Excel for Business – Data Handling and Analytics
Everyday Excel is used extensively by businesses of all sizes to analyse data. Increasingly, individuals in many different roles are understanding the benefits of using data to organise and manipulate data to enable better decision-making.
This one-day course builds on basic spreadsheeting skills that you have acquired in your workplace and helps you learn how to create a systematic and efficient approach to working with data in Excel.
You will learn how to prepare, name, sort, group, subtotal, filter, de-duplicate, chart, and analyse data for decision-making. Then you will apply your learning to real data from your workplace.
Is this course right for you?
This course is designed for those who have a functional knowledge of Excel, and may use Excel regularly but at a superficial level who understand the power of data to help decision making and want to enhance their skills.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate in Excel – Use shortcuts to move around in Excel quickly
- Prepare and Sort data – Use Power Query to clean and transform data and tables
- Name data ranges – Use named ranges to simplify formulas and referencing
- Create list subtotals – Both single level and multi-level, learn to group and outline data
- Filter data – By column and specific conditions, create lists; Use slicers and pivot charts
- De-duplicate data – Identify and remove duplicates
- Analyse data – Use Pivot tables, forecasting, Goal Seek, Solver, sensitivity analysis and scenario analysis
Upcoming Courses
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By completing AIM’s Excel for Business – Data Handling and Analytics course, you will receive a certificate to recognise the high standard of learning and skill development you have attained. Print your certificate or share it electronically to demonstrate your ever-growing value to employers and peers.
Delivery mode
On-Campus Workshop – 1 day face-to-face workshops
Our Excel for Business – Data Handling and Analytics course is set in interactive classrooms at one of our five campuses across Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Caberra, and Adelaide. The benefits of studying in a classroom setting include being able to share first-hand experiences, ideas and questions with peers and our expert facilitators. You’ll study alongside like-minded people and strengthen your network.
Unless otherwise noted, AIM's On-Campus Short Courses begin promptly at 9:00 am and finish no later than 5:00 pm (Local Time).
Closed Cohorts
Complete this training as a closed cohort to ensure consistency, alignment, and immediate application in the workplace. Bring your team together for a shared learning experience that delivers stronger engagement and a cost-effective, scalable solution for upskilling your workforce.
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Additional Information
Requirements
Students must bring their own:
- PC or Mac
- A working version of Excel (2016 or later). If your version of excel doesn’t have a feature, you can use the free web-version of Excel Online
- Access to a personal or workplace Microsoft account (an email address and password that you use with Outlook.com, Hotmail, Office, OneDrive, Skype, Xbox, and Windows)
Pre-work
- Explore the 6 provided EFB-DHA practice file (in myAIM) before attending the course
- Bring real workplace examples to implement what you have learnt
What's Included?
- Comprehensive course notes
- Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea
- Internet Access
Please advise AIM when booking if you have any dietary or accessibility requests.
Payment Options
We require full payment to be made upfront prior to attending the training. Payment options we offer include:
- Credit Card (Visa/MasterCard/Amex)
- Direct Deposit (EFT)
- Purchase Order
- Payment Plan - zipMoney
Our Facilitators
AIM facilitators are experienced practitioners with a robust mix of academic and practical expertise. We believe the education of the future managers of Australia to be a highly important task. Who is better placed to teach the art and science of management than those with current, daily real-world experience?
Our motto: By managers, for managers.
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Contextualising training engagements for your industry or organisation maximises relevance and increases the transfer of learning into the workplace. Develop team cohesion and achieve your specific business objectives through a shared, in-house learning solution.
AIM’s experienced learning designers develop both accredited and unaccredited learning engagements to build the critical competencies you need for success. Join over 500 organisations creating compelling and engaging AIM tailored learning solutions for industries including Government, Health, Financial Services, Mining, Manufacturing, Construction and more.
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Featured Experts
Vinay Nigam’s refreshing mindfulness-based approach to facilitation relies on invoking each participant’s emotional intelligence, establishing and maintaining a high energy level by engaging the group, gaining their interest, and keeping it fun. Vinay uses a simple, plain-English communication style to lead discussions in complex concepts built around real-life experiences of diverse participants in the group.
