Individuals in the 16 week program must obtain intermediate computer skills as measured by scoring a 70% or above on the intermediate examination in at least one computer class. They must complete one of the general clerical classes with a final grade of 70% or above.
The number of clock hours of instruction for completion of the 16 week certificate program are as follows:
| Microcomputer Applications | 80 | |
| Word Processing Skills | 27 | |
| Data Entry Skills | 42 | |
| Keyboarding | 77 | |
| Calculator | 27 | |
| Filing | 22 | |
| Math | 7 | |
| Job Search skills | 6 | |
| English as a Second Language (if needed, otherwise these hours are distributed among computer and keyboarding classes) | 144 | |
| TOTAL | 432 HOURS |
Students not achieving the aforementioned academic standards, but maintaining attendance standards, will receive a Certificate of Attendance.
