With your General Office Assistant I Certificate, you can work any industry such as a/an:

  • Administrative Clerk (Admin Clerk)
  • Clerical Aide
  • Clerical Assistant
  • Clerk
  • General Clerk
  • Office Assistant 
  • Office Clerk
  • Office Services Specialist
  • Office Support Assistant

Our General Office Clerk I program prepares students for entry-level work in an office setting. In addition, students completing this program will be prepared to enter a college-level course of study in business.

This series of courses allows students to develop skills in keyboarding, enhance verbal communication skills, file alphabetically and numerically, and attain the basics of computerized word processing—a necessary foundation for students interested in landing that entry-level position and/or advancing to earn their General Office Clerk II Certificate. 

Students will also learn strategies for creating a resume and preparing for a job interview. This program is the first in a series of three programs in the office clerk discipline. 

The core requirements include NINE COURSES—NO ELECTIVES.

COMPLETION ESTIMATE: 8 months
GRADE: Pass/No Pass


Average Annual Wage: $34,040 

Annual California Job Openings through 2029: 2,970,400

Salary information is based estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

Take computer courses at any time, in the following order:

  • STV 100 Beginning MS Word

Take at any time, in any order:

  • STV 33 Workplace Writing : From Emails to Letters
  • STV 34 Filing Fundamentals

Final course:

  • STV 40 21st Century Employment Strategies

If you are interested in these programs, please take a few moments to fill out this form to allow us to better serve you now and in the future: Student Interest Form.

For more information about these courses, contact Yazaret Mascorro at (818) 240-1000 ext. 5690 or email mascorro@glendale.edu.