This chart is designed to help students and parents understand the educational and physical expectations and/or recommendations for the Computer Information Technology program at Lehigh Career & Technical Institute. For additional information, please visit the program webpage.
Program Safety & Physical Considerations
- Self-discipline to focus for long periods of time
- Stamina – ability to focus at work station for long periods of time
Essential Aptitudes Recommended
- Manual and finger dexterity
- Fine motor skills
- Hand/eye/body coordination
- Clerical perception
- Color discrimination
- Ability to assimilate and process data from multiple sources
- Problem solving/diagnostic skills
- Aptitude for mechanical, electrical, electronic, computer technology, technical drawings, and diagrams
Reading & Language Arts Levels
- College Prep Reading and Language Arts
- College level (text and manuals)
- Technical reading and writing skills
- Adequate oral and communication skills
Math Level
- Basic Math skills
- College Prep Algebra
- College Prep Geometry
- Ability to work with work problems, fractions, decimals, percentages
End of Year – 12th Grade Assessment Test
- NOCTI
Industry Certifications
- Students will have the opportunity to earn industry certifications in the program
Program Requirements & Related Costs
- Must follow LCTI Dress Code
Cooperative Education
- Students who meet all the requirements, including teacher recommendation, grades, attendance, and discipline record
- Students must provide their own transportation to and from the job site
Articulation Agreements
- Statewide Articulation Agreements
Other Skills
- Competent PC user (not expert)
- Ability to compute proper settings for equipment and correct dimensions for documents and deliverables
- Ability to configure program, integrate, install, and trouble-shoot sophisticated software applications
- Ability to relate well to customers and peers
- Ability to work independently and as a team member
- Ability to listen to what people are saying and understand the points being made
- Detail oriented
- Organization
- Logical/critical thinking capabilities