GENERAL DEFINITION

This is advanced clerical and typing work. Work includes the performance of skilled typing tasks, but principal emphasis is upon the difficulty of, and the responsibility for related clerical work. Supervision may be exercised over a small group of lower level clerical employees.

Work is performed under the supervision of a clerical or administrative superior.

TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF WORK (ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY)

Both Specialties

• Types correspondence, reports, accounting and financial statements, tabulations, vouchers, medical records and case histories.
• Composes and types form letters or answers to routine correspondence.
• Utilizes a computer or terminal keyboard for typing and routine data entry and retrieval tasks.
• Gives information to visitors requiring a knowledge of departmental rules, regulations and procedures; takes detailed information from applicants and fills in forms.
• Posts to and balances accounting, financial and cost records; posts payroll, personnel and similar records and compiles reports and forms from these and other records.
• May assign and review the work of a small group of employees engaged in routine clerical and typing duties.

Bilingual Specialty

• Performs the duties above with members of the English language speaking and designated non-English language speaking populations.
• Performs related work as required.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• office practices, procedures, and standard office equipment.
• business English, spelling, and arithmetic.

ABILITY TO:

• maintain departmental clerical records and prepare report forms.
• make minor decisions in accordance with rules and regulations, and to apply these decisions to work problems.
• make varied arithmetic computations and tabulations accurately and with reasonable speed.
• use a computer or terminal keyboard for typing and data entry and retrieval.
• assign and review the work of other clerical employees.
• type from clear copy at a speed level and within accuracy limits established to determine typing skills.
• understand and speak the designated non-English language fluently for the Bilingual specialty.

MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

(The following statements represents the minimum training and experience standards which will be used to admit or reject applicants for tests. Applications submitted by candidates for this class will be reviewed based on training and experience requirements as approved on 1/97.)

EDUCATION

• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth school grade.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE


• One year of experience as a Clerk Typist.
• Completion of a two year post-high school business school course may be substituted for the one year of experience.

Additional Requirement for the Bilingual Specialty

• Sufficient training and/or experience to be able to converse effectively in the designated non-English language.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.

PAY RANGE: 6
Class Established: 1/1953
Spec. Revision:
  CSC - 1/1997 ; Ad Board - 3/1997

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