Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified

Definition

This unit group covers clerical support workers not classified elsewhere in Major Group 4: Clerical Support Workers. For instance, the group includes correspondence clerks, press clippers and publication clerks. In such cases tasks would include - (a) receiving customers’ orders for classified advertising, writing and editing copy, calculating advertising rates and billing customers; (b) writing business and government correspondence such as replies to requests for information and assistance, damage claims, credit and billing inquiries and service complaints; (c) assisting in the preparation of periodicals, advertisements, catalogues, directories and other material for publication; (d) reading newspapers, magazines, press releases and other publications to locate and file articles of interest to staff and clients. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Advertising clerk - Correspondence clerk - Directory compiler - Press clipper - Publication clerk