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Court, Municipal, and License Clerks

Perform clerical duties for courts of law, municipalities, or governmental licensing agencies and bureaus. May prepare docket of cases to be called; secure information for judges and court; prepare draft agendas or bylaws for town or city council; answer official correspondence; keep fiscal records and accounts; issue licenses or permits; and record data, administer tests, or collect fees.

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  • Prepare documents recording the outcomes of court proceedings.
  • Record and edit the minutes of meetings and distribute to appropriate officials or staff members.
  • Perform administrative tasks, such as answering telephone calls, filing court documents, or maintaining office supplies or equipment.
  • Examine legal documents submitted to courts for adherence to laws or court procedures.
  • Respond to requests for information from the public, other municipalities, state officials, or state and federal legislative offices.
  • Perform administrative tasks, such as answering telephone calls, filing court documents, or maintaining office supplies or equipment.
  • Search files and contact witnesses, attorneys, or litigants to obtain information for the court.
  • Evaluate information on applications to verify completeness and accuracy and to determine whether applicants are qualified to obtain desired licenses.
  • Code information on license applications for entry into computers.
  • Record case dispositions, court orders, or arrangements made for payment of court fees.
  • Question applicants to obtain required information, such as name, address, or age, and record data on prescribed forms.
  • Answer questions or provide advice to the public regarding licensing policies, procedures, or regulations.
  • Issue public notification of all official activities or meetings.
  • Search files and contact witnesses, attorneys, or litigants to obtain information for the court.
  • Respond to requests for information from the public, other municipalities, state officials, or state and federal legislative offices.
  • Train other workers or coordinate their work, as necessary.
  • Perform contract administration duties, assisting with bid openings or the awarding of contracts.
  • Perform record checks on past or current licensees, as required by investigations.
  • Perform general office duties, such as taking or transcribing dictation, typing or proofreading correspondence, distributing or filing official forms, or scheduling appointments.
  • Prepare meeting agendas or packets of related information.
  • Prepare ordinances, resolutions, or proclamations so that they can be executed, recorded, archived, or distributed.
  • Coordinate or maintain office tracking systems for correspondence or follow-up actions.
  • Research information in the municipal archives upon request of public officials or private citizens.
  • Perform general office duties, such as taking or transcribing dictation, typing or proofreading correspondence, distributing or filing official forms, or scheduling appointments.
  • Participate in the administration of municipal elections, such as preparation or distribution of ballots, appointment or training of election officers, or tabulation or certification of results.
  • Record and maintain all vital and fiscal records and accounts.
  • Record and edit the minutes of meetings and distribute to appropriate officials or staff members.
  • Answer inquiries from the general public regarding judicial procedures, court appearances, trial dates, adjournments, outstanding warrants, summonses, subpoenas, witness fees, or payment of fines.
  • Instruct parties about timing of court appearances.
  • Perform general office duties, such as taking or transcribing dictation, typing or proofreading correspondence, distributing or filing official forms, or scheduling appointments.
  • Perform budgeting duties, such as assisting in budget preparation, expenditure review, or budget administration.
  • Prepare and issue orders of the court, such as probation orders, release documentation, sentencing information, or summonses.
  • Verify the authenticity of documents, such as foreign identification or immigration documents.

Work Activities

Work Activities

  • Prepare documents recording the outcomes of court proceedings.
  • Record and edit the minutes of meetings and distribute to appropriate officials or staff members.
  • Perform administrative tasks, such as answering telephone calls, filing court documents, or maintaