Career Pathway Certificate: Office Assistant

Career Description

The Office Assistant certificate prepares students to perform routine clerical functions. Students earning this certificate are prepared to enter jobs as entry-level administrative assistants, receptionists, file clerks or data entry personnel.

Course of Study

Career Pathway Certificates (CPCs) represent short-term educational goals geared towards specific areas within the Administrative Assistant certificate and the Administrative Assistant AAS degree. Students will be able to earn one or more of these related CPCs in the course of their studies for the one-year certificate or the two-year degree. Some CPCs may require completion of a specific set of program electives, and students should discuss these options with their advisor. These CPCs may also lead to entry-level jobs and benefit students who want to upgrade their skills in a specific area of Computer Applications and Office Systems.

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this certificate, students will be able to:

• Produce professional, error-free, timely documents by using current and emerging software and hardware technology.

• Perform general office tasks: plan and participate in meetings, coordinate travel arrangements, schedule appointments, greet clients/customers, and process mail using office equipment.
• Use critical thinking, organization and problem solving to effectively manage numeric, alphabetic and digital data and hard copy office documents.