Filing or Registry Clerk
What the work is
Processes and handles information and documents to maintain access to, and security of, database and record management systems.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Processes incoming documents and information according to database and record management systems
- Ensures accuracy and completeness of documents
- Provides support in accessing documents
- Records file and document movements
- Conducts audits to ensure database integrity
- Assists in disposal and archiving of documents
- Stays updated on filing practices and technologies
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a fictional public library branch and the records registry upstairs at the same council. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A child finds the book they have been hunting for and goes home clutching it
- You trace a missing file through its movement log in five minutes
- The quiet hour before opening, when every shelf is in order and the returns trolley is empty
Hard days
- A returns trolley that is full again before you have cleared it
- Someone urgently needs a file and it is not where the system says it is
- Explaining a library rule to a person who is already having a rough day
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 599131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.