Occupational Profiles

This group performs some or all of the following duties:
 

Classified advertising clerks

• Receive customers' orders for classified advertising, write and edit copy, calculate advertising costs and bill customers.

Correspondence clerks

• Write business and government correspondence such as replies to requests for information and assistance, damage claims, credit and billing enquiries and service complaints.

Proofreaders and editorial assistants

• Assist in the preparation of periodicals, advertisements, catalogues, directories and other material for publication
• Verify facts and conduct research
• Read material prior to publication to detect and mark for correction any grammatical, typographical or compositional errors.

Readers and press clippers

• Read newspapers, magazines, press releases and other publications to locate and file articles of interest to staff and clients.

Regulatory clerks

• Compile, verify, record and process applications, licences, permits, contracts, registrations, requisitions and other forms and documents in accordance with established procedures using processing systems
• Authorize and issue licences, permits, registration papers, reimbursements and other material after requested documents have been processed and approved.

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• Additional courses or a diploma in writing, journalism or a related field may be required.
• Previous clerical or administrative experience may be required.