Program Outline

The program varies slightly from campus to campus. Please contact your local CNC campus for details of their specific program.

Admission requirements
1. Successful completion of one of the following: - Grade 12 (with English 12 or English 12: First Peoples, Communications 12, or Technical and Professional Communications 12) or - ABE/CCP Advanced Certificate or - GED Certificate or - Mature student status. To explore this option, consult a CNC counsellor/ advisor, Regional Director, or ABT faculty member. 2. Completion of a keyboarding proficiency assessment with a minimum speed of 20 net words per minute, or permission from the department (see notes below). 3. You must take the English and Math Achievement Test (EMAT), administered by the college. If you score below a certain level, you must complete upgrading. Its strongly recommended that you write the EMAT early. 4. You must read, sign, and return an ABT Entrance Information Form prior to acceptance into the program. Note 1: Have you successfully completed ABTC 065 Keyboarding Speed 1, Computer Studies 020, or an equivalent? If so, you wont have to take the keyboarding assessment. Note 2: The keyboarding assessment may take the form of an original signed transcript or a letter on institutional letterhead from a teacher of typing, or an assessment by a CNC Applied Business Technology instructor, or designate. To arrange an assessment, please contact your local campus. Obtain your BC Adult Graduation Diploma (BC AGD) Are you planning to enter the ABT Administrative Assistant program with one of the following? Mature student status ABE/CCP Advanced Certificate GED Certificate If so, after completing the ABT program, youll be eligible to receive an exit certificate. This is equivalent to an Adult Dogwood (now known as the BC Adult Graduation Diploma).

Semester 1 AugustDecember
ABTB 073 Financial Records ABTE 074 Business Communications I ABTH 070 Human Relations ABTP 072 Office Procedures ABTW 043 Word Processing/ Document Production Levels I, II, and III ABTW 073 Microcomputer Applications I

Semester 2 JanuaryMay
ABTA 078 Computerized Bookkeeping ABTE 075Business Communications II ABTP 078 Office Simulations in the Electronic Office ABTV 072 Work Experience ABTW 074 Microcomputer Applications II ABTW 078 Introduction to Desktop Publishing and Advanced Features of Word Processing

Careers after completing this program

Office clerk Receptionist Administrative assistant Office manager Executive assistant Small business owner With this program you will learn the technical skills required as well as professionalism. After completing this course you will be efficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point), Computerized Bookkeeping and Desktop Publishing as well as proper time management, communication, professional image, and interpersonal skills.

Full-time Start dates and fees vary contact your

local CNC campus
Fees: $3,987

34 weeks Burns Lake, Mackenzie, Prince George, Quesnel, and Vanderhoof

(Applied Business Technology)

Contacts:
Recruitment Advisor :

1+ 250-561-5855 1-800-371-8111, ext. 5855

Admissions :

1+ 250-561-5867 1-800-371-8111, ext. 5867

Counselling and Advising Office

1+ 250-561-5818 1-800-371-8111, ext. 5818