General office clerks perform a range of clerical and administrative tasks according to established procedures.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- The majority of General office clerks earn a salary between R5 867 and R18 584 per month in 2024.
- A monthly wage for entry-level General office clerks ranges from R5 867 to R12 055.
- After gaining 5 years of work experience, their income will be between R6 678 and R14 246 per month.
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Duties and tasks
- Recording, preparing, sorting, classifying and filing information
- Sorting, opening and sending mail
- Photocopying and faxing documents
- Preparing reports and correspondence of a routine nature
- Recording issue of equipment to staff
- Responding to telephone or electronic enquiries or forwarding to appropriate person
- Checking figures, preparing invoices and recording details of financial transactions made
- Transcribing information onto computers, and proofreading and correcting copy