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Data Entry Keyers

Operate data entry device, such as keyboard or photo composing perforator. Duties may include verifying data and preparing materials for printing.

Other names for Data Entry Keyers: Adjusto-Writer Operator, Administrative Assistant, Audograph Operator, Automatic Operator, Billing Clerk, Braille Operator, Braille Typist, Card Puncher, Card Punching Machine Operator, Check Processor, Claims Support Specialist, Cold Type Composing Machine Operator, Commission Specialist, Compugraph Operator, Computer Aide, Computer Clerk, Computer Terminal Operator, Computer Typesetter, Cryptographic Clerk, Cryptographic Machine Operator, Customer Service Representative, Customs Entry Clerk, Data Capture Specialist, Data Coder Operator, Data Entry Clerk, Data Entry Machine Operator, Data Entry Operator, Data Entry Specialist, Data Entry Technician, Data Input Clerk, Data Keyer, Data Processor, Data Typist, Electronic Typesetting Machine Operator, Encoder, Encoding Clerk, Factory Machine Computer Operator, Fiscal Assistant, Flex O Writer Operator, Key Punch Operator, Keying Machine Operator, Keypunch Operator, Keypuncher, KST Operator (Key Station Terminal Operator), Linecasting Machine Keyboard Operator, Machine Clerical Verifier, Magnetic Tape Composer Operator, Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter Operator (MTST Operator), Magnetic Tape Typewriter Operator, Micro Computer Data Processor, Multiplex Operator, Office Machine Punch Operator, Perforator Typist, Personal Computer Specialist (PC Specialist), Photocomposing Keyboard Operator, Photocomposing Perforator Machine Operator, Photocomposition Keyboard Operator, Planograph Operator, Production Machine Computer Operator, Punch Card Operator, Records Clerk, Remote Computer Terminal Operator, Robotype Operator, Simplex Operator, Strike On Machine Operator, Teleprinter, Teletype Clerk, Teletype Operator, Teletype or Varitype Keyboard Operator, Teletypewriter Operator, Teletypist, Terminal Computer Operator, Terminal Make Up Operator, Terminal System Operator, Traffic Assistant, TWX Operator (Teletype Writer Exchange Operator), Typesetter-Perforator Operator, Typist, Underwriting Support Specialist, Varitype Operator, Varitypist, Verifier Operator, Verifying Machine Operator,

What do Data Entry Keyers do?

  • 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.
  • Compile, sort and verify the accuracy of data before it is entered.
  • Compare data with source documents, or re-enter data in verification format to detect errors.
  • Store completed documents in appropriate locations.
  • Locate and correct data entry errors, or report them to supervisors.
  • Maintain logs of activities and completed work.
  • Select materials needed to complete work assignments.
  • Load machines with required input or output media such as paper, cards, disks, tape or Braille media.
  • Resolve garbled or indecipherable messages, using cryptographic procedures and equipment.