ISCO Minor Group 413 Keyboard Operators

From Open Risk Manual

Definition

Keyboard Operators: Keyboard operators input and process text and data, and prepare, edit and generate documents for storage, processing, publication and transmission.

Tasks performed usually include: entering data and codes required to process information; retrieving, confirming and updating data in storage and keeping records of data input; taking records of proceedings in rapid shorthand using computerized equipment and shorthand-writing machines; transcribing information recorded in shorthand and on sound recording equipment, and proofreading and correcting copy; reproducing the spoken word, environmental sounds and song lyrics as captions for cinema and television programming.

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

4131 Typists and Word Processing Operators

4132 Data Entry Clerks


Unit Groups

Unit Group Title
C4132 ISCO Unit Group 4132 Data Entry Clerks
C4131 ISCO Unit Group 4131 Typists And Word Processing Operators

Higher Level