COURSE CODE: 6622

Office Administration

SCED Code: 12003
Virginia Extended Description: 18
Suggested Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Duration: 18 Weeks
Hours: 70
Credits: 0.5
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. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

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

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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.

Virginia’s High Demand Occupations and Apprenticeable Occupations

Section § 2.2-2472 of the Code of Virginia requires the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (VBWD) to publish a list of jobs, trades, and professions for which a high demand for qualified workers exists or is projected.  The Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE) collaborated with the VBWD and related stakeholders to develop the high demand occupations list. VOEE’s mission is to leverage data to inform educational programming, policy, and workforce partnerships across the Commonwealth.  See also the Virginia 2024 High Demand Occupations Dashboard

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code, Occupation Description, and Active Apprenticeable Occupation status (Yes/No per the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry). 

SOC Code Occupation Description Apprenticeable Occupation
435032 Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance Yes
439199 Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other No
232011 Paralegals and Legal Assistants No
434171 Receptionists and Information Clerks No
113012 Administrative Services Managers No
113013 Facilities Managers No
111021 General and Operations Managers No
113061 Purchasing Managers No
434051 Customer Service Representatives No
119199 Managers, All Other No
131041 Compliance Officers No
113121 Human Resources Managers No
151232 Computer User Support Specialists Yes
435061 Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Yes
433021 Billing and Posting Clerks No

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Printing Technology
  • Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Pathway Occupation
Administrative Support
  • Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
  • Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
  • Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
  • Paralegals and Legal Assistants
  • Receptionists and Information Clerks
General Management
  • Administrative Services Managers
  • Facilities Managers
  • General and Operations Managers
  • Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
  • Purchasing Managers
Business Information Management
  • Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
  • Customer Service Representatives
  • Data Entry Keyers
  • Desktop Publishers
  • Managers, All Other
  • Receptionists and Information Clerks
  • Word Processors and Typists
Human Resources Management
  • Compliance Officers
  • Human Resources Managers
Operations Management
  • Facilities Managers
  • General and Operations Managers
  • Purchasing Managers
  • Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

Pathway Occupation
Information Support & Services
  • Computer User Support Specialists
  • Data Entry Keyers

Pathway Occupation
Sales & Service
  • Billing and Posting Clerks
  • Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
  • Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
  • Parts Salespersons
  • Customer Service Representatives

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