The Centre has organised a series of one day courses offering a variety opportunites for anyone wants to develop existing skills or acquire new ones. Below is an outline of the courses currently on offer.

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Basic Management Skills - 3rd June 2008

Too often staff are promoted to a higher level within an Organisation, without having the benefit of training to enable them to take on the extra responsibilities associated with management.   This is especially important when managing people, and without the necessary prior experience it is too easy for new Managers to mismanage people which can prove costly to the Organisation, and stressful to the Manager and staff members concerned.   This Course has been designed to enable attendees to understand the skills required to enable them to carry out their tasks effectively and with confidence.

Cost: £165 per person

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Business Administration Course - 12th June 2008

This Course will cover the following areas, although these can be adapted to ensure that each Organisation will receive the content necessary to make their staff more effective.

Reception skills and Telephone etiquette, handling messages, diary management, organising meetings, including minute taking Business documentation, filing information, on paper and computer, Petty cash systems, Office etiquette and Correspondence – layout

Cost: £95 per person

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Customer Care - 18th June 2008

All organisations, whatever their size, rely on customers for their continued success and survival.

This course looks at ways an excellent customer service can be provided through all processes, systems and departments that will come in contact with these customers.

Cost: £70 per person

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Project Management Skills - 24th June 2008

This Course will provide the attendees with an overview on how to set up and run a Project and to understand the areas to be addressed in order to ensure completion.   

Course content will look at systems that can be employed to assist with the pre-planning stages as well as the monitoring process.

Cost: £165 per person

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Creative use of Textiles for Primary Teachers - 23rd June 2008

Following the successful workshops held as part of the ‘Picture This!’ Project and an additional course held in April, Hilary Bower will be running another practical ’hands-on’ course to give Primary School Teachers new skills and ideas in using textiles creatively within the classroom.

Cost: £100

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Creative Art and Illustration in the Classroom - 10th June 2008

The course is a one day aimed at primary school teachers interested in acquiring techniques for teaching basic step by step illustration skills to children.

These skills can be applied to most illustration styles and will enable you and your pupils to create caricatures and cartoons.

Cost: £100

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The Creative Art of Caricature & Cartoon Illustration - Evening Classes (Enquire about dates)

During a series of evening classes you will learn the basic step by step skills that will teach you how to create caricatures and cartoons, which can be applied to most illustration styles.

Cost: £45.00

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The Creative use of Clay in the Primary Classroom - 25th September 2008

Following the successful workshops held as part of the ‘Picture This!’ Project

RPDC will be hosting a practical ’hands-on’ course to give primary school teachers the opportunity to gain new skills and ideas in using clay creatively within the classroom.

Cost: £100