Office Assistant

OFFICE ASSISTANT

General Description

Prerequisite: Approval of office secretary

The objective of this course is to practice responsibility, confidentiality, punctuality, and time management while performing various clerical tasks in a school office.  Students work with administrators, office personnel, the public and with other students. Students are expected to maintain a business office atmosphere. A pass/fail grade will be issued. Note: Students may not receive credit for more than one assistant position per semester.
 

Content

Tasks include:

• answering telephones
• filing
• typing, duplicating materials
• and running errands as needed