Upon completion of these fast paced tracks, students will be equipped with Certificates and Cutting Edge Skills ready to compete in today's high tech job markets. Your Training Counselor and Instructor will help you determine which Certificate is right for you.

Accounting Clerks are an organization's financial record keeper. They compute, classify, record and verify numerical data in order to develop and maintain financial records. As organizations computerize their financial records, more accounting clerks are using specialized accounting software on personal computers. Information is entered into the computer from receipts or bills, then is stored either electronically or as computer printouts.

Accounting and bookkeeping clerks held nearly 2.2 million jobs in 1994. About 1 out of every 4 was in the wholesale and retail trades. About one-third were in organizations providing business, health, educational, and social services.

We live in an age of fast moving technological advancement; an age when machines perform many of the functions long considered the job of the skilled craftsman. Employees are now expected to do many of the technical tasks once delegated to professional secretaries, advertisers, bookkeepers and analysts.

The Computer Applications Specialist track help equip students with the computer skills necessary to be competitive in today's technologically advanced job market. They will acquire the skills in the applications in demand by business, using the most current and popular software packages.

In 1994, computer specialists held about 259,000 jobs. Although jobs for computer specialists are found in almost every industry, most are in wholesale trade establishments, manufacturing companies, data processing service firms, financial institutions, and government agencies.