File Clerks

Does not pass

• Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.

  physical work, outside the screen · 12.0% of the role's time · $389M

• Scan or read incoming materials to determine how and where they should be classified or filed.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 7.4% of the role's time · $241M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed · waiting on a check

• Find, retrieve, and make copies of information from files in response to requests and deliver information to authorized users.

  physical work, outside the screen · 6.6% of the role's time · $213M

• Answer questions about records or files.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 6.6% of the role's time · $213M · waiting on a check

• Sort or classify information according to guidelines, such as content, purpose, user criteria, or chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order.

  physical work, outside the screen · 6.5% of the role's time · $210M

• Place materials into storage receptacles, such as file cabinets, boxes, bins, or drawers, according to classification and identification information.

  physical work, outside the screen · 6.1% of the role's time · $199M

• Gather materials to be filed from departments or employees.

  physical work, outside the screen · 6.0% of the role's time · $196M

• Add new material to file records or create new records as necessary.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.6% of the role's time · $181M

• Eliminate outdated or unnecessary materials, destroying them or transferring them to inactive storage, according to file maintenance guidelines or legal requirements.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.1% of the role's time · $165M

• Assign and record or stamp identification numbers or codes to index materials for filing.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.0% of the role's time · $162M

• Complete general financial activities, such as processing accounts payable, reviewing invoices, collecting cash payments, or issuing receipts.

  physical work, outside the screen · 4.4% of the role's time · $144M

• Perform periodic inspections of materials or files to ensure correct placement, legibility, or proper condition.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.9% of the role's time · $125M

• Track materials removed from files to ensure that borrowed files are returned.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked · 3.5% of the role's time · $115M

• Modify or improve filing systems or implement new filing systems.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 3.3% of the role's time · $106M

• Design forms related to filing systems.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 2.2% of the role's time · $71.5M

• Operate mechanized files that rotate to bring needed records to a particular location.

  physical work, outside the screen · 1.6% of the role's time · $51.9M

• Retrieve documents stored in microfilm or microfiche and place them in viewers for reading.

  physical work, outside the screen · 1.3% of the role's time · $43.4M