About this career
Data entry clerks update, maintain and retrieve information held on computer systems. They prepare source data for computer entry by compiling and sorting information, process customer and account source documents by reviewing data for deficiencies and verify entered customer and account data.
Essential skills
apply information security policies
apply statistical analysis techniques
maintain data entry requirements
perform data cleansing
process data
use word processing software
Required knowledge
database
documentation types
query languages
resource description framework query language
Additional skills
apply organisational techniques
establish data processes
implement data quality processes
implement data warehousing techniques
manage data
manage data collection systems
manage digital documents
manage ICT data classification
normalise data
use an application-specific interface
use databases
use spreadsheets software
ABBYY FineReader
data models
data storage
information confidentiality
LDAP
LINQ
MDX
N1QL
OmniPage
optical character recognition software
SPARQL
XQuery
Also known as
payment entry clerk
data-entry clerk
data steward
data entry inspector
data-entry officer
data entry operator
data entry officer
statistical clerk
