• Entry Level Office Assistant Certificate
• Office Systems and Word Processing Certificate

Entry Level Office Assistant Certificate**

REQUIRED COURSES:
CAOT 2* Computer Keyboarding II (with the ability to type 40 wpm for 5 minutes with no more than 5 errors)
CAOT 31 Business English 3
CAOT 33 Records Management and Filing 2
CAOT 34 Business Vocabulary and Spelling 2
CAOT 92 Microcomputer Windows Applications 2
CAOT 39 Word Processing: Keyboarding and Operations OR (3) CAOT 84 Microcomp. Office Applications: Word Processing
CAOT 47 Applied Office Practice 2
Total: 17

PLUS 6 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
CAOT 7 Machine Transcription 3
CAOT 32 Business Communications 3
CAOT 35 Word Processing: Concepts in Information Systems 3
CAOT 37 Secretarial Accounting 3
CAOT 78 Microcomputer Accounting Applications
for the Electronic Office 3
CAOT 82 Microcomputer Software Survey in the Office 3
CAOT 85 Microcomputer Office Applications: Spreadsheets 3
CAOT86* Microcomputer Office Applications: Database 3
CAOT 97 Introduction to Internet for the Office 3
CAOT 108 Presentation Design for the Office (2)
CAOT 115 Microcomputer Office Applications Web Page
Design for the Office Professional 3
Total: 23

Office Systems and Word Processing Specialist Certificate**

The Office Systems Word Processing Specialist Certificate can lead to positions such as: Correspondence Secretary Word Processing Secretary, Word Processing Technician
REQUIRED COURSES:
CAOT 2* Computer Keyboarding II (with the ability to type 50 wpm for 5 minutes with no more than 5 errors)
CAOT 31 Business English 3
CAOT 32 Business Communications 3
CAOT 33 Records Management and Filing 2
CAOT 34 Business Vocabulary and Spelling 2
CAOT 37 Secretarial Accounting 3
CAOT 82 Microcomputer Software Survey in the Office 3
CAOT 92 Microcomputer Windows Applications 2
CAOT 39 Word Processing: Keyboarding & Operations OR (3) CAOT 84 Microcomp. Office Applications: Word Processing
CAOT 35 Word Processing: Concepts in Information Systems 3
CAOT 85 Microcomputer Office Applications: Spreadsheet 3
CAOT 86* Microcomputer Office Applications: Data Base 3
Total: 33
PLUS 2 COURSES FROM THE FOLLOWING: 5-6
CAOT 97 Introduction to Internet for the Office 3
CAOT 47 Applied Office Practice 2
CAOT 7 Machine Transcription 3
CAOT 78 Microcomputer Accounting Applications
for the Electronic Office 3
CAOT 108 Presentation Design for the Office 2
CAOT 115 Microcomputer Office Applications Web Page
Design for the Office Professional 3
Total: 38-39

**Certificate applicants must submit a typing certificate verifying their typing speed along with their petitions. This typing certificate must be dated no more than one year before the date the occupational certificate is submitted.