STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: DATA ENTRY
OPERATOR III
Class Code: 3033-08
Date Established: 06-22-73
Occupational
Code: 1-1-2
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To transcribe
and verify diversified data from source documents for entry into a computerized
data bank with various types of applications.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Enters diversified
data for various types of applications into online computerized data bank.
·
Verifies the data
entered by other operators to ensure accuracy of computer run.
·
Researches keying
errors and corrects the information for processing.
·
Uses computerized
equipment for validation of source documents.
·
Sorts and files data
according to standardized procedures.
·
Performs clerical
duties upon assignment.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill
in applying instructions to accomplish different job functions OR in operating
machines for a variety of different purposes.
Knowledge: Requires
understanding and using business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to
perform standard operating procedures.
Impact: Requires
responsibility for contributing to agency objectives by ensuring the accuracy
of support activities within one or more organizational units. Errors at this level affect the work of
others or have measurable monetary consequences, and require verification and
correction in order to complete succeeding work operations.
Supervision: Requires
partial supervision of other employees doing work which is related or similar
to the supervisor, including assigning job duties, providing training, giving
instructions and checking work.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions under good conditions in a safe working environment.
Physical
Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires
obtaining and exchanging information, referring inquiries to the appropriate
source, or responding to questions from state employees or members of the
general public.
Complexity: Requires a
combination of job functions using minimal judgment to perform a variety of job
tasks according to clearly prescribed standard practices and procedures.
Independent
Action: Requires making a limited number of
choices in selecting among alternative courses of action under supervisory
guidance and in performing job functions according to a variety of prescribed
policies or procedures.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: High school
diploma, G.E.D. or its equivalent, including or supplemented by a course in
typing. Each additional year of
approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work
experience.
Experience: Two years'
clerical experience, including six months of operating data entry
equipment.
License/Certification: None required.
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS: For appointment consideration, Data
Entry Operator III applicants must successfully participate in a written
examination and data entry exercise measuring possession of knowledge, skills
and abilities identified as necessary for satisfactory job performance by this
class specification.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of keying and data entry
systems. Knowledge of the uses and
principles of codes and coded information. Skill in entering data into word processing or computer
systems. Ability to type data
accurately and rapidly. Ability to
comprehend and follow instructions.
Ability to establish and maintain harmonious working relationships with
associates. Must be willing to
maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as
determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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