Office Administration

Take your knack for planning and organizing to the next level. With our Office Administration program, you’ll receive a solid foundation in accounting, current administrative practices, communications and software applications. You will develop the broad range of skills required to perform administrative duties in a professional office environment. The one-year program concludes with a four-week work practicum where you will have the opportunity to apply your new skills and knowledge in an office environment, preparing you for employment.

• High School Diploma or Adult High School Diploma or GED Diploma of High School Equivalency

You will be well prepared for employment in computerized office environments where the knowledge of various office systems, and skills in a variety of software packages, is required. You will also have the necessary foundation required to expand your skills. Because graduates have been thoroughly trained in key administrative skills required in business today, they have great success finding employment related to their training.

1411 - General office support workers
1413 - Records Management and Filing Clerks
1422 - Data entry clerks
1432 - Payroll clerks
1441 - Administrative Clerks
1453 - Customer Service, Information and Related Clerks
1474 - Purchasing and Inventory Clerks

• Accounting - Manual and Computerized
• Business Mathematics
• Records Management
• Keyboarding
• Document Formatting
• Employment Preparation
• Interpersonal Communications
• Customer Service
• Writing Fundamentals
• Research Skills
• Business Writing
• Email and Internet
• Introduction to Computers
• Software Applications - Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Databases
• Elective choices(subject to availability)
• Work Practicum (four weeks)

Credits can be applied directly to the Office Administration: Executive Certificate program. Some course credits can be directly applied to the Business Administration Diploma. This is a L.I.V.E. program. NBCC L.I.V.E. students have a world of knowledge at their fingertips via the NBCC wireless network. Classes that use the L.I.V.E. program are different from traditional classes because students may find themselves completing class assignments online or maintaining an electronic journal. When not in the classroom, students can still communicate with their classmates and instructors in an electronic medium, measure their knowledge through online tests, or simply conduct research on the internet. To find out more about how L.I.V.E. works, click here