STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: WORD PROCESSOR OPERATOR TRAINEE
Class Code: 9905-06
Date Established: 12-07-81
Occupational Code: 1-1-2
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To perform routine word processing
duties by typing copy into a word processing system.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Types handwritten or dictated narrative into a word
processing system.
· Corrects formatting of draft narratives entered into a word
processing system by other staff.
· Enters and retrieves data from letters, reports, or other
written documents.
· Reviews typed input for accuracy and completeness before
printing.
· Sets formats electronically for typed copy and keys command
to space, align margins and correct errors.
· Performs other clerical duties such as typing, maintaining
appropriate records and files, answering telephone and reception as required.
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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 no supervision of employees or
functions.
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 minimal combination of job
functions, including performing frequently repeated tasks according to set
procedures and standardized situations.
Independent Action: Requires minimal choice in performing
routine duties under immediate supervision and in following simple instructions
according to standardized policies and procedures.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: High school diploma, G.E.D., or its
equivalent, including courses in office procedures, word processing, or
typing. Each additional year of
approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work
experience.
Experience: One year's experience in word
processing.
License/Certification: None required.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
For appointment
consideration, Word Processor Operator Trainee requires that applicants
successfully participate in a written examination and straight copy typing
exercise. These examinations
measure possession of knowledge, skills and abilities identified as necessary
for satisfactory job performance by this class specification.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of English grammar, spelling
and punctuation. Knowledge of
commercial mathematics. Knowledge
of general office practices.
Ability to type rapidly and accurately. Ability to follow oral and written directions. Ability to recognize and correct
spelling, grammatical and arithmetical errors. 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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