Word Processing
A four to six-month course with open enrollment dates.
The training is designed to prepare an individual to process communication in an office work site using a personal computer with assistive technology.
The curriculum is arranged in three components. Component one consists of keyboard and assistive technology instruction.
In component two, the trainee is taught word processing, using a tutorial textbook, and extensive hands-on practice using a personal computer.
The third component is real work tasks from realistic business situations. The trainee is also taught secretarial office procedures and, upon request, telephone system operation.
The equipment and assistive technology used in the classroom includes the personal computer with either speech synthesizer programs or large print programs.
Qualifications:
- General vocational skill requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Print reading speed of 100 wpm with 75 percent comprehension, or Braille reading speed of 60 wpm with 75 percent comprehension.
- Typing speed of 60 net wpm with high rate of accuracy.
- Ability to hear and comprehend information from transcribing equipment.
- Good working knowledge of English.
