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MINOR GROUP 411: SECRETARIES AND KEYBOARD-OPERATING CLERKS
 


    Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks record oral or written information on paper or in machine-readable form, operate bookkeeping and calculating machines, edit and transcribe correspondence and documents to conform to office standards, and perform other secretarial duties.

    Tasks performed usually include: recording dictated and other matter in shorthand; typing it on paper or using word processors or teleprinters; entering various data into electronic equipment or in the form of perforations on cards or special tapes; operating bookkeeping and calculating machines; editing and transcribing correspondence and documents to conform to office standards; performing various secretarial duties. Supervision of other workers may be included.

    Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

    4111 Stenographers and typists

    4112 Word-processor and related operators

    4113 Data entry operators

    4114 Calculating-machine operators

    4115 Secretaries

   
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 Updated 18 September 2004, by VA.