File Clerks
File Clerk, Medical Records Clerk, Office Assistant, Records Clerk
see titles from the Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Navy.
Administration; Administration Helper; Aircrew Flight Equipment; Aircrew Flight Equipment Journeyman; Fleet Management And Analysis Craftsman; Historian; Historian Journeyman; Maintenance Management Production Craftsman; Services; Services Helper; Vehicle Management and Analysis
Administration; Aircrew Flight Equipment; Historian; Maintenance Management Production; Vehicle Management and Analysis
Administration Apprentice; Administration Helper; Administrative Specialist; Aircrew Flight Equipment Helper; Aircrew Flight Equipment Superintendent; Fleet Management And Analysis Helper; Historian Apprentice; Historian Helper; Maintenance Management Production Craftsman; Maintenance Management Production, Apprentice; Personnel Specialist
Culinary Specialist; Mineman; Personnel Specialist; Yeoman
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- Scan or read incoming materials to determine how and where they should be classified or filed.
- Input data, such as file numbers, new or updated information, or document information codes into computer systems to support document and information retrieval.
- Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.
Business
- administrative services
- customer service
Arts and Humanities
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
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Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- order or arrange things
- group things in different ways
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People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Integrity
- Independence
- Adaptability/Flexibility
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You might use software like this on the job:
Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
Data base user interface and query software
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Access
Spreadsheet software
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high school diploma/GED or
master's degree
usually needed
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$29,090
per year, on average
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Navy.
