Applications with VBA and job-related German language support

Free of cost

by funding

The course first teaches the theoretical content from the most common business fields, including job-related German language support. You will then be taught the programming language Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), which is included in all Microsoft Office products. You will also be introduced to the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Vocational German language support for the commercial/technical sector"
    Certificate "VBA - Macro Development"
  • Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
    Certification exam for vocational German language support
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 12 Weeks

Job-related German language support for the commercial/technical sector

General language skills (approx. 1 day)

Repetition of important grammar topics and application of complex linguistic structures of German grammar

Reading and understanding texts from different areas, global and selective reading comprehension

Improving listening comprehension


Correspondence in a professional environment (approx. 2 days)

Layout and letter design

Contemporary salutations and letter introductions

Customer-oriented letters and e-mails

Reporting

Cover letters according to DIN 5008


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Professional field of communication management (approx. 3 days)

Confident communication in the company

Forms of communication in teams

Meetings and presentations

Conflict management

Staff appraisals

Job interviews

Sales and consultation meetings

Writing offers

Trade fairs and product presentations

Complaints


Business career field (approx. 6 days)

Human resources, management and labor law

Finance and controlling

Payroll accounting


Professional field of marketing (approx. 6 days)

Advertising

Market analysis and market research

Online marketing and e-commerce


Company processes (approx. 9 days)

Restructuring, process management, process changes

Digital transformation

Changes in energy management and environmental protection

Project management


Occupational field logistics and trade (approx. 8 days)

production

Purchasing

Delivery and transportation

Retail trade


Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 5 days)

VBA - Visual Basic for Applications - Macro development for Word, Excel and PowerPoint

VBA development environment (approx. 1 day)

Components of the development environment

Recording macros

Working with procedures

Using modules

Saving projects

Hungarian notation

KamelCase notation

Working with the direct window

The local window


VBA Basics (approx. 9 days)

Variables

constants

Data types

Creating your own data types

Operators

Procedures

Parameters

Input dialogs and message windows

Program branches

Array

Using the object library

Forms and their controls

Error handling

Extension of the ribbon with own menu items

File selection


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Programming in Excel (approx. 2 days)

Excel objects

Properties and methods

Editing cell ranges

Editing worksheets

Collecting, evaluating and further processing of data

Excel object events


Programming in Word (approx. 2 days)

Word objects

Provision of global functionalities with add-ins and templates

Properties and methods

Editing text areas

Working with bookmarks

Working with Word Forms

Object events


Programming in PowerPoint (approx. 2 days)

PowerPoint objects

Properties and methods

Working with slides and shapes


Import/Export (approx. 1 day)

Import of data from a TXT, CSV file

Transferring data between Excel and Excel

Transferring data between Excel and Word

Transferring data between Excel and PowerPoint


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

General knowledge of German (B1) and a sound knowledge of Word, PowerPoint and Excel are required for this course.

The course provides you with the necessary know-how for employment as a commercial and technical specialist, including job-related German language training, in order to achieve successful integration into the German labor market.

After this course, you will also be able to use the VBA language to implement automated solutions in the Office programming environment. You will be able to create and use forms, create class designs, develop object-oriented solutions and process tasks in Word, PowerPoint or Excel more conveniently and efficiently.

The course is aimed at anyone who works professionally with Office programs and needs to be able to adapt them for their purposes. These are specialists and academics from various fields such as business, engineering or science.

The course is also aimed at specialists from the commercial and technical fields, taking into account an integrative component.

Microsoft Office is used almost everywhere, but there is often a need to customize it. Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) allows you to significantly extend Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Due to the market-leading spread of Microsoft Office in almost every company, specialists with knowledge of VBA macro development are in high demand.

The course also provides you with work-related German language training to enable you to write business correspondence in accordance with current regulations and to communicate confidently both internally and externally.

Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm
free of charge from all German networks.
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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.