Job description Coding Clerk - Statistics in Canada

Find out what work is like for a coding clerk - statistics in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Survey interviewers and statistical clerks (NOC 14110).

Survey interviewers and statistical clerks

Description

Survey interviewers contact individuals to gather information for market research, public opinion polls or election and census enumeration. Statistical clerks code and compile interview and other data into reports, lists, directories and other documents. They are employed by market research and polling firms, government departments and agencies, utility companies, contact centres and other establishments. This unit group also includes clerks who observe and record information on traffic flow.

Work week duration

Survey interviewers and statistical clerks usually work between 35 to 40 hours per week.
Between 35 to 40 hours

Job duties

Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Survey interviewers and statistical clerks have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:

  • Survey interviewers
  • Contact individuals by telephone or in person and explain the purpose of the interview
  • Ask questions following the outlines of questionnaires and surveys
  • Record responses on paper or enter responses directly into a computer database through computer-assisted interviewing systems.
  • Statistical clerks
  • Check information gathered for completeness and accuracy
  • Code information according to established coding manuals and enter data into statistical-based computer programs
  • Conduct routine statistical analysis of data
  • Compile interview and other data into reports and lists.

Physical demands Help - Physical Demands

  • Sitting
  • Making repetitive motions

Physical demands

Physical demands are the physical activities that the job requires the worker to do. Physical demands are selected according to the likeliness that workers will have to perform them for at least half of the time they spend at work.

Workplaces and employers

Here are the typical workplaces where Survey interviewers and statistical clerks are employed and some of their main characteristics:

  • Hospitals

Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment

  • Indoors, environmentally controlled
  • Biological agents

Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others

  • Close (at arm’s length)

Work environment

The work environment refers to the physical setting in which people work. The characteristics and conditions of the work environment are selected according to the likeliness that workers will be exposed to them at least once a week.

Physical proximity from others

Physical proximity from others refers to the physical distance between individuals in the workplace. The likeliness that the job requires to perform tasks while being physically close to other people is rated on a scale with 3 levels: "Somewhat close", "Close" and "Very close".

Related job titles

Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 14110), and a list of similar occupations:

  • census enumerator
  • coding clerk - statistics
  • election enumerator
  • interview clerk
  • poll clerk
  • public opinion interviewer
  • statistical clerk
  • survey interviewer
  • telephone survey clerk

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Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification

Labour Market Information Survey

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