Training Courses at WEDCO:

Administrative/Clerical Training

 

This course covers Basic Customer Service skills, Typing/ Keyboarding Fundamentals (minimum 25 WPM), Telephone Etiquette, Microsoft Office Programs, Spelling, Letter writing, Memos, Filing, and Office machines. Also included are studies in organization and safety, career opportunities, work ethics and self-concept, getting along with others in the office. Office, computer systems, Networks, email, telecommunications. Likewise, filing and managing records, processing business documents, accounting and financial activities, sending and receiving mail, time management, etc. will be covered as well.

 

Medical Office Assistant Training

 

This course/module provides a simulated office experience where the students are assisting three physicians. This is composed of 36 self-paced exercises for the student to develop skills for medical office assistants. In this course students will learn Basic Customer Service, Typing/Keyboarding Fundamentals (minimum 25 WPM), In addition they will learn the following skills: Scheduling patient appointments, Establishing and maintaining patient records, Coding procedures and diagnoses, Transcribing dictation, Prepare health insurance claim forms, Patient monthly billing, Compute office payroll with deductions, Draft office correspondence, Process telephone messages.

 

Automated Accounting Training

 

This training is designed to teach the basic skills needed for an entry-level position in Accounting. It will consist of Basic Customer Service, Keyboarding Fundamentals (25 WPM), Telephone Etiquette and Accounting. This course is designed for students who want to learn about computerized accounting principles. It does this in three ways, 1) to present and integrate accounting principles in such a way that no prior knowledge of computers or computerized ac­counting is required, 2) to provide hands-on approach to learning how modern computerized automated accounting systems function, 3) to provide knowledge and hands-on experience in integrating accounting with other business applications such as spreadsheets and word processors.

 

Customer Service Training

 

This training is designed to teach the basic skills needed for an entry-level position in the Customer Service industry. From Retail Customer Service to Teleservices/ Call Center industry, each participant will be assessed for their transferable skills and will then start the module of training. This will consist of Basic Customer Service, Typing Fundamentals (25 WPM), Telephone Etiquette, Telephone Technology, handling objections and the difficult customer. Participants will learn how to handle all types of business communications such as taking phone messages, screening calls and handling irate customers. Our goal is to give a basic overall training that will allow the participants to be placed in an employment setting where they can feel successful and grow.

 

These courses are designed to al­low the students to work at their own pace and to help each student feel successful with the help of our training staff.  When the course is finished, each student will receive a Certificate of Comple­tion in Basic Customer Service, Keyboarding (If student achieves 25 wpm) as well as the module they have chosen. Our goal is to give a basic overall training that will allow the student to be placed in an employment setting where they can feel successful and grow.

 

These self-paced training courses consist of 4 weeks of classroom instruction. Call for information on class meeting times. Training will be available in English with assistance in Spanish.