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14100 – General office support workers

General office support workers prepare correspondence, reports, statements and other material, operate office equipment, answer telephones, verify, record and process forms and documents such as contracts and requisitions and perform general clerical duties according to established procedures. They are employed in offices throughout the public and private sectors.

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Example titles

  • Administrative clerk
  • Aircraft records clerk
  • File and classification clerk
  • Filing clerk
  • General office worker
  • Medical records clerk
  • Office assistant
  • Office clerk
  • Records filing-system clerk
  • Technical records clerk
  • Ward clerk - hospital
  • Warranty clerk
Inclusions
  • Course coordinator

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:
General office support workers
  • Respond to telephone, in person or electronic enquiries or forward to appropriate person
  • Prepare correspondence, reports, statements, forms, presentations, applications and other documents
  • Process incoming and outgoing mail, manually or electronically
  • Photocopy and collate documents for distribution, mailing and filing
  • Send and receive messages and documents using fax machine or electronic mail
  • Maintain inventory of office supplies, order supplies as required and arrange for servicing of office equipment
  • Assist in preparing meeting agendas, attend meetings, and record minutes
  • Assist with administrative procedures such as budget submissions, contracts administration and work schedules
  • May sort, process and verify receipts, expenditures, forms and other documents
  • May organize the flow of work for other office support workers
  • May perform basic bookkeeping tasks such as preparing invoices and bank deposits.
File clerks
  • Scan, sort and file documents according to established guidelines
  • Locate, retrieve, or make copies of documents from files as requested and maintain records of filed and removed materials
  • Track documents removed from files to ensure that loan out documents are returned.

Employment requirements

  • Completion of secondary school is usually required.
  • Completion of secondary school or college business or commercial courses is usually required.

Additional information

  • Progression to officer level positions is possible with additional training and experience.
  • Progression to supervisory or office management positions is possible with experience.

Exclusions

  • Accounting and related clerks (14200)
  • Administrative assistants (13110)
  • Administrative officers (13100)
  • Court clerks and related court services occupations (14103)
  • Data entry clerks (14111)
  • Personnel clerks (14102)
  • Receptionists (14101)
  • Records management technicians (12112)
  • Supervisors, general office and administrative support workers (12010)

Breakdown summary

Broad occupational category
1 – Business, finance and administration occupations
TEER
4 – Occupations usually require a secondary school diploma; or several weeks of on-the-job training
Major group
14 – Administrative and financial support and supply chain logistics occupations
Sub-major group
141 – Office, court, and data support occupations
Minor group
1410 – Office support and court services occupations
Version
NOC 2021 Version 1.0
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