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  1. South Africa
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  3. Role and Pay
  4. General office clerks

General office clerks

General office clerks perform a range of clerical and administrative tasks according to established procedures.

Skill level: Semi-skilled

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  • Salary range for the majority of workers in General office clerks - from R9 107 to R24 838 per month - 2025.
  • A General office clerks typically earns between R9 107 and R17 996 net per month at the start of the job.
  • After 5 years of service, this is between R10 222 and R20 608 per month for a working week of 45 hours.

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  • Forestry administrative officer
  • Land officer
  • Bank clerk (back-office)
  • Marketing clerk
  • Office clerk
  • Procurement clerk
  • Public relations clerk
  • Municipal clerk

Duties and tasks

  • Recording, preparing, sorting, classifying and filing information
  • Sorting, opening and sending mail
  • Photocopying and faxing documents
  • Preparing reports and correspondence of a routine nature
  • Recording issue of equipment to staff
  • Responding to telephone or electronic enquiries or forwarding to appropriate person
  • Checking figures, preparing invoices and recording details of financial transactions made
  • Transcribing information onto computers, and proofreading and correcting copy

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  • Forestry administrative officer
  • Land officer
  • Bank clerk (back-office)
  • Marketing clerk
  • Office clerk

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