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Introduction

This dynamic and interactive training course is aimed at professionals who have, or will soon have, responsibility for managing and manipulating data using MS Excel on a day to day basis.  The training course assumes zero knowledge, begins with an introduction to the Excel environment and ends with delegates being skilled in using 50+ MS Excel functions, sophisticated data management and charting techniques and advanced data analysis capability.

This course will feature:

• Advanced data analysis
• Both textual and numerical data
• Forecasting
• Advanced charting
• Scenario analysis

Objective

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Analyse relationships across information and data using MS Excel
• Generate data forecasts using MS Excel
• Organise your company’s data in a more structured manner
• Analyse your data effectively using various MS Excel techniques
• Select the appropriate chart for your data

Audience

• ^{Administrators using MS Excel at a very basic level}
• ^{Administrators with a need to improve data management techniques utilising MS Excel}
• ^{New Administrative Staff with no prior knowledge of MS Excel}
• ^{HR professionals seeking to use MS Excel to analyse employee data and inventory data}
• ^{Oil and Gas, telecommunications and electricity industry employees looking to improve their data management and data representation skills}

Content

Day One: An Introduction to the MS Excel Environment

• Cell referencing, cell formatting and entering formula
• Workbooks versus Worksheets
• Copy and pasting
• Left click versus right click
• Paste Special
• Introductory charts

Day Two: Using MS Excel Functions for Fundamental Data Analysis

• Use of text function, FIND(), LEN(), LEFT(), RIGHT() and &
• Use of count functions, COUNTA(), COUNTIF(), COUNTIFS() and SUMIF()
• Basic statistical functions, Max and Average
• Filtering, sorting and use of conditional formatting
• Scatter diagrams

Day Three: Intermediate MS Excel Functions

• Use of VLOOKUP() and HLOOKUP()
• Date functions, YEAR(), MONTH(), DAY(), YEARFRAC()
• Selecting appropriate charts
• Introduction to Pivot tables

Day Four: Carrying out Statistical Analysis using MS Excel

• Using MS Excel to calculate mean, mode and median
• The difference between the various standard deviation and variance function in MS Excel
• Using MS Excel to examine inter-dependency
• Drawing histograms in MS Excel
• Introduction to Data Analysis functions

Day Five: What if and Scenario Analysis Using MS Excel

• Naming cells in MS Excel
• Linking cells together to undertake scenario analysis
• Introduction to solver
• Advanced charting
• Sharing MS Excel output with other office formats

Certificate

MAESTRO CONSULTANTS Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course

Methodology

Our courses are highly interactive, typically taking a case study approach that we have found to be an effective method of fostering discussions and transferring knowledge. Participants will learn by active participation during the program through the use of individual exercises, questionnaires, team exercises, training videos and discussions of “real life” issues in their organizations.
The material has been designed to enable delegates to apply all of the material with immediate effect back in the workplace.

Fees

$4,000