Profession data entry clerk

Data entry clerks enter coded, statistical, financial and other numerical data into electronic equipment, computerised databases, spreadsheets or other data repositories using a keyboard, mouse, or optical scanner, speech recognition software or other data entry tools. They enter data into mechanical and electronic devices to perform mathematical calculations.

Personality Type

• Conventional / Realistic

Related professions typist

• Typist or word processing operator

Knowledge

• Documentation types

  The characteristics of internal and external documentation types aligned with the product life cycle and their specific content types.

• Query languages

  The field of standardised computer languages for retrieval of information from a database and of documents containing the needed information.

• Resource description framework query language

  The query languages such as SPARQL which are used to retrieve and manipulate data stored in Resource Description Framework format (RDF).

• Database

  The classification of databases, that includes their purpose, characteristics, terminology, models and use such as XML databases, document-oriented databases and full text databases.

Skills

• Apply information security policies

  Implement policies, methods and regulations for data and information security in order to respect confidentiality, integrity and availability principles.

• Process data

  Enter information into a data storage and data retrieval system via processes such as scanning, manual keying or electronic data transfer in order to process large amounts of data.

• Perform data cleansing

  Detect and correct corrupt records from data sets, ensure that the data become and remain structured according to guidelines.

• Apply statistical analysis techniques

  Use models (descriptive or inferential statistics) and techniques (data mining or machine learning) for statistical analysis and ICT tools to analyse data, uncover correlations and forecast trends.

• Maintain data entry requirements

  Uphold conditions for data entry. Follow procedures and apply data program techniques.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB