NORTH SHORE NEWS

April 29, 1981

page A-16

Cap office training gets update
Despite high levels of
unemployment, statistics
show that skilled office
workers are in short supply.
But the emphasis is on
"skilled".
According to the Business
O ffice Training (BOT)
department at Capilano
C o l l e ge,
offices
are
becoming more complex and
jobseekers who are familiar
with a wide range of office
machines and procedures
have a better prospect of
securing a job.
Responding to current
needs, the BOT department
has completely updated its

program to meet the needs
of business and industry for
office staff trained in
modem technology. The
program, which is being
introduced in May, is now
eight months long and en­
compasses three options:
Bookkeeping, Clerk-Typist
or Stenographer.
Bookkeeping students are
trained to handle the ac­
counting procedures of a
small business or to be part
of an accounting team in a
larger firm. Students receive
training in both manual and
computerized systems.
The Clerk Typist option

stresses
ke y b o a r d S t e n o g r a p h e r
option,
proficiency.
With
the stude nts l e a r n Gr e g g
growing use of computers in Shorthand o n a n individual
offices, more and more basis at their own speed.
people are required to have
All students receive in­
typing skills. As soon as
clerk-typists and stenos in struction in Data Entry
the program reach 55 words procedures.
The summer session starts
per minute they are also
given the opportunity to May 4 and all courses can be
train on the IBM Memory taken on a part-time basis.
and MAG II electronic For further information call
986-1911, local 235.
typewriters and the AES
T e xt
Editors
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Processing Equipment.
in
people
Many
management still prefer
personal dictation. In the