Careers in Office and Administrative Support

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Office and Administrative Support

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of clerical and administrative support workers.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

Office and Administrative Support

Operate telephone business systems equipment or switchboards to relay incoming, outgoing, and interoffice calls. May supply information to callers and record messages.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Telephone Operators

Office and Administrative Support

Provide information by accessing alphabetical, geographical, or other directories. Assist customers with special billing requests, such as charges to a third party and credits or refunds for incorrectly dialed numbers or bad connections. May handle emergency calls and assist children or people with physical disabilities to make telephone calls.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Communications Equipment Operators, All Other

Office and Administrative Support

All communications equipment operators not listed separately.

No requirement is specified

Bill and Account Collectors

Office and Administrative Support

Locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visit to solicit payment. Duties include receiving payment and posting amount to customer's account, preparing statements to credit department if customer fails to respond, initiating repossession proceedings or service disconnection, and keeping records of collection and status of accounts.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Billing and Posting Clerks

Office and Administrative Support

Compile, compute, and record billing, accounting, statistical, and other numerical data for billing purposes. Prepare billing invoices for services rendered or for delivery or shipment of goods.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Office and Administrative Support

Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Gambling Cage Workers

Office and Administrative Support

In a gambling establishment, conduct financial transactions for patrons. Accept patron's credit application and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts. May reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books. May sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons, or to other workers for resale to patrons. May convert gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to currency upon patron's request. May use a cash register or computer to record transaction.

Requires a Matric Certificate

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Office and Administrative Support

Compile and record employee time and payroll data. May compute employees' time worked, production, and commission. May compute and post wages and deductions, or prepare paychecks.

Requires Vocational Training or a Diploma

Procurement Clerks

Office and Administrative Support

Compile information and records to draw up purchase orders for procurement of materials and services.

Requires a Matric Certificate