COURSE CODE: 6621

Office Administration

SCED Code: 12003
Virginia Extended Description: 36
Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: FBLA
Non-Traditional?: M

Students develop and enhance skills in processing and managing information, data and financial functions while developing and improving communication skills and other vital competencies needed for successful employment as administrative support professionals. Students examine and employ the latest technology and software used in office systems. In addition, students study procedures involved with information processing, procurement, telecommunications, maintaining office systems, organizing and planning functions, supervising employees, and developing employability skills.

Recommended prerequisite(s): Keyboarding course(s) or teacher-approved demonstration and documentation of touch keyboarding skills

Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Printing Technology
  • Production, Planning, Expediting Clerk

Pathway Occupation
Administrative Support
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Dispatcher
  • Executive Assistant
  • Office Manager
  • Paralegal
  • Receptionist
General Management
  • Administrative Services Manager
  • Facilities Manager
  • General Manager
  • Office Manager
  • Operations Manager
  • Purchasing Manager
Health, Safety and Environmental Management
  • Health, Safety, and Environment Manager
Human Resources Management
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Compliance Officer
  • EEO Specialist
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Occupational Analyst
Operations Management
  • Billing Manager
  • Facilities Manager
  • General Manager
  • Purchasing Manager
  • Shipping and Receiving Clerk

Pathway Occupation
Information Support and Services
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Applications Integrator
  • Computer User Support Specialist
  • Data Entry Specialist
  • Front Office Assistant

Pathway Occupation
Sales and Service
  • Billing Clerk
  • Customer Service Representative (CSR)
  • Dispatcher
  • Office Manager
  • Parts Salesperson
  • Statement Clerk

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