Skills Data Input Clerk in the Avalon Peninsula Region

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a data input clerk in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Data entry clerks (NOC 14111).

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

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Information Handling Help - Information Handling
  • Processing Information

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Processing Information
Inputting, recording, transcribing and updating data using electronic or manual information systems.
Handling Goods and Materials Help - Handling Goods and Materials
  • Sorting

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Sorting
Handling, sorting, weighing, packaging, separating or arranging materials, according to established patterns or procedures.

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Knowledge

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Business, Finance and Management Help - Business, Finance and Management
  • Clerical

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

Clerical
Knowledge of office administrative and clerical practices and procedures.
Engineering and Technology Help - Engineering and Technology
  • Computer and Information Systems

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Computer and Information Systems
Knowledge of computer programming, hardware and software.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

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