Data Entry Specialist

Data Entry Specialist Job Description

Job Responsibilities:

Compare data with source documents, or re-enter data in verification format to detect errors.Compile, sort and verify the accuracy of data before it is entered.

Locate and correct data entry errors, or report them to supervisors.

Maintain logs of activities and completed work.

Read source documents such as canceled checks, sales reports, or bills, and enter data in specific data fields or onto tapes or disks for subsequent entry, using keyboards or scanners.

Select materials needed to complete work assignments.

Store completed documents in appropriate locations.

Job Activities:

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards -- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Handling and Moving Objects -- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Processing Information -- Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Documenting/Recording Information -- Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

Requirements:

Wrist-Finger Speed -- The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.

Written Comprehension -- The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Near Vision -- The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).