SQA Advanced Diploma in Administration and Information Technology
The SQA Advanced Diploma in Administration and Information Technology can improve a learner’s prospects of employment as a senior administrator, administrative manager or office manager.
This qualification covers all aspects of office administration. Learners will develop specialist IT skills in word processing, spreadsheet and database software, as well as in the practical use of social media software and web applications for business purposes. They will also gain interpersonal skills and experience of research, planning and organising their work. Legal and ethical issues in relation to the workplace and management of data and information are also covered.
The SQA Advanced Diploma in Administration and Information Technology consists of 30 unit credits. Each unit credit has approximately 40 hours of timetabled learning and 40 hours of self-guided learning and study. The SQA Advanced Diploma usually takes two academic years to complete, but this timeframe is flexible.
An SQA Advanced Diploma in Administration and Information Technology can allow advanced entry to an English-speaking university. SQA’s qualifications are recognised worldwide.
Course Tutor Guide (including Course Framework)
Title: SQA Advanced Diploma in Administration and Information Technology
Code: GM68 48
SQA Advanced Diploma in Administration and Information Technology Course Tutor Guide
Qualifications Guidance
A Guide for Tutors
Communication Units
This document is aimed at tutors who are teaching learners whose first language is not English.
The purpose of this document is to provide a selection of formative exercises that will:
- motivate learners
- increase confidence in communicating effectively in English
- prepare learners to successfully pass the summative assessments
Communication Units for SQA Advanced Qualifications
Research Skills
The guide provides support for developing good practice in how the Research Skills unit might be delivered, scheduled and assessed. It contains guidance on delivering the Research Skills Unit both on a stand-alone basis or integrating with other Units, and provides customised checklists for integration with various Graded Units.
Unit Specifications
- Administration and Information Technology: Graded Unit 1 (HP6H 47)
- Administration and Information Technology: Graded Unit 2 (HP6J 48)
- Administration and Information Technology: Graded Unit 3 (HP6K 48)
- Behavioural Skills for Business (J1E5 48)
- Business Accounting (HP7K 47)
- Communication: Business Communication (HP75 47)
- Creating a Culture of Customer Care (HP73 47)
- Developing the Individual within a Team (HP3C 48)
- Digital Technologies for Administrators (HP0M 47)
- Economic Issues: An Introduction (J461 47)
- Human Resource Management: Introduction (J2FD 47)
- Human Resource Management Practice (J45T 48)
- Information and Communication Technology in Business (HP7A 48)
- IT in Business: Advanced Databases (HP0G 48)
- IT in Business: Advanced Spreadsheets (HP0H 48)
- IT in Business: Advanced Word Processing (HP0N 48)
- IT in Business: Databases (HP6C 47)
- IT in Business: Spreadsheets (HP78 47)
- IT in Business: Word Processing and Presentation Applications (HP6G 47)
- Office Administration (HP69 47)
- Office Management (HP6A 48)
- Personal Development Planning (HP6M 47)
- Preparing Financial Forecasts (J5B0 48)
- Presentation Skills (HP79 48)
- Recording Financial Transactions (HP6F 46)
Two additional mandatory units
