Office Professional at Sait

Program Highlights

Increase productivity, create efficiencies and problem solve as an office administrator or administrative assistant using skills gained in courses that cover spreadsheet, word processing and presentation software, office administration and communication.

Program description

Open the door to a fast-paced office career with the one-year Office Professional certificate. Learn to communicate in an office setting, understand common office procedures and use technology to organize business information. You practice collaboration and teamwork to complete a variety of business tasks.

You can graduate with several Microsoft Office certifications, demonstrating your essential skills in word processing, spreadsheet, email and presentation software. When you graduate, you can launch your office professional career or apply to the second year of SAIT’s Administrative Information Management diploma. 

Program brochure

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Your career

Graduates are well prepared to take on entry-level administrative roles such as administrative assistant, office assistant, office administrator, mail and message distribution clerk and more - in a variety of organizations and industries.

Student success

To achieve success in this program, students should:

• Attend and actively participate in class
• Spend approximately six hours per week on each course outside of regular class time
• Be familiar with the use of a Windows-based computer and have basic skills in Microsoft Office
• Be prepared to work in teams
• Become familiar with and adhere to SAIT’s academic policies

Also, students who are engaged and take advantage of SAIT services and resources usually experience more success in SAIT’s programs