Excel Skills for Business (Macquarie University)
Coursera
Free to audit
Self-paced · beginner · About 6 months part-time · certificate available
Free to audit; certificate is paid. Check current details on the provider’s site.
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Operations
Operations analyst
Tracks and improves how work flows.
How people get in
E-commerce, logistics and quick-commerce companies.
First proof to build
Analyse a real process (e.g. a shop's orders) and cut one step.
National Classification of Occupations 2015, division 3: Technicians and associate professionals.
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Free options first. Finishing a course keeps a skill self-reported; deliver a gig to prove it.
Excel / Google Sheets
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Paid
Certification · beginner · About 6 months at a few hours a week · certificate available
Paid subscription (financial aid available on Coursera). Check current details on the provider’s site.
Inventory and operations
MITx MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management
edX
Free to audit
Self-paced · intermediate · About 1 year part-time · certificate available
Free to audit; verified certificates are paid. Check current details on the provider’s site.
SQL basics
CS50's Introduction to Databases with SQL
Harvard University
Free
Self-paced · beginner · About 7 weeks · certificate available
Free. Check current details on the provider’s site.
Kaggle Learn: Intro to SQL
Kaggle Learn
Free
Self-paced · beginner · About 3 hours · certificate available
Free. Check current details on the provider’s site.
Charts and dashboards
Kaggle Learn: Data Visualization
Kaggle Learn
Free
Self-paced · beginner · About 4 hours · certificate available
Free. Check current details on the provider’s site.
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Paid
Certification · beginner · About 6 months at a few hours a week · certificate available
Paid subscription (financial aid available on Coursera). Check current details on the provider’s site.
Process improvement (Lean basics)
MITx MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management
edX
Free to audit
Self-paced · intermediate · About 1 year part-time · certificate available
Free to audit; verified certificates are paid. Check current details on the provider’s site.
NPTEL courses from IITs and IISc
IITs and IISc (via NPTEL)
FreeBrowse
Browse catalogue · intermediate · 4–12 weeks per course
Free to learn; certification exam is paid. Check current details on the provider’s site.