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Job Description
File correspondence, cards, invoices, receipts, and other records in alphabetical or numerical order or according to the filing system used. Locate and remove material from file when requested.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 43-4071.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 31,260.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 15.00
- Currently, there are 130,950 people on this job
Also Known As…
- Records Clerk
- Police Records Clerk
- Office Assistant
- Medical Records Clerk
- Manufacturing Clerk
- Human Resources Assistant (HR Assistant)
- File Clerk
- Documentation Specialist
- Clerk
- Claims Clerk
- Tape Librarian
- Support Technician
- Records Technician
- Records Specialist
- Records Custodian
- Records Analyst
- Record Keeper
- Record Filing Clerk
- Record Clerk
- Pre Coder
- Morgue Librarian
- Morgue Keeper
- Medical Records Coder
- Map Clerk
- Lister
- Line Assigner
- Librarian
- Keyboarding Clerk
- Kardex Clerk
- Invoice Coder
- Intelligence Clerk
- Indexer
- Index Clerk
- Import Export Clerk
- Imaging Clerk
- History Card Clerk
- Fingerprint Clerk
- Filing Clerk
- Filer
- File Keeper
- Enrollment Specialist
- Enrollment Clerk
- Document Scanner
- Document Coordinator
- Document Clerk
- Death Surveys Coder
- Cut Filer
- Cut File Clerk
- Credit Card Clerk
- Computer Tape Librarian
- Computer Aide
- Classification Clerk
- Card Filer
- Brand Recorder
- Blueprint Clerk
- Admissions Clerk
Tasks for “File Clerks”
- Gather materials to be filed from departments or employees.
- Modify or improve filing systems or implement new filing systems.
- Place materials into storage receptacles, such as file cabinets, boxes, bins, or drawers, according to classification and identification information.
- Sort or classify information according to guidelines, such as content, purpose, user criteria, or chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order.
- Design forms related to filing systems.
- Complete general financial activities, such as processing accounts payable, reviewing invoices, collecting cash payments, or issuing receipts.
- Track materials removed from files to ensure that borrowed files are returned.
- Scan or read incoming materials to determine how and where they should be classified or filed.
- Eliminate outdated or unnecessary materials, destroying them or transferring them to inactive storage, according to file maintenance guidelines or legal requirements.
- Operate mechanized files that rotate to bring needed records to a particular location.
- Assign and record or stamp identification numbers or codes to index materials for filing.
- Add new material to file records or create new records as necessary.
- Keep records of materials filed or removed, using logbooks or computers and generate computerized reports.
- Answer questions about records or files.
- Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.
- Find, retrieve, and make copies of information from files in response to requests and deliver information to authorized users.
- Perform periodic inspections of materials or files to ensure correct placement, legibility, or proper condition.
- Input data, such as file numbers, new or updated information, or document information codes into computer systems to support document and information retrieval.
- Retrieve documents stored in microfilm or microfiche and place them in viewers for reading.
Related Technology & Tools
- Document stamps
- Computer inkjet printers
- Copy machines
- Mechanized file systems
- Microfiche viewing equipment
- Laser facsimile machines
- Multiline telephone systems
- Stepladders
- Microfilm viewing equipment
- File cabinets
- Document scanners
- Personal computers
- Microsoft Outlook
- Email software
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Optical scanning software
- Electronic health record EHR software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Access
- Electronic filing software