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Elementary Administration Occupations

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of elementary clerical and administrative tasks within offices.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£8,381
£19,828
£35,514

New workers start around £8,381. Normal pay is £19,828 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £35,514.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 55,545 vacancies for this type of job

3.79%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Takes messages and distributes internal and external correspondence to office staff.

  • Compiles, sorts and files correspondence.

  • Records and retrieves information.

  • Copies, duplicates or destroys documents and other records.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Housekeeping

  • Data Entry

  • Administrative Support

  • Office Supply Management

  • Invoicing

  • Finance

  • Effective Communication

  • Food Safety And Sanitation

  • Auditing

  • Purchasing

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Detail Oriented

  • Administrative Functions

  • Organizational Skills

  • Filing

  • Customer Service

  • Operations

  • Microsoft Office

  • Telephone Skills

  • English Language

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.