data entry clerk

Job Description

• Private sector
• Urban area
• Business sector
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Tasks

• Receive and register documents for data entry
• Enter data according to specified format
• Transfer data between software
• Verify accuracy and completeness of data
• Store, update and maintain databases
• Perform backup procedures
• Perform general office duties
• Classify, label and store diskettes/ disks and tapes of data
• Create digital records using a scanner
• Transfer handwritten data to Excel or Word documents
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Type of data entry

• Alpha-numeric
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Computer and technology knowledge

• Word processing software
• Database software
• Data analysis software
• Presentation software
• Spreadsheet
• Statistical software
• Desktop publishing software
• MS Access
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Word
• Internet
• MS Windows
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Technical terminology

• Legal
• Financial

Skills