You might be after your first office job, or a step up from the desk you have now. This pathway was made for that. You cover communication, the Microsoft software, payroll basics and project management.
Nothing on your CV yet? This covers what an office asks of you: clear emails, an organised desk, Word and Excel, and knowing where the money side sits.
Already on the desk? The diploma half moves you into customer relations, financial data and project management, which is the work that gets you noticed.
It is online and self paced, with no exams, ever. You get 18 months of access and unlimited tutor support in business hours.
Administration sits inside every business there is, which is why the skills travel so well. The work is easy to picture: keeping the diary straight, sorting the paperwork, handling the people who walk in, and keeping a project moving.
Holding an office together: procedures, diaries, paperwork and the small fires. The certificate half is aimed straight at it.
Supporting a team with reporting, records and the systems they run on, using the same Microsoft and accounting software.
The project management topic in the diploma is the groundwork for keeping timelines, budgets and people on track.
Communication, organisation and discretion. The skills here are the base, and most people build to it from an admin desk.
The later step. Desk experience comes first, and the payroll, accounts and workplace practice topics still count as you move up.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Manager and coordinator titles usually go to people with office experience behind them.
Two courses in one pathway, from the office basics through to project management.
Here is what stands out in this pathway.
You start with the certificate in business administration and finish with the diploma. The second half is where the coordination and project work lives.
Word, Excel and PowerPoint, plus Xero and MYOB Business Essentials. These are the names that sit in the job ad.
You get career coaching including CV help, alongside unlimited access to your course. Useful when the whole point is a better job.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Finish the pathway and you receive the college's Certificate of Achievement, covering both courses.
Membership of the professional body for administration in New Zealand, with the benefits that come with it.
Support for the part that comes after the study, when you are going for the job.
Send an enquiry and a course advisor gets back to you with the course guide and straight answers on whether it fits.
Start anytime. Pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly with no deposit and no credit check, or pay upfront in one payment.
Work through both courses online, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours.
Complete the pathway and receive your Certificate of Achievement, plus membership of AdmiNZ.
None needed. The pathway starts with business communication and office procedures, so you can come in with nothing behind you. If you are already on a desk, the diploma half is where the new ground is.
The payment plan is $29 a week, with no deposit and no credit check. You can pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or pay upfront. Enquire for the full options.
Around 400 hours at your own pace, with 18 months of access. There are no set class times, so it fits around work and family.
There are none, ever. You are assessed through practical workplace tasks, with tutor support behind you.
Yes. There is a topic on each, plus PowerPoint, taught for the way an office uses them. You also cover Xero and MYOB Business Essentials for the accounts side.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, which is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. That is a different thing. For administration work it is no barrier: what employers look for is whether you can run a desk and use the software.
Yes. There is a 10-day money back guarantee. If it is not right, you get your money back.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy, an online course provider in New Zealand.
Courses run fully online and self paced, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours. Its administration tutors also teach management and Microsoft Office. Career coaching and CV help come with your enrolment, and graduates gain membership of AdmiNZ.
Picture the morning you walk into an office that runs because you run it, and nobody has to explain the job to you. If that is the job you want, this is where it starts.