General office clerks perform a range of clerical and administrative tasks according to established procedures.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in General office clerks - from R9 107 to R24 838 per month - 2025.
- A General office clerks typically earns between R9 107 and R17 996 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R10 222 and R20 608 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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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
