Data Entry Operator: Task List Competency Record.

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Title: Data Entry Operator: Task List Competency Record.
Authors: Minnesota Instructional Materials Center, White Bear Lake.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 62
Publication Date: 1976
Sponsoring Agency: Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education.
Document Type: Guides - General
Descriptors: Business Education, Clerical Occupations, Clerical Workers, Data Processing, Data Processing Occupations, Human Relations, Individual Development, Job Skills, Occupational Information, Office Occupations Education, Postsecondary Education, Records (Forms), Secondary Education, Student Evaluation, Student Records, Task Analysis
Geographic Terms: Minnesota
Abstract: One of 12 in the secretarial/clerical area, this booklet for the vocational instructor contains a job description for the data entry operator, a task list of areas of competency, an occupational tasks competency record (suggested as replacement for the traditional report card), a list of industry representatives and educators involved in developing the project, and statements of competencies and a separate competency record for the area of human relations and personal development. Job duties listed for the data entry operator are to operate keypunch, data recorder, verifier, and other data recording machines, with the ability to transcribe data from various source documents onto punch cards, tape, or disks in any computerized business or agency. Areas of competency in human relations and personal development are included (communication, self-development, personal appearance, office attitude, social and business etiquette, and job-seeking skills). Statements of competencies may be graded at either the secondary or postsecondary level, and the competency records are intended to follow the student through vocational training at both levels. Tasks in the task list are cross referenced with those in the booklets for other secretarial/clerical jobs. (MF)
Entry Date: 1977
Accession Number: ED133546
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:One of 12 in the secretarial/clerical area, this booklet for the vocational instructor contains a job description for the data entry operator, a task list of areas of competency, an occupational tasks competency record (suggested as replacement for the traditional report card), a list of industry representatives and educators involved in developing the project, and statements of competencies and a separate competency record for the area of human relations and personal development. Job duties listed for the data entry operator are to operate keypunch, data recorder, verifier, and other data recording machines, with the ability to transcribe data from various source documents onto punch cards, tape, or disks in any computerized business or agency. Areas of competency in human relations and personal development are included (communication, self-development, personal appearance, office attitude, social and business etiquette, and job-seeking skills). Statements of competencies may be graded at either the secondary or postsecondary level, and the competency records are intended to follow the student through vocational training at both levels. Tasks in the task list are cross referenced with those in the booklets for other secretarial/clerical jobs. (MF)