Clerk Typist

Clerk Typist

The Clerk Typist performs various typing and clerical tasks, files records and reports, and performs general office work.

• Types correspondence, reports, forms, cards, and requisitions, etc.
• Operates office machines such as photo copies, postage meters, and adding machines.
• Maintains a control on documents, which either originate within or pass through the department, by an effective logging, posting, or filing operation.
• Searches files to obtain correspondence, reports, and records.
• Answers telephone and takes messages.
• Receives, sorts, and distributes mail.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

High School or commercial school graduate or GED equivalent with courses in typing and English. Six months or 1 year's experience desired.

Must demonstrate the ability to accurately type a minimum of 60

WPM.

Should have a good working knowledge of the rules of grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Clerical experience, or "on-the-job training: in posting, filing, and records maintenance methods.

Clerical perception necessary to proofread and to avoid errors in transposition.

Must have basic computer knowledge.