Course Details
Day 1
Topic 1: Basic Excel Training
Topic 1.1 Getting Started with Excel
- Explore Excel user interface
- Manage Worksheets
- Manage Rows and Columns
- Manage Data
Topic 1,2 Basic Data Analysis using Excel
- Overview of Formulas and Functions
- Use IF functions to analyse data
- Use Lookup and Reference functions to extract data
- Aggregate functions - COUNTIF, AVERAGEIF, SUMIF
Topic 1.3 Basic Data Visualisation using Excel
- Create chart
- Basic chart types
- Format chart elements
- Other chart types - Treemap, Sunburst, Histogram, Pareto, Box plot, and Waterfall charts
Day 2
Topic 2: Advanced Excel Essential Training
Topic 2.1 PivotTable and PivotChart
- Get Started with PivotTable
- Data Management with PivotTable
- Format PivotTable
- Create PivotChart
Topic 2.2 What-If Analysis and Optimization
- Activate What-If Analysis and Solver
- Scenario Analysis
- One Variable and Two Variable Data Table
- Goal Seek
- Optimization Using Solver
Topic 2.3 Introduction to Excel Power Query
- What is Power Query
- Import Data
- Clean Data
- Transform Data
Day 3
Topic 3: Statistical Data Analysis Training with Excel
Topic 3.1 Basic Statistics
- Why Statistics Matter
- Types of Data
- Descriptive Statistics
- Probability and Conditional Probability
- Probability Distributions
- Install Excel Data Analysis ToolPak
Topic 3.2 Sampling and Hypothesis Testing
- Sampling
- Central Limit Theorem
- Sampling Distribution and Standard Errors of Sample Mean
- Confidence Interval
- Z and T Statistics
- Overview of Hypothesis Testing
- Types of Hypothesis Testing
- Type 1 and Type 2 Errors
- Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Topic 3.3 Regression and Correlation Analysis
- Regression Modeling
- Residues and Mean Square Error
- Covariance and Correlation Analysis
Day 4
Topic 4: Creating an Interactive Excel Dashboards for Business Analytics
Topic 4.1 Data Visualization and Display using Excel Pivot Tables and Charts
- Data analysis using Excel pivot tables and charts
- Organize and visualize data to show trends and correlation
Topic 4.2: Create Basic Excel Dashboard and Scorecards
- Sketch your dashboard layout
- Link to Excel pivot tables
- Incorporate appropriate dashboard elements such as gauge chart, KPI
Topic 4.3 Create Interactive Excel Dashboard
- Form control, value-based formatting and dynamic series selection
- Animating changes over time
- Limitations of data and Interpretation of findings
Day 5
Topic 5: Visual Basic Application (VBA) for Excel Training
Topic 5.1 Get Started on VBA
- What is VBA
- Access VBA from Excel
- Write Your First VBA Code
- Message and Input Box
- Macro Record
Topic 5.2 VBA Programming
- Variables and Constants
- Data Types and Array
- Operators
- Decision
- Loops
Topic 5.3 Function and Sub Procedure
- Worksheet Functions
- Create Charts
- Sub Procedure
Topic 4.4 Managing Excel Objects
- Work with Excel Objects
- Error Handling
- Debugging
Topic 4.5 Events and User Forms
- Events
- User Forms
Course Info
Prerequisite
The learner must meet the minimum requirement below :
- Read, write, speak and understand English
Target Audience
- NSF
- Full Time Students
- Data Analysts
Software Requirement
This course will use Google Colab for training. Please ensure you have a Google account.
HRDF Funding
Please refer to this video https://youtu.be/Kzpd-V1F9Xs
1- HRD Corp Grant Helper
How to submit grant applications for HRD Corp Claimable Courses
2- Employers are required to apply for the grant at least one week before training commences.
Employers must submit their applications with supporting documents, including invoices/quotations, trainer profiles, training schedule and course content.
3- First, Login to Employer’s e-TRIS account -https://etris.hrdcorp.gov.my
Second, Click Application
4- Click Grant on the left side under Applications
5- Click Apply Grant on the left side under Applications
6- Click Apply
7- Choose a Scheme Code and select HRD Corp Claimable Courses: Skim Bantuan Latihan Khas. Then, click Apply
8- Scheme Code represents all types of training that suit the requirements provided by HRD Corp. Below are the list of schemes offered by HRD Corp:
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Select your desired training programme.
