.

You will learn:

•    What is a data controller?
•    Data processing
•    Data subject
•    Data protection principles
•    Good practice
•    Data security
•    The data breach
•    Systems
•    Subject access request
•    Data subject rights
•    Accountability and governance
•    Investigating breaches

Cost: £25