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Amatrol's Communication Training Systems |
Real communication skills for a technical world |
To be successful in modern organizations, students need technical skills that allow them to communicate and sell their ideas. Amatrol's learning programs integrate communications throughout. Each communication learning system helps students develop key communication skills that are absolutely required in today's modern industry. Technicians, engineers, production workers and all types of technical employment require good communication skills to be effective in their jobs.
Amatrol offers learning systems in the following areas:
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 Desktop Publishing
Video Production
Graphic Design
Internet Marketing
Essential Workplace Skills
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Desktop Publishing
Desktop publishing teaches students how to integrate text and graphics to make an effective written communication. Most students know how to use word processing to create text as well as how to copy pictures into a document. Desktop publishing takes this a much necessary step further by teaching students 23 key skills in making an effective communication where text and graphics are integrated for a more compelling message.
Key learning topics are:
- Desktop publishing basics including page layout and software function
- Type and paragraph formatting
- Graphic elements in documents
- Document output
- Multi-page publishing
- Color in publishing
- Images and impact
- Preparation of documents for publishing
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Video Production
Video is rapidly becoming essential in today's modern industry. With the advent of much cheaper, easier to use technology, what was once a home perk is rapidly moving to become a common component of effective communications. Video can combine sound and visual imaging to create high impact communications. Video production teaches 16 skills in making effective video communication.
Key learning topics are:
- Video basics
- Scripts
- Camcorder use
- Lighting and sound
- Video editing
- Transitions
- Audio editing
- Producing a video
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Graphic Design
Graphic design uses elements of graphics and typography to create a message. As with desktop publishing, graphic design uses words and images to create a message. However, it delves more deeply into design concepts such as proportion, direction, balance, consistency, contrast, and simplicity in creating effective communication. Students learn how to use these elements in structuring communications that are easy to understand and effective. Graphic design teaches 31 skills in creating high impact graphic designs for effective communication.
Key learning topics are:
- Graphic design basics
- Working with color
- FreeHand Software design tools
- Principles of graphic design
- Digital cameras
- Scanners
- Planning digital images
- Image editing
- Lighting and shooting products
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Internet Marketing
Internet marketing teaches students how to work with an essential tool in today's modern world - the internet. Locating and interpreting information is essential to business success. Amatrol's internet marketing grounds a student in the research skills needed to be successful in the information explosion. It also teaches them how to convey information via the internet as well.
Internet marketing teaches 34 skills in leveraging the internet for business success.
Key learning topics are:
- Computer networks and the internet
- The internet as a tool
- Internet research
- Web page layout and design
- Web page links, images and frames
- Website content
- FrontPage software design tools
- E-Commerce
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Essential Workplace Skills
Amatrol’s Enterprise System Skills lays the foundation for essential workplace skills. Too often, students attempt to contribute to an organization without underpinning skills such as communications, problem solving, working effectively in teams, presenting an idea effectively, working with others to generate ideas, etc. The result is that good ideas do not get heard and both the business and the student’s career suffer. Using a structured learning approach, the Enterprise Systems curriculum teaches students key skills needed in any organization. Amatrol’s learning activity packet (LAP) curriculum design formally teaches the principles of a given topic and then presents one or more mini-projects to help students develop the skill.
Key learning topics are:
• Team concepts
• Problem solving
• Idea generation
• Decision making
• Technology sectors
• Product design
• Product Costing
• Design models
• Business presentations
• Oral communications
• Internet research
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