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Business Technology

Do you want to work in an office environment and provide excellent customer service?

Love your job and love learning in the Business Technology program. Master skills to maintain office services by organizing office operations and procedures, become proficient in basic records management, accounting practices, Quickbooks, and business software applications such as Microsoft Office Suite. Skill up with knowledge about preparing payroll, designing and maintaining office filing systems, while becoming competent in reviewing and approving supply requisitions.

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What type of job can this training lead to?
Team
Lead
Executive
Assistant
Billing
Clerk

Est. Average Salary for Team Lead in Utah: $36,650 – $56,950*Where do we get our numbers?Brandon Reynolds Brandon Reynolds
Employed with: Purple
I credit my Business Technology training for being selected as Sailor of the Quarter in my Navy Reserve unit and it also helped with my recent promotion to team lead at Purple. I enjoyed learning to use the Microsoft Office programs and the Google versions of these products. Using Excel spreadsheets has become a part of my daily work life. By applying this training I recently created two online programs to help with end of day reports.
-Brandon R.

Est. Average Salary for Executive Assistant in Utah: $39,187 – $50,772*Where do we get our numbers?Kim GiblonKim Giblon Employed with:Small Business Development Center

The training I received at Tooele Tech helped me to get the Executive Assistant position with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). I loved working with my instructor Brett in the Business program. He was right there encouraging me every step of the way; especially when I began digging deeper into all the details of working with Excel spreadsheets. I found the customer service portion of the program to be excellent; I use the skills I gained daily.- Kim G.
-Kim Giblon

Est. Average Salary for Billing Clerk in Utah: $28,329 – $36,795*Where do we get our numbers?Melissa TuckerMelissa Tucker
Employed with: Kilgore Companies
The skills and knowledge I received while attending Tooele Tech have been invaluable to my personal life and professional career. My new skills gave me the confidence to apply for jobs where I could thrive. I am now employed with Kilgore Companies and loving my position as a Billing Clerk. The instructors in the Business Technology program are kind, caring, and simply amazing! – Melissa T.
-Melissa Tucker

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    (archived)Business Technology

    The Business program provides students the opportunity to learn skills in leadership, presentations, marketing, social marketing, basic records management, accounting practices, QuickBooks, and business software applications such as Microsoft Office Suite. Upon completion of the program, student will have gained the technical and soft skills to be employed in a wide variety of areas including large and small businesses, educational institutions, corporations, and self/‐employment.

    Program Objectives:
    Competencies include a broad range of technical skills using hardware and software, soft skills in customer service, presentations, marketing, leadership, and workplace skills. Gainful employment in industry is enhanced through completion of your business certificate. Students will learn to perform skills required for the occupation including but not limited to:

    • Leadership
    • Customer Service
    • Sales/Marketing
    • Critical Workplace Skills
    • Social Media Marketing
    • PC Basics and business software applications
    • PC Basics and Business software applications
    • Records/information life-cycle
    • Business English
    • Accounting/Quickbooks
    • Help Desk
    • Develop and maintain essential human-relations and job seeking skills needed to obtain gainful employment.
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    College Credit College Credits

    Average Program Length: Approximately 930 hours
    Average Cost: $2,547*
    *Estimate based on course cost, books and fees. All costs are subject to change.
    Hours of Availability:
    Tooele Technical College Campus
    88 S. Tooele Blvd., Tooele
    8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Monday - Thursday
    8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Fridays
    When can I start?: Open-entry/Open-exit
    Brett
    McEachern,
    Business Technologies Instructor
    435.248.1880
    bmceachern@tooeletech.edu
    Program
    Instructors
    Department Phone:
    (435) 248-1880
    Brett McEachern
    bmceachern@tooeletech.edu
    Dave Bate
    dbate@tooeletech.edu

    Downloads

    Student Handbook FY23

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    General High School Student Scholarship Business Technology Program Information Sheet Course Planning Sheet and Price List

    (archived)Business Technology

    Admission Requirements:
    • Students must be at least in the 9th grade.
    • Adult students must provide their high school transcripts, showing, at least, 9th grade math and reading with a C grade or better or take the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) scoring at a 9th grade level for both math and reading.
    Math & English Levels: 9th grade in math and reading comprehension.
    Occupation & Licensure Requirements:

    None

    • What are some examples of skills I will learn?

    Manage your life educationally, personally, and professionally using MS Office Suite.

    Learn to use MS Office Suite to calendar, create business documents, and communicate with colleagues and clients.

    With a heavy emphasis in Microsoft Office Suite such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access students gain skills and knowledge needed in any business environment.

    Gain interpersonal communication skills

    Study the importance of interpersonal skills (soft skills) and how to apply them to strengthen all relationships.

    Learn professionalism in the workplace such as working ethically, improving communication (including written, verbal and electronic), leadership styles, problem solving, accountability and attitude.

    Courses emphasize steps in preparing for employment such as, job search techniques, resume writing and interviewing skills.

    Professionalism in the workplace, and the power of communication to achieve understanding.

    Students will learn both hard and soft skills to maintain professionalism and direct internal and external customer services in an office administration setting by acquiring skills in organizing office operations and procedures, basic records management, accounting practices including QuickBooks, basic mathematical applications for business functions such as invoice processing, payroll and calculation of interest, consumer credit and mortgages.

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