Business Technologies
Whether you’re preparing to enter the business world and building a foundation of skills, or adding to your experience by updating your knowledge of new technology, our programs and courses offer the tools you need in today’s ever-evolving business environment.

Industry Overview
As technology continues to expand in offices across the nation, the skills required of office professionals and all employees have greatly evolved. Office automation and organizational restructuring have led secretaries and administrative assistants to assume a wider range of new responsibilities once reserved for managerial and professional staff. Many employees now provide training and orientation for new staff, conduct research on the Internet, and operate and troubleshoot new office technologies. Business employees increasingly use personal computers to create spreadsheets, compose correspondence, manage databases, and create reports and documents via desktop publishing.

Many different professions draw upon the skills found in this division. Among them are bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks; receptionists and information clerks; court reporters; human resources assistants; computer operators; data entry and information processing workers; paralegals and legal assistants; medical assistants; and medical records and health information technicians. A growing number of secretaries share in managerial and human resource responsibilities. Other occupations requiring these skills include office and administrative support supervisors and managers, computer and information systems managers, administrative services managers, and human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists. [Industry Overview is condensed from U.S. Dept. of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics 2003 Career Guide to Industries: www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm]

SLTATC Programs and Courses

Programs
Each of the programs in the Business Technologies Division is structured to prepare you for a vital and needed career. Each program is made up of one or more specialized courses which, when added together, will give you the specific skills you will need to succeed in the workforce. The educational content of each of our programs is carefully scrutinized by an advisory board made up of industry professionals and business leaders to make sure you will be learning the skills businesses want their employees to have.

		Programs:
		Accounting Clerk				Customer Service
		Business Technology Basics				Media Design Technology
		Business Technology				Microsoft Office Specialist
		Computer Applications				Front Office Support
		IC3 Skills

Courses
Individual courses within the Business Technologies Division may be taken separately or as part of a specific program. An individual class will give you a specific set of knowledge and skills. When taken as part of a program, a course becomes part of a comprehensive education designed to help you succeed in the workplace.

		Courses:
		Accounting I				Internet Applications
		Accounting II				Intro. to Spanish for Professionals
		Basic Computer Skills				Job Seeking Skills
		Business Correspondence				Keyboarding Basics
		Business English				Keyboarding I
		Business Leadership				Keyboarding II
		Business Math				Keyboarding III
		Clinical/externships/interships				Math I
		Computer Graphics				Operating Systems Fundamentals
		Computer Literacy				Principles of Design
		Computerized Accounting/Quickbooks				Quickbooks/Computerized Accounting
		Database Applications I				Records Management
		Database Applications II				Spanish for Professionals
		Electronic Presentations				Spreadsheet Applications I
		Financial Records				Spreadsheet Applications II
		ESL for Business Technologies				Word Processing Applications I
		G.E.D. Preparation				Word Processing Applications II
		Integrated Project				Workplace Relations

More Information
Because the business world is continually evolving and changing, programs and courses at the SLTATC are constantly evolving and improving so that you receive the best and most current training. Please see the individual program and course pages for the latest information.