Data entry clerks
Salary range for the majority of workers in the selected occupation - from £7.59 to £11.45 per hour - 2020.
Data entry clerks enter coded, statistical, financial and other numerical data into electronic equipment, computerized 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.
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Tasks
- Receiving and registering invoices, forms, records and other documents for data capture
- Verifying accuracy and completeness of data and correcting entered data, if needed
- Operating bookkeeping and calculating machines
- Importing and exporting data between different database systems and software
- Entering numerical data, codes and text from source material into computer-compatible storage and processing devices
