Computer skills training for administrators of Home and Projects

An increase in the number of projects and the inevitable extended work expended to the underprivileged at the 12 special projects currently under the purview of SSVP Conferences and the State Council over the last three years saw an increase in the employment of additional full-time staff at both the Selangor State Council and Conferences. To assist in the increased workload and the management of these various projects it has become evident that there is an imperative need to enhance the computer skills of our staff, in particular that of our Administrators and Assistant Administrators.

Towards this end, the two computer skills training sessions (one on Microsoft Word and the other on Excel skills) were held at the State Council’s Office in Taman Sentosa, Jalan Klang Lama recently.

Both the courses were conducted by Angeline Morgis, a certified PSMB Training Consultant who has been training corporate clients for over 20 years. The training included hands on practical training and theoretical input with easy-to-comprehend hand-outs.

Following positive feedback from the trainees, the State Council will be organising a follow-up course on Microsoft Office and Excel. This will be followed by a training session on the completion of standard forms in all our Centres and Homes on Excel format with a view to standardise and improve our work process in all our centres and homes.

Moving forward, the State Council also intends to maintain all management information and records at both the State and Conference level in a central computer storage data base for easy review and decision making at Management and Board level. The State Council is indebted and would wish to record our sincere thanks to Ms Angeline Morgis, who sacrificed her valuable time to conduct the training free of charge.

Taking it further, the State Council is of the view that improving the writing and administrative skills of our staff are also part of our Vincentian vocation as this would equip them with better future job opportunities.