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In Brief... Clerk (General)

 Brief Description:

Works in the administration office of a business performing day to day office duties.


Typical tasks undertaken in this profession: 21

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Collect, count, and disburse money, do basic bookkeeping, and complete banking transactions. 

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Communicate with customers, employees, and other individuals to answer questions, disseminate or explain information, take orders, and address complaints. 

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Answer telephones, direct calls, and take messages. 

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Compile, copy, sort, and file records of office activities, business transactions, and other activities. 

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Complete and mail bills, contracts, policies, invoices, or checks. 

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Operate office machines, such as photocopiers and scanners, facsimile machines, voice mail systems, and personal computers. 

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Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports. 

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Maintain and update filing, inventory, mailing, and database systems, either manually or using a computer. 

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Open, sort, and route incoming mail, answer correspondence, and prepare outgoing mail. 

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Review files, records, and other documents to obtain information to respond to requests. 

3 In Detail...
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Education
These occupations usually require a Leaving Certificate or equivalent.

Related Experience
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a bank teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.

Job Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognised apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Job Zone Examples
These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include sheet metal workers, forest fire fighters, customer service representatives, physical therapist aides, retail salespersons and tellers.


Qualifications required?

Leaving certificate minimum and good keyboard skills.

Typical entry routes:

Entry may be straight from school or secretarial college. FÁS and many PLC and IT Colleges offer courses that lead to recognised Certificate/Diploma qualifications.

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Sectors related to this occupation:

This occupation is typically found in the sectors below. You can explore information relating to sectors by clicking on the titles below.

Banking, Insurance & Financial Services
Clerical & Administration

Future Skills Requirements & Concerns

Current Labour Market Research highlights concerns in some occupations. These comments are presented here where available: [source: Forfas]

Multilingual (e.g. debt collecting, transfer agency, accounts)
 
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1 LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION


The following information is based on the National Skills Bulletin 2012 and displays some useful information about selected occupations, or occupation groups.

Each occupation is examined in terms of its employment profile (based on the data from the Quarterly National Household Survey by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)), recent employment trends and other available indicators on the demand and supply of skills.

Identified shortages are defined in terms of their characteristics, i.e. skill shortage or labour shortage. For more information see the Labour Market Information section of this site.

 
Labour / Skills shortage indicator

This provides an indication of shortage for this occupation.


 
 


Growth Rate 2007 - 2011

This shows the average annual employment growth for the period. May be a guide to future trends
 
+0%
 
Scale
 
 
-5%
 
     
Part-time workers

This shows the percentage of part-time workers in the total employment of an occupation

Total employed in this occupation: 52500
%
Part-time
33%
 
Scale
 
 
67%
Full-time
 
 
Older workers

This shows the percentage of workers over 55 in the total employment of an occupation
%
Over 55
15%
 
Scale
 
 
85%
Under 55
 
     
Ratio of Male / Female workers

This shows the percentage of male and female workers in the total employment of an occupation
%
Male
18%
 
Scale
 
 
82%
Female
 
 
Non-Irish National workers

This shows the percentage of Irish national and non-Irish national workers in the total employment of an occupation
%
Non-Irish
9%
 
Scale
 
 
91%
Irish
 

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