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COURSE TRAINERS
Andrew Badham
Andrew is passionate about communications and making connections. As an actor, playwright, singer, song writer and over all performance enthusiast, Andrew has learned the importance of effective communication in the social environment. A graduate of UCT, he has a Bachelor of Arts double major in Drama and Media&Writing. He has always found himself at home on the stage, be it theatre or music. He has also had a keen interest in the behind the scenes occupations of writing and directing. At school level he was awarded Best Script two years running as well as Most Versatile Actor and overall Drama Honours. The psychology behind performance and how that applies both to stage and interpersonal interaction is focal point for Andrew and formed key aspects of his studies.
Bernard Niewoud
Bernard has more than 15 Years of experience as part-time and full-time lecturer and trainer: University of Pretoria (Hons class in Informatics), Monash (First Year Introduction to Business Computing and Second Year Software Development), University of Witwatersrand ("Organization, Data, Information and Business Intelligence") and Oracle University.
Technical courses include :
- Oracle Business Intelligence
- Microsoft Power BI
- SQL
- Java
- XML
- Oracle Data Warehousing
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Project
Information Technology experience includes: IT blueprints, outsourcing, data migration, and software development. The project environments include: research, financial services, medical services, telecommunications, short-term insurance, mining, retail and IT outsourcing.
Project Management experience include acting as senior project manager on IT Projects, setting up project approaches and project offices, acting as a project mentor and trainer, and as an IT Team Service Manager
Memberships:
- IPTSA
- Project Management Society of South Africa
- ACM (Signatory to Code of Ethics)
Award: Oracle University: “Best Fusion Middleware Lecturer. ZA FY2010 and ZAFY2011â€
Relevant Qualifications and Training:
Date: 2014 APM Group. Passed Agile Practitioner. Certificate Number 02905943-01-L9LH
Date: 2005 APM Group, on behalf of the Office of Government Commerce (United Kingdom),
London Passed PRINCE2 Practitioners Examination and certified as a "PRINCE2 Practitioner".
Date: 1998 University of Pretoria Advanced Certificate in Information Systems Management (cum laude).
Project Management and Decision Support were amongst the subjects
Date: 1993 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Course in "Managing People in Software Development"
Kerrin Badham
Kerrin is the HR and Operations Manager at Leading Training and is passionate about learning and personal growth. She has a BA (HDip) Ed from Wits University with majors in English and Psychology and has experience teaching English at high school level and extensive experience in training and managing.
She loves dealing with people and the general well-being of the staff and delegates is her primary concern. She also facilitates soft-skills courses in HR, leadership and instructional design.
She is a qualified SDF (Skills Development Facilitator), having completed the UNISA Certificate in Skills Development Facilitation in 2015 with distinction. She is registered as an HR generalist with the SA Board for People Practices (membership no. 42866985). She, together with a team of professional facilitators, project manages agile customised training interventions for Leading Training clients. Their services range from training material development incliuding accredited and online learning, to high-impact facilitated interventions that result in organizational change and team growth.
She is accredited as a Level 1 Cultural Intelligence Facilitator with The Cultural Intelligence Center, has completed the Wits online Instructional Design course in 2017 and is a Certified ScrumMaster® through Scrum Alliance. Kerrin is a dynamic facilitator who consistently gets excellent reviews for the training she conducts.
Details
Being able to write a succinct and readable report is a key requirement in many business fields. This course helps you practice writing a clear, complete, and correct technical report, which contains all the necessary information and which is easy to understand. It is aligned to meet the outcomes of unit standard 116389 at NQF level 4, for 4 credits.
This course covers a fundamental unit standard in the National Certificate: Information Technology (Systems Development), qualification ID 48872 for 131 credits at NQF level 5.
A learner completing this short skills course will earn 4 credits at NQF level 4, towards the fundamental component of this qualification.
The course gives practical guidance in how to structure and write a technical report through the following 4 steps:
- Collect information for writing the report
- Plan the writing of the report
- Write the report
- Revise the report
Delivery Methods
Leading Training is focusing on providing virtual training courses for the foreseeable future and will only consider in-person and classroom training on request, with a required minimum group size of six delegates. We remain committed to offering training that is fast, focused and effective.
| Delivery Method | Duration | Price (excl. VAT) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulltime | 2 day | R 5,500.00 | Get a Quote | |
| Webinar | 2 day | R 4,500.00 | Get a Quote |
Discounts Available
Save up to 10% by booking and paying 10 business days before the course.
Brochure:
Audience
This course suits anyone who needs to write reports in a technical environment and who would benefit from an accredited course.
Pre-Requisites
Sufficient knowledge of the subject of the report and the ability to interpret technical drawings.
Basic business English reading and writing skills are needed.
Adequate computer literacy skills, access to a laptop or PC with a stable fast internet connection, and a wordprocessor and spreadsheet application are needed for webinar training.
Course Outline / Curriculum
1. Collect information for writing the report.
a. Clarify and define the purpose of the report.
b. Consider criteria for determining which facts are relevant to the report.
c. Considering which tools and equipment is required to ascertain the facts.
d. Consider the order in which facts are presented (logical ordering).
e. Getting things right - the consequences of inaccurate information.
2. Plan the writing of the report.
a. Grouping and ordering the facts.
b. Drafting appropriate headings for sections.
c. Selecting relevant facts and disregarding the rest.
d. Making facts and figures understandable to the reader.
3. Write the report.
a. Considering wording and phraseology for the recipient.
b. Report layout:
i. Heading styles
ii. Basic report components - Introduction, body, conclusion, and recommendation.
c. Writing to convey sufficient subject knowledge.
d. Interpreting technical drawings.
e. Avoiding Bias.
f. The Readability Index.
4. Report Revision.
a. The importance of editing
i. Checking the draft to ensure it is clear, concise, complete, and correct.
b. Reformatting and style guides.
c. Using templates.
d. Submitting your final report.
Schedule Dates and Booking
There are currently no scheduled dates.
Please note that this course needs a minimum of 6 delegates to schedule a course. You can choose to be added to the waiting list by clicking the button below and we will contact you when we have enough delegates interested. Should we not get enough delegates, we will refund or credit your paid booking.
Should you need this course urgently, the following options are available:
- Pay for 6 delegates (whether you have them or not) and we will schedule the course as soon as possible.
- If you have fewer delegates and cannot pay for 6, we can negotiate a shortened course where some of the time will be spent in blended learning - watching videos and doing tutorials and exercises with some contact time with the trainer. We would want to discuss what your core needs are so that we cover those aspects. You need to have paid for 3 delegates at least.