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Clerk

Clerks need to be able to work neatly and accurately, have good insight and language skills, do calculations, work as a team and show initiative and intelligence. The job involves routine office work that assists in the activities of the management and professional personnel. There are a variety of tasks such as typing, writing accounts, keeping files in order, handling of different machines, giving advice as well as preparing and analysing financial reports. In order to keep documents accurate, clerical workers have to pay precise attention to detail and have the ability to communicate with others.
* Administrative Stores Clerk
This would involve you in the purchase and control of an organisation's stock such as pens, paper, pencils and so on which are distributed to personnel. Office accommodation, communication facilities and other services would also be handled by you and you might be expected to obtain tenders and draw up contracts.

* Registration Clerk
In this field, you would open up, write down and distribute all incoming mail and handle correspondence matters as well as do the distribution of certificates and notices. Reports and instructions are kept up to date and documents, notices and other paperwork is checked to ensure that they are correct and complete. Relatively simply arithmetical calculations have to be done and statistics must be kept up to date. Secretarial duties such as taking down minutes at meetings are often required.

* Personnel Clerk
You would keep personnel registers, reports, regulations and manuals updated, check documents such as applications for posts and receipts, take messages and relay them to the correct parties and answer enquiries from visitors,

* Financial Clerk
Entries into cash-books, journals and ledgers would be your responsibility.


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