Job description Technical Research Assistant (except Post-secondary) in the Avalon Peninsula Region

Find out what work is like for a technical research assistant (except post-secondary) in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Statistical officers and related research support occupations (NOC 12113).

Statistical officers and related research support occupations

Description

Statistical officers and workers in related research support occupations provide statistical and research support services to a wide range of businesses and organizations. These workers conduct statistical routines, monitor trends, compile data and prepare charts, graphs, summaries and reports in support of organizational information needs and research activities. They are employed throughout the private and public sectors. Statistical officers who are also supervisors are included in this unit group.

Job duties

• Compile tables, charts, graphs and summarized statistics for integration in research papers and reports
• Process data using statistical software to conduct basic analyses of trends in support of research activities
• Collect, consolidate, cross-tabulate and format data from various sources to prepare draft reports for review by supervisors or researchers
• Assist in collection and tracking of data from monitored use of services and provide information to management and client groups
• May prepare technical documents and monitoring reports on volumetrics and other trend analyses
• May supervise statistical and research support workers.

Job titles

• research assistant - generalist (except university)
• research support officer
• social research assistant (except university)
• statistical officer
• technical research assistant (except post-secondary)

Related occupations

• Policy and program researchers, consultants and officers (4140)
• Data entry clerks
• Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries
• Survey interviewers and statistical clerks

Source National Occupational Classification