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Tongue Point Job Corps Center
37573 Old Highway 30
Astoria, OR 97103-7000
503-325-2131
 		Office Assistant


Office Assistant Student - All photos provided by courtesy of Job Corps center operators under contract to the US Department of Labor.
To complete the Office Assistant training, a student must master the skills in the following categories:

Business English
Demonstrate the proper use of grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Demonstrate the ability to communicate verbally and in written communication.

Telephone etiquette and voice mail
Office Procedures
Demonstrate ability to organize and plan work utilizing available office resources, including the use of the Internet.

Keyboard skills and procedures
Demonstrate procedures for document layout. Type from draft documents. Prepare correspondence, envelopes and labels. Prepare agendas, minutes, columns, tables and financial statements. Type 35 WPM. Key at 150 KSPM on a 10-Key calculator.

Computer skills and procedures
Introduction to computer components and ability to perform basic functions.

Word processing software
MS Word 2000 - Capable of using word processing software to create documents. Use of formatting functions, editing, macros, tables, and merged documents.

Windows operating system
Demonstrate the ability to manage files using Windows Explorer.

Spreadsheet and publishing software
Excel 2000 - Demonstrate knowledge of basic spreadsheet functions. Able to perform computations, calculations, range functions and create formulas. Create graphs. Basic knowledge of desktop publishing.

Record keeping and filing systems
Record data and check for accuracy. Perform business math functions. Demonstrate the following filing methods: Alphabetic, Alphabetic correspondence, Numeric, Subject, Geographic.

Database software
Creating database. Ability to complete record input, modifications, sorts, queries, and reports.


Tongue Point Job Corps Center
offers these vocational training programs on campus:
| Accounting Clerk | Carpentry | Cement Mason | Computer Service Technician | Culinary Arts | Dental Assistant | Electrician Trainee | Facilities Maintenance | Architectural Metal and Glass Works | Landscape Technician | Medical Assistant | Nursing Assistant | Office Assistant | Painter | Plasterer | Seamanship | Welding | Word Processor |


Tongue Point Job Corps Center
"Employability is our business."
37573 Old Highway 30
Astoria, OR 97103-7000
503-325-2131
Fax: 503-325-5375
E-mail: Tita Montero at montero.tita@jobcorps.org
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