Give an explanation on why the participant is required to attend the training. E.g., related to their tasks/ career development, etc.
Explain the background and objective of this training.
Select a relevant focus area. For Employer-Specific Courses, select ‘Not Applicable’.
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26- Select Upfront Payment to Training Provider and key in the percentage from 0% to 30%. Then, click Save and Next
27- Complete the declaration form and select a desired officer
28- Add all the required documents, then click Add Attachment. Then, click Save and Submit Application
29- Once the New Grant Application is successfully submitted, the Grant Officer will evaluate the application accordingly. The application may be queried if additional information is required.
The application status will be updated via the employer’s dashboard, email, and the e-TRiS inbox.
Job Roles
- Data Analyst
- Business Analyst
- Financial Analyst
- Operations Manager
- Marketing Analyst
- HR Metrics Specialist
- Sales Operations Specialist
- Report Developer
- Project Manager
- Management Accountant
- Product Manager
- Supply Chain Analyst
- Performance Metrics Specialist
- Market Researcher
- Business Intelligence Coordinator
Trainers
Ramzan: Ramzan has been conducting training and lectures in the IT industry for the past 18 years. She started her career as a college lecturer teaching NCC Diploma Computer Studies. Due to her in-depth experience and breadth of knowledge, Ramzan was selected by the Malaysian Ministry of Education to conduct training for Government School teachers called Program Latihan Penggunaan Peralatan TMK PPSMI 5. She has since then further forayed into academia training engagements with both public and private tertiary education institutions such as University Malaya, University Teknologi MARA, University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), University of Nottingham Malaysia and The SEGi Education Group. Being an effective communicator with proven ability to build strong working relationships and generating results, Ramzan ventured into the corporate training field with her core expertise in productivity software suite training ie: Microsoft Office, IBM Lotus Smart Suites, Google Docs and Open Office applications. Her corporate training portfolio achievements include training multitude business verticals and industry segments encompassing Government Linked Companies, Corporate Enterprise and Small Medium Businesses. This includes companies such as Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Felda, Petronas, UEM Land, Air Asia, Maybank, CIMB, Standard Charted, Honda, Perodua, BMW, Shell, DHL, Gamuda, Hewlett Packard, Prudential, Maxis, Celcom Axiata Group and others.
Dr. Ummul Fahri Abdul Rauf: Dr. Ummul Fahri Abdul Rauf has PhD in Applied Statistics from RMIT University, Australia. Her research interests are applied statistics, multivariate analysis, statistical modelling, statistical inference and programming using R Software. As per her affiliation with National Defence University of Malaysia (NDUM) for 12 years, she is also experienced as principal investigator and has worked on a few research grants for parametric and non-parametric analysis, univariate and multivariate analysis using copulas in various areas in engineering, social science, and psychology. She has a strong fundamental knowledge of research methodology, extensive experience with Excel, SPSS, R and MINITAB in writing and presenting reports. At present, she is conducting a special training program in statistical programming including advanced multivariate data analysis using Copulas. Besides teaching and research, her additional duties involve assisting the Director of Quality Assurance and Data Management Centre at NDUM to coordinate and monitor implementation of Quality Management System (QMS) and conduct internal and external audits, to coordinate collection and verification of data for continual enhancement and liaise with relevant external agencies on academic quality compliance issues e.g. Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysian Qualification Agency. Dr. Ummul Fahri currently is the deputy director for Quality Assurance and Data Management Centre and has been holding the post for 4 years.
Lee Cheong Loong: Lee Cheong Loong, Manager with 23 years working experience in multiple role and department, He completed HRD Corp Train the Trainer programme, HRD Corp Accredited Trainer, Microsoft Certified Trainer and CPFA Citizen Data scientist Trainer programme. with Professional certificate in Big Data & Analytics, Microsoft Office Specialist -Excel 2016 and Tableau Desktop Specialist. He also deliver training for R & Python programming, Excel Dashboard for Business analysis, Data Visualization with Tableau, and Microsoft PowerBI, and Citizen Data Scientist (OpenCertHub).