This program is designed to prepare students for employment as Administrative Office Specialists and it provides supplemental training for persons previously or currently employed. It offers a broad foundation of knowledge and skills expanding the traditional role of the Administrative Assistant. The content includes the use of technology to develop communications skills, higher level thinking skills, and decision-making skills; the performance of office procedures tasks; the production of quality work in an efficient manner using advanced features of business software applications; research of job opportunities; and the production of high-quality employment portfolios and job-seeking documents. It is available for secondary, dual enrolled, and postsecondary students.
This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses the understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the office support services industry: planning; management; finance; technical and production skills; underlying principles of technology; labor issues; community issues; and health, safety and environmental issues.
This occupation has an average wage of $17.17 an hour, based on the Florida Occupational Employment and Wages for Polk County.