Administrative Professional: French Second Language Training

Program Overview

Administrative professionals ensure that businesses run smoothly. They are organized individuals who facilitate a professional working environment. You'll learn skills for communicating effectively in both official languages, word processing, data entry, spreadsheets, and accounting software applications. Our French language training and francophone workplace experience will also provide you with expert problem solving, managerial, and interpersonal skills. Talented administrative professionals are always needed to meet business goals and keep operations on track.

Career Possibilities

The demand for qualified bilingual office personnel continues to grow in New Brunswick. Graduates of this program may be employed in office environments where knowledge of office systems and procedures, combined with skills in a variety of software packages, is required. Students are well-prepared for positions in a computerized office environment, and are able to continue expanding their skills as new software and technologies evolve.

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Specific Considerations

The Administrative Professional: French Second Language Training program is a "Learning Integrated Virtually Everywhere" (L.I.V.E) program that requires the use of a notebook computer as part of the learning experience.Your notebook computer should meet minimum technical specifications to ensure the software required for your program operates effectively. See here for more information: L.I.V.E. (Learning Integrated Virtually Everywhere).

Please note that some textbook instruction for program courses is written for PC systems and students with MAC devices may not be able to follow this instruction step-by-step.

Students will receive assessment results based on language proficiency testing in their final semester. After the completion of first year, students may qualify for Summer Language Bursary programs.

External Certifications

Administrative Professional: French Second Language Training graduates may have an opportunity to acquire the following external certifications upon meeting the external agencies certification requirements and paying any required fees to the external agency:

Institution: Department of Post-Secondary Education and Training
External Certification: Linguistic Services
Information: An Oral Proficiency Evaluation will be administered by Linguistic Services at the end of the second year of the program.