Workplace & Life Skills
Continue to main contentWorkplace & Life skills are essential for success in both your personal and professional modern life. These skills can help you communicate effectively, manage your time, and solve problems efficiently. We offer a wide variety of courses to help get you started no matter your level of experience.
Courses
Accounting Fundamentals
In this course, you'll learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, as well as how to analyze and record financial transactions. You'll get hands-on experience with handling accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll procedures, sales taxes, and various common banking activities. We'll cover all the bases, from writing checks to preparing an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period.
Grant Writing
The A to Z Grant Writing course provides students with the hands-on experience and knowledge they need to successfully begin the planning process for projects in need of grant funding. An approach to grant seeking begins with thinking about why the funding is needed and involving the grant applicant's stakeholders in the planning process.
Project Management Fundamentals
Accounting Fundamentals covers all the bases, from writing checks to preparing an income statement and closing out accounts at the end of each fiscal period. Whether you're a sole proprietor looking to manage your business finances or you simply want to gain an understanding of accounting basics for career advancement or for personal use, this course will give you a solid foundation in financial matters.
Digtial Marketing
Find out how to market your business on the Internet, even if you have little or no money to spend! In this practical, hands-on course, you'll discover proven methods that will help you establish an Internet presence and build an online brand identity. You'll learn how search engine optimization (SEO) works and how to track your site's performance using web analytics. You'll understand how to use online advertising, email marketing, and social media (including blogs) to drive business to your website. Finally, you'll learn how to keep your visitors coming back again and again!
Supervision and Management
If you have recently been promoted to a supervisory or management position or want to learn how to become a more effective manager, this course will help you master the basics of business by learning the language of management.
Keyboarding
If you want to learn touch-typing or improve your existing typing skills, this is the perfect course for you! In these lessons, you'll use the Keyboarding Pro 5 program, a typing tutorial designed for personal computers, to learn how to touch-type—that is, to type text you read from a printed page or a computer screen without looking at your keyboard.
Using Windows 11
File Explorer can help you manage your files and create text documents using WordPad. From managing files and editing photos to working with external drives, you will learn everything you need to know about getting the most from this operating system. Additionally, since security is essential, you will also learn how to protect your files and protect and update Windows 11.
Using Windows 10
Welcome to Windows 10, the completely new operating system from Microsoft, which offers a more robust, more powerful, and unique computing experience. In this course, you will gain the foundation you need to get started right away using Windows 10.
Computer Skills for the Workplace
Most jobs today require a working knowledge of certain computer skills. Employers seek and reward employees who can effectively send emails, create spreadsheets, manage databases, understand memory and network limitations, and recognize the function and features of modern computer components. Any job candidate who already possesses these skills will stand above those who do not.
Manufacturing Fundamentals
Learn the basic skills required to work in the manufacturing field. Discover the role of production design, process planning, and the heart of 13 different manufacturing processes. Understand why facility location and plant layout decisions are so vital and learn how job design helps you accomplish company goals and achieve worker satisfaction. Find out what makes up the physical work environment and learn how to characterize different types of production materials. Master product development concepts such as the voice of the customer (VOC), quality function deployment (QFD), and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA). Learn how performance measurements and standardization improve manufacturing operations.
Manufacturing Applications
Learn to apply the principles and concepts of manufacturing. Discover the nature of strategy and learn how it leads to the development of manufacturing strategy. Understand the purpose of customer demand forecasting and find out what forecasting methods are suitable for which situations. Explore the nature of planning and learn how to effectively use Gantt charts and the precedence diagram method. Determine how purchasing, production and inventory control, and logistics support a manufacturing operation. Discover the basics of lean manufacturing and see how capacity management converts production plans into concrete products. Learn why manufacturing, industrial, and quality engineering are so essential to any firm. Understand the true meaning of productivity and how to improve it.
OSHA Basics
Our comprehensive courses cover critical topics like Hazwoper, Bloodborne Pathogens, Hazardous Waste, and more, helping to fulfill your OSHA compliance needs. Gain the knowledge and skills to navigate the modern workplace safely, conveniently learning at your own pace.
Technical Writing
Are you looking to get into or expand your knowledge of technology and clear communication? These courses are your launchpad to a rewarding career in technical writing. Learn in-demand skills like structuring documents, simplifying complex topics, and using industry tools.
AI Tool Basics
Curious about AI tools like ChatGPT but unsure where to start? Our beginner-friendly courses equip you with the essentials of using these AI tools which can give you the creative edge and efficiency you need in fields like technical writing and clerical work.
Bartending
Ever dream of crafting delicious cocktails or running a bar like a pro? Our courses take you from home mixologist to confident bartender, covering everything from essential techniques to professional bar management.
SEMO Online Education 2 Go
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