typist
Typists operate computers to type and revise documents and compile material to be typed, such as correspondence, reports, statistical tables, forms, and audios. They read instructions accompanying material or follow verbal instructions to determine requirements such as number of copies needed, priority and desired format.
Also called: phonotypist, data entry typist, transcription typist, braille typist, shorthand typist, audio typist, word processor, clerk typist
- 13
- essential skills
- 20
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- scopist6 skills in common
- court reporter5 skills in common
- administrative assistant3 skills in common
- office clerk3 skills in common
- secretary3 skills in common
- translator3 skills in common
- typesetter3 skills in common
- foreign language correspondence clerk2 skills in common
Essential skills
13- align content with form
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- company policies
- decode handwritten texts
- draft corporate emails
- liaise with typists
- pose questions referring to documents
- provide written content
- transcription methods
- type error-free documents
- use dictionaries
- use free typing techniques
- use microsoft office
Optional skills
20- audio technology
- compile content
- content development processes
- digitise documents
- ensure proper document management
- integrate content into output media
- maintain customer records
- manage digital documents
- operate audio equipment
- perform office routine activities
- stenography
- translate keywords into full texts
- type texts from audio sources
- use databases
- use shorthand
- use shorthand computer program
- use spreadsheets software
- use stenotype machines
- use word processing software
- write meeting reports
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