Intermediate Computer Operator Technology Program is a 600 Clock hour program designed to develop student competence in word processing, spreadsheet, and data entry operations necessary for intermediate entry-level employment in today's automated office environment. Students will develop skills necessary for employment within the field of Data processing, Word processing (including preparation for employment within clerical and industrial centers). Students learn to operate machines that type, print, sort, compute, send, or receive information. Students are critiqued through course examinations (60%), computer generated work experience practice sessions (30%), and attendance (10%).

Student’s whom successfully complete this program in the projected 32-week period will be able to monitor and control electronic computers to process business, scientific, engineering, and other data according to operating instructions. Students will also learn to set control switches on computer and peripheral equipment, such as external memory, data communicating, input, synchronizing, and output/printing devices to integrate and operate equipment according to program, routines and subroutines, and data requirements specified in operating instructions. Graduates will quickly recognize that jobs are found in businesses, factories, government agencies, and wherever else large amounts of data are handled.

The program curriculum consists of the following courses:

Course Number	Course Description	Lecture / Lab Hours	Total Hours
KB100	Keyboarding I	Lecture-5 Lab-35	40
*KB101	Keyboarding II	Lecture-10 Lab-50	60
*KB102	Keyboarding III	Lecture-20 Lab-60	80
CIS100	Intro. to Microcomputers	Lecture-5 Lab-35	40
*CIS101	Data Processing Operations & Documentation	Lecture-10 Lab-50	60
*CIS200	Word Processing Applications	Lecture-5 Lab-35	40
*CIS300	Spreadsheet Applications	Lecture-5 Lab-35	40
*CIS400	Intro. to Graphs	Lecture-5 Lab-35	40
*CIS500	Database Applications	Lecture-5 Lab-35	40
*CIS600	Intro. to the Internet	Lecture-5 Lab-35	40
*CIS601	Intermediate Internet	Lecture- 10 Lab-50	60
*KB201	Intermediate Keyboarding II	Lecture- 10 Lab-50	60
TOTAL			600

If you are interested in this or any other program please feel free to contact a corporate sales manager at (915) 541-8899 in El Paso, or at (505) 541-8900 in Las Cruces. You can also send us an email to sales@computer-labs.com.