Office Administration – General

Office Administration – General

Office Administrators are important to the business world. They perform a variety of secretarial and administrative duties which can include the inputting of data, writing reports, assisting the billing department, and more.

Introduction

Our training in Office Administration Careers from Sunview College provides a solid foundation in General office and work on preparing correspondence, reports, statements and other material, operate office equipment, answer telephones and perform clerical duties of a general nature according to established procedures.

Students will learn the professional and ethical standards required to work in the Canadian offices throughout the public and private sectors. Education in this field can allow you to advance in your field and potentially earn a higher salary.

This special program qualifies graduates for careers such as:

• Executive Assistant
• Administrative Assistant
• Microsoft Office Suite specialist
• Professional Office Support
• Records Clerk
• Office Assistant
• General Office Clerk
• Typist

Main duties for people in this field could be:

• Key in, edit, proofread, and finalize correspondence, reports, statements, invoices, forms, presentations, and other documents
• Respond to telephone, in person or electronic inquiries
• Provide general information to clients and the public
• Photocopy and collate documents for distribution, mailing and filing
• Maintain and prepare reports from manual or electronic files, inventories, mailing lists and databases
• Process incoming and outgoing mail, manually or electronically
• May perform bookkeeping
• May order office supplies and arrange for servicing in the case of major repairs.
• Send and receive messages and documents using fax machine or electronic mail
• May perform bookkeeping tasks such as preparing invoices and bank deposits
• May sort, process and verify applications, receipts, expenditures, forms and other documents
• Ordering office supplies, service office equipment and arrange for servicing in the case of major repairs.