What this code covers
Secretaries (general) use typewriters, personal computers or other word-processing equipment to transcribe correspondence and other documents; check and format documents prepared by other staff; deal with incoming and outgoing mail; screen requests for meetings or appointments; and perform a variety of administrative support tasks. Their tasks include: a) checking, formatting and transcribing correspondence, minutes and reports from dictation, electronic documents or written drafts to conform to office standards, using typewriter, personal computer or other word processing equipment; b) using various computer software packages, including spreadsheets, to provide administrative support; c) dealing with incoming or outgoing mail; d) scanning, recording and distributing mail, correspondence and documents; e) screening requests for meetings or appointments and helping to organize meetings; f) screening and recording leave and other staff-members' entitlements; g) organizing and supervising filing systems; h) dealing with routine correspondence on their own initiative. Examples of the occupations classified here: Community organizer secretary, Marketing secretary, Office secretary, Parish secretary, Sales secretary, Secretary, Typing secretary, Word processing secretary Some related occupations classified elsewhere: Administrative secretary - 3343, Executive secretary - 3343, Legal secretary - 3342, Medical secretary - 3344