Too many administrative and repetitive tasks to handle? Robotic Process Automation (RPA) can help you!
This short one-day masterclass session introduces what RPA is, giving insight into how it can be used to automate digitised administrative tasks that are repetitive and thus improve working efficiency.
Through hands-on exercises and discussions, participants will acquire a working knowledge of the processes on RPA. This will allow them to implement a similar system at their companies after completing the course.
Sign up now for this quick to learn and deploy programme that can free you from mundane and repetitive tasks so that you can channel precious time for higher value work.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Attain the skills to develop basic RPA script and apply directly to their work processes
- Be equipped with the knowledge to gauge and identify areas of work possible for automation (RPA-able) to improve work productivity
- Appreciate the benefits of RPA in automating repetitive tasks and eliminate human error
Who Should Attend?
This course is suitable for business professionals and individuals who are keen to learn how to use RPA to eliminate mundane and repetitive tasks.
Entry Requirement
Participants need to have basic computer skills and comfortable in using Microsoft Office applications.
For participants signing up for e-learning (home based online learning) run, you are required to:
- Download and install Microsoft Teams. Please click here for a step-by-step guide.
- Use a laptop running Windows Operating System (OS) with Microsoft Excel installed. Tablets or Macintosh OS are NOT suitable.
- Laptop with minimum 8GB RAM
- Recommended to have a Microsoft Outlook account to facilitate one of the hands-on activities
Certification
Participants will be awarded a certificate of completion upon meeting the 75% course attendance requirement.
For courses with formal assessment component, participants will be awarded the certification of completion upon passing the assessment. Otherwise, a certification of attendance will be issued instead upon meeting the 75% course attendance requirement.
Trainer's Profile
Mr. Eugene Tham has been teaching in Republic Polytechnic since 2006. Prior to this, he worked in DSO National Lab as an embedded systems software engineer for six years. For most of his career, Eugene has been revolving around software coding, embedded systems and microcontroller. His alternate interest lies in electronics and product design. Eugene is passionate about service-learning and have been leading various service-learning projects both local and overseas since 2010, enriching the out-of-classroom service-learning experience for his students through these projects.
Eugene is a strong proponent of RPA. He is well-versed in both Workfusion and UiPath, and have obtained UiPath’s Advanced Developer Certification. He is currently imparting his RPA skills to the industry via Republic Polytechnic’s RPA short courses.
Eugene graduated with a first class honors in Computer Engineering from NTU. In addition, he has a Masters in Computer Science from NTU, and a Masters in Engineering and Management from MIT.
Mr. Ong Lee Weng joined the School of Engineering of Republic Polytechnic (RP) and has served the education sector for more than 10 years as a lecturer. During his secondment to RP’s Centre of Innovation - Supply Chain Management (COI-SCM), Lee Weng was in the consulting team that help to improve productivity of companies in the SCM areas, he was involved in various RPA implementation projects across different industries. Prior to joining RP, Lee Weng has previously worked in the new product development of semiconductor industry.
Lee Weng holds a Master of Science (Industrial and System Engineering) degree from National University of Singapore.
Mr. Vincent Lim is a Senior Lecturer with Republic Polytechnic and has several years of Robotics Process Automation (RPA) implementation experience with companies in Singapore. He started his career as a software engineer and has deployed several software systems around the Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Republic Polytechnic, Vincent took on regional roles in integrating Lean Six Sigma methodology with digital technologies.
Vincent graduated from the National University of Singapore with a degree in Computer Engineering, and holds a Master of Business Administration.
Testimonials
I recommended this one-day RPA course by RP to my colleagues after attending it. The course was very engaging. It also built my confidence and interest to explore the tools available back at my workplace.
Fees for 2022
| Full Course Fees (with GST) |
Singapore Citizens aged 39 & below OR Singapore PR |
Singapore Citizens aged 40 & above |
SME-sponsored Singapore Citizens OR Singapore PR |
| $353.10 |
$105.93 |
$35.31 |
$39.93 |
Fees for 2023
| Full Course Fees (with GST) |
Singapore Citizens aged 39 & below |
Singapore Citizens aged 40 & above |
Singapore PR |
SME-sponsored Singapore Citizens |
SME-sponsored Singapore PR |
| $356.40 |
$105.93 |
$35.31 |
$106.92 |
$39.93 |
$40.92 |
Notes:
- Payment may be made using SkillsFuture Credit.
- Fees reflected are inclusive of Goods and Services Tax (GST). In line with the government fee freeze directive from 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023, the fees in 2023 for Singapore Citizen will remain the same as 2022. RP will absorb the additional 1% GST for Singapore Citizen in 2023 only.
Republic Polytechnic reserves the right to make changes to the course fee and application closing dates without prior notice. The commencement of each course is subject to sufficient number of participants.
All information is accurate at time of publishing.