Editing & Proofreading Courses

Course Duration
Max 24 Months
Study Hours
Approx 180 hours
Course Number
90120

EDITING & PROOFREADING COURSES:

Professional Editing & Proofreading Course

Turn your attention to detail into a career

If you have a passion for words and an eye for detail, proofreading could be the perfect profession for you.

Our Professional Editing & Proofreading course will introduce you to proofreading marks and show you effective procedures for ensuring that documents are accurate, error-free and adhere to style guidelines. You'll also learn valuable techniques for copy editing, as well as ways to develop effective working relationships with authors.

As a freelance proofreader or editor you'll find opportunities for work across a broad range of industries, including publishing houses, government departments and businesses of all sizes.

What you will learn

  • Editing notes and colloquial speech
  • General knowledge and playing with words
  • Computer editing and electronic publishing
  • Copyrighting and author's style
  • Proofreading and design
  • Getting down to business
  • Introduction to editing & proofreading
  • Proofreading marks
  • Structural editing
  • Continuity
  • Copy editing
  • The editor and the author

Included extras

  • Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers
  • Mark up pen

Career prospects

The skills you develop during this course will benefit anyone who wants to work with words for a living. The techniques you'll learn will be valuable whether you plan to work with business documents, advertising material or manuscripts.

Potential job titles include:

  • Freelance Proofreader
  • Freelance Editor
  • Web Content Editor