Computer Applications

Why this programme exists

Job advertisements ask for computer literacy and then assume it. In practice a great many capable people were never taught the things an office takes for granted — how to build a table of contents, why a VLOOKUP beats retyping a column, how to spot a phishing email before clicking it.

Four weeks, taught from the beginning, with no assumption of prior knowledge and no embarrassment about asking. By the end you will be faster than most of the people who never took a course at all.

At a glance

What you will be able to do

• Work confidently in Windows 11, including the keyboard shortcuts that make everything faster.
• Organise files and folders with a naming convention that still makes sense in a year.
• Format a professional document in Word using styles, and generate a table of contents automatically.
• Run a mail merge to produce personalised letters from a spreadsheet.
• Build working Excel formulas: SUM, AVERAGE, IF, COUNTIF, SUMIF, VLOOKUP and CONCATENATE.
• Summarise a large dataset with a pivot table in under a minute, without writing a formula.
• Build a presentation that people can actually read, and export it as PDF.
• Write a professional email with a clear subject line and correct use of Cc.
• Identify a phishing email from its greeting, its urgency, its link and its sender address.
• Set a strong password, use a password manager, and run a 3-2-1 backup so your work survives a failure.
• Work through the first five troubleshooting steps before calling for help.

Who should attend

• Anyone entering office work for the first time
• Staff whose computer skills were picked up informally and have gaps
• Job seekers who need a certificate to evidence computer literacy
• Small business owners handling their own records and correspondence
• Anyone who avoids Excel and would rather not

Entry requirements. None. This programme assumes no prior computer experience whatsoever. If you can attend, you can take it.

How the programme is taught

Every session is hands-on at a computer. Nothing is demonstrated on a screen and then left — each technique is practised until it works, with the trainer moving between participants.

The examples are real business documents: a proposal, an invoice, a student list, a presentation to a client. The email module uses correspondence of the kind Kevajopa actually sends, so the standard being taught is a working professional standard rather than a classroom one.

Module by module

Assessment and certification

Assessment is practical throughout — documents, spreadsheets and presentations produced during the programme — with a short final assessment covering the whole syllabus.

A Kevajopa Technologies Limited Certificate in Computer Applications is awarded on satisfactory completion, with a minimum 80% attendance recorded per session. It is a recognised evidence of computer literacy for employment purposes.

Where it leads

What this programme does not cover

• Graphic design and desktop publishing — our Digital Marketing and Graphic Design programme covers those.
• Accounting software such as QuickBooks or Tally.
• Programming of any kind.
• Advanced Excel modelling, macros and VBA.
• Any Microsoft certification examination.

Fees and enrolment

We do not publish a fixed calendar. An intake is scheduled once a group has confirmed, and confirmed participants receive at least ten working days' notice of the start date. Group rates are available for three or more registering together, and corporate cohorts can be delivered at the client's premises.