Continuing Education
Continuing Education
Cost: $165
Learn to use financial functions, pivot tables and charts, and custom format codes. Add data to multiple worksheets and consolidate data. Completing Microsoft Excel Level I before registering for this course is recommended.
Abbotsford — Clearbrook Centre
Nov 2 | 80132, 1 session, Sat, 9–4 pm
Cost: $165
Enhance your skills by working with advanced elements in Microsoft Word, including forms, table of contents, indexing, and tab stops. Find out how to create mail merges, track changes, navigate comments, and compare and combine documents.
Abbotsford — Clearbrook Centre
Oct 5 | 80133, 1 session, Sat, 9 am–4 pm
Cost: $549
Prerequisite: An entry-level Windows computer course or equivalent experience and keyboarding proficiency.
This course covers basic AutoCAD drafting principles. Learn to navigate the AutoCAD desktop, draw objects, insert and edit text and build accurate visual representations with AutoCAD’s drafting tools. Understand the use of CAD in the industry, technical presentation methods, and file management. Upon completion, you can build basic AutoCAD files with precision and confidence.
Purchase the following textbooks for the first day of class from the UFV Bookstore:
Chilliwack —Trades and Technology Centre
Sep 23-Oct 15 | 80022, 9 sessions, Mon, Tue, 6–9 pm
Cost: $549
Prerequisite: Basic AutoCAD
This class covers intermediate AutoCAD drafting principles and builds on the foundation laid in Basic AutoCAD. Learn industry methods to manage AutoCAD drawings and drawing setups, layers and linetypes, viewport and layout management, dimensioning tools, and blocks and attributes. Build symbol libraries and print singulars and sets. Upon completion, you can use AutoCAD’s more advanced editing tools to create and print drawings with accuracy and assurance.
Purchase the following textbooks for the first day of class from the UFV Bookstore:
Chilliwack —Trades and Technology Centre
Oct 28-Nov 25 | 80023, 8 Sessions, Mon, Tue, 6–9 pm
Cost: $165
Master Excel basics: learn to create, edit, and format worksheets. Work with auto fill, flash fill, formulas, graphics, spark lines, and charts. This course is designed for people with no previous Excel experience.
Chilliwack campus — Canada Education Park
Oct 19 | 80134, 1 session, Sat, 9–4 pm
Cost: $25
As of January 1, 2017, Continuing Education no longer accepts third party keyboarding assessments for program admission.
Students applying to the following programs are required to submit a keyboarding assessment as part of their admissions criteria:
| Continuing Education Program | Net words per minute required |
| Nursing Unit Clerk | 30 |
| Medical Office Assistant | 30 |
| Dental Office Receptionist | 30 |
| Legal Administrative Assistant | 40 |
| Paralegal | 60 |
All Keyboarding Assessments will be held at the Clearbrook Centre in room L106 or the Chilliwack Education Park in room V116. Students will not be able to attend if they are late. Assessments are five (5) minutes long and errors are doubled when calculating net words per minute.
Need help brushing up on your keyboarding skills before the Assessment? Find help online here.
Abbotsford — Clearbrook Centre
Aug 20 | 40200, 1 session, Tue, 5–6 pm
Sep 10 | 80126, 1 session, Tues, 5–6 pm
Oct 8 | 80127, 1 session, Tues, 5–6 pm
Nov 5 | 80128, 1 session, Tues, 5–6 pm
Dec 3 | 80129, 1 session, Tues, 5–6 pm
Chilliwack campus — Canada Education Park
Aug 29 | 40201, 1 session, Thu, 5–6 pm
Sep 26 | 80130, 1 session, Thu, 5–6 pm
Oct 24 | 80271, 1 session, Thu, 5–6 pm
Nov 21 | 80272, 1 session, Thu, 5–6 pm
Dec 12 | 80273, 1 session, Thu, 5–6 pm
Cost: $130
This 24-hour, online course will cover an introduction to letter keys, numbers, and symbols using a computer keyboard. Students are expected to login and practice at least twice a week to be successful. The software is designed to monitor speed, accuracy, and confidence and will also cover tips for proper keyboard positioning.
Purchase software Access Code at UFV Bookstore prior to class.
Note: This is a course not a certificate. Please refer to Student Resources for a Glossary of terms.
Abbotsford — Clearbrook Centre
Online
Sep 16–Dec 8 | 80125
Cost: $330
This course is offered as part of the Bookkeeping for Small Business Certificate. However, anyone is welcome to sign up for this course to enhance their skills. Check out the MS Excel I schedule on the Bookkeeping for Small Business page.
Abbotsford — Clearbrook Centre
Sep 10–24 | 80117, 5 sessions, Tue, Thu, 6:30–9:30 pm
Chilliwack campus — Canada Education Park
Nov 4–20 | 80156, 5 sessions, Mon, Wed, 6:30–9:30 pm, no class Nov 11
Cost: $325
Prerequisite: Excel Level I
Learn how to use intermediate MS Excel tools such as hyperlinks, PMT function, and additional formatting to create workbooks, including templates and multiple worksheets. This course will help you further develop your skills in chart creation.
This course is not a graduation requirement for the Bookkeeping for Small Business certificate.
Abbotsford — Clearbrook Centre
Oct 8–22 | 80250, 5 sessions, Tue, Thu, 6:30–9:30 pm
Cost: $440
Tour the whole Microsoft Office suite and get introduced to applications such as Access (database), Excel (spreadsheet), Word (word processing), PowerPoint (presentation), and Outlook (email). Get hands-on experience using these tools to create compelling documents and presentations.
Abbotsford — Clearbrook Centre
Sep 12–Oct 3 | 80131, 7 sessions, Tue, Thu 6:30–9:30 pm
Cost: $449
Prerequisite: Knowledge of architectural construction terminology and basic drafting practices.
This course covers the basics of Autodesk Revit in an architectural environment. Learn to plan and design a building from concept through construction documentation. Explore the tools and concepts needed to work with fully parametric building modeling software. Purchase the following textbooks for the first day of class from the UFV Bookstore:
For custom contract training
contact Anna Mayo 604-847-5451
Cost: $165
This course is a quick way to learn basic Microsoft Word skills. Learn to create, edit, and format themes, as well as style documents. You will also work with headers and footers, bullets, drop caps, graphics, and columns.
Chilliwack campus — Canada Education Park
Sep 21 | 80135, 1 session, Sat, 9–4 pm
Take advantage of growing opportunities for legal administrative assistants and paralegals in law firms and corporate legal departments across British Columbia.
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