This program is designed to prepare the student for employment as an administrative secretary. In addition, they may be asked to assume responsibility for composing and dictating letters, recording meeting minutes, collecting data and performing research, generating reports, maintaining budgets and other accounting applications, and supervisory duties. This program is designed to prepare the student for employment as a secretary utilizing word processing skills.
Secretaries perform a full range of office tasks.
They may handle incoming and outgoing mail, type documents and forms, transcribe business documents from dictation, file and retrieve records, handle telephone calls, and make travel arrangements. Secretaries use a wide variety of office equipment including typewriters, microcomputers, transcribing machines, calculators, and photocopiers. This program is designed to prepare the student for employment as a clerk typist or receptionist. Clerk typists and receptionists perform a wide variety of office tasks. Persons in these positions may use typewriters, microcomputers, transcribing machines, calculating machines, and photocopiers.