BARBADOS
VOCATIONAL
TRAINING
BOARD
SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMME
in
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
BARBADOS VOCATIONAL TRAINING BOARD
“Lawrence Green House”
Culloden Road
St. Michael
436-7970
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS COURSE OCCUPATIONAL /SKILLS PROFILE
The program will be of thirteen (13) weeks duration, with a focus COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
on individual hands-on activity.
1. Maintain system environment
COURSE DESCRIPTION
2a. Create MS Word Document
Trainees will be involved in direct hands-on computer operations
2b. Format MS Word Document
and will spend approximately eighty percent (80%) of the training
time in such practice. The remainder of the time will be devoted to 2c. Create Mail Merge Document
basic office management procedures, related mathematics and
communication concepts, and on-the-job training. 3a. Create MS Excel Document
3b. Format MS Excel Document
COURSE OBJECTIVES
On completion of the training, the Computer Operator will be able 4a. Creating MS Access Document
to: 4b. Format MS Access Document
♦ Operate a computer to satisfy the requirements of the Barbados
Vocational Training Board and local industry
♦ Demonstrate knowledge and skill in using Microsoft Word,
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and packages in the
Windows 2000 environment.
♦ Identify problems which may require specialist maintenance.
♦ Conduct basic maintenance on the computer.
♦ Practice optimum levels of safety within the work
environment.
♦ Develop in each trainee an appreciation for the use of
computers in an age of technological development and
expansion.
♦ Develop a high level of competence in the occupational field of
computer applications.
♦ Achieve a higher level of self-awareness and self-confidence in
his/her own abilities.