Skills & competences

Description

Coding, proofreading and related clerks convert information into codes, verify and correct proofs, and perform a number of miscellaneous clerical duties.
Tasks include -
(a) converting information into codes and classifying information by codes for data-processing purposes;
(b) comparing proofs of texts and related material prepared for printing with original material, correcting errors and marking texts for printer according to the established rules;
(c) sorting forms and marking them with identification numbers;
(d) sorting documents for filing or to collate sets of pages;
(e) addressing circulars and envelopes by hand.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Coding clerk
- Proofreading clerk