This chart is designed to help students and parents understand the educational and physical expectations and/or recommendations for the Administrative Office Technology/Accounting program at Lehigh Career & Technical Institute. For additional information, please visit the program webpage.
Program Safety & Physical Considerations
- High degree of self-discipline and focus needed in the program and industry
- Ability to concentrate for extended periods of time at a work station
- Ability to stand, bend, stoop, lift/move computers, and sit for extended periods of time
- Ability to safely use tools of the trade
- Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions , or approaches to problems
Essential Aptitudes Recommended
- Manual dexterity
- Fine motor skills
- Hand/eye/body coordination
- Ability to detect the physical distance/depth of objects in space and time
- Visual acuity
- Ability to discriminate between objects of similar size, shape, color, and spatial relationship
- Aptitude for computer technology, technical drawings and diagrams
- Ability to assimilate and process data from multiple sources
Reading & Language Arts Levels
- College Prep Reading and Language Arts
- 12th grade plus comprehension text and manuals
- Ability to understand industry documents, data processing, data communications, computer programming, and related documents
- Enrollment in College Prep academics
- Technical reading and writing skills
Math Level
- Basic math level
- College Prep Algebra I and II
- College Prep Geometry
- College Prep Calculus
- College Prep Trigonometry
- Whole numbers, decimals, calculating fractions, ratios, order of operations, formulas, square routes, etc.
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
Articulation Agreements
- Lehigh Carbon Community College
- Statewide Articulation Agreements
Other Skills
- Ability to work independently and as a team
- Attention to detail
- Critical thinking skills/trouble-shooting skills
- Computer and keyboard experience
- Problem solving/diagnostic skills; aptitude for computer technology, technical drawings and diagrams
- Ability to sequence events or follow a sequence
- Ability to write computer programs
- Complex problem solving skills
- Customer Service skills