File correspondence, cards, invoices, receipts, and other records in alphabetical or numerical order or according to the filing system used. Locate and remove material from file when requested.

Other names for File Clerks: Administrative Assistant, Administrative Support Technician, Admissions Clerk, Blueprint Clerk, Brand Recorder, Card Filer, Claims Clerk, Classification Clerk, Computer Aide, Computer Tape Librarian, Control Clerk, Credit Card Clerk, Cut File Clerk, Cut Filer, Death Surveys Coder, Deputy Clerk, Document Clerk, Document Coordinator, Documentation Specialist, Enrollment Clerk, Enrollment Specialist, File Clerk, File Keeper, Filer, Finance Clerk, Fingerprint Clerk, History Card Clerk, Human Resources Assistant (HR Assistant), Identifications Clerk, Imaging Clerk, Import Export Clerk, Index Clerk, Indexer, Information Clerk, Intelligence Clerk, Invoice Coder, Kardex Clerk, Librarian, Line Assigner, Lister, Manufacturing Clerk, Map Clerk, Medical Records Clerk, Medical Records Coder, Medical Records File Clerk, Morgue Keeper, Morgue Librarian, Office Assistant, Office Specialist, Police Records Clerk, Pre Coder, Record Clerk, Record Filing Clerk, Record Keeper, Records Clerk, Records Custodian, Records Manager, Records Specialist, Support Technician, Tape Librarian,

• Answer questions about records and files.
• Modify and improve filing systems, or implement new filing systems.
• Perform periodic inspections of materials or files in order to ensure correct placement, legibility, and proper condition.
• Eliminate outdated or unnecessary materials, destroying them or transferring them to inactive storage according to file maintenance guidelines and/or legal requirements.
• Enter document identification codes into systems in order to determine locations of documents to be retrieved.
• Operate mechanized files that rotate to bring needed records to a particular location.
• Design forms related to filing systems.
• Retrieve documents stored in microfilm or microfiche and place them in viewers for reading.
• Keep records of materials filed or removed, using logbooks or computers.
• Add new material to file records, and create new records as necessary.
• Perform general office duties such as typing, operating office machines, and sorting mail.
• Track materials removed from files in order to ensure that borrowed files are returned.
• Gather materials to be filed from departments and employees.
• Sort or classify information according to guidelines such as content, purpose, user criteria, or chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order.
• Find and retrieve information from files in response to requests from authorized users.
• Scan or read incoming materials in order to determine how and where they should be classified or filed.
• Place materials into storage receptacles, such as file cabinets, boxes, bins, or drawers, according to classification and identification information.
• Assign and record or stamp identification numbers or codes in order to index materials for filing.