WITH YOUR GENERAL OFFICE CLERK III CERTIFICATE, you can work IN ANY INDUSTRY as a/an:

  • Administrative Assistant (Admin Assistant) 
  • Administrative Clerk
  • Administrative Secretary (Admin Secretary)
  • Administrative Specialist (Admin Specialist)
  • Administrative Support Assistant (ASA)
  • Administrative Technician
  • Secretary or Department Secretary
  • Office Assistant
  • Staff Assistant
  • And more

OUR GENERAL OFFICE CLERK III PROGRAM is the capstone in a series of three programs in the office clerk discipline. Students completing this program will be well prepared to meet the challenges of the job as well as matriculate to a college-level business management program.

This series of courses allows students to gain advanced keyboarding and computer application skills as well as the fundamentals of accounting. Students also learn the format and content of business correspondence. 

The core requirements include FOUR COURSES and ONE ELECTIVE.

COMPLETION ESTIMATE: 6 months
PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of General Office Clerk II, or the equivalent, is required for entry into this program
GRADE: Pass/No Pass


Average Annual Wage: $43,610 
Annual California Job Openings through 2029:  3,311,400

Salary information is based estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor


Completion of General Office Clerk II or equivalent.

Enroll in these courses first and attend when not in other courses:

  • STV 13 Advanced Keyboarding (self-paced)
  • STV 22 Beginning Account Clerk (self-paced)

Take at any time, in any order:

  • STV 33 Business Letter Writing
  • STV 101 Advanced MS Word
  • STV 111 PowerPoint (elective*)
  • STV 130 Access (elective*)

Final computer course (OPTIONAL):

  • STV 150 Integrated Technology (elective*)

*Select ONLY ONE elective.


If you are interested in these programs, please take a few moments to fill out this form to allow us to better serve you now and in the future: Student Interest Form.

For more information about these courses, contact Yazaret Moscorro at (818) 240-1000 ext. 5690 or email mascorro@glendale.edu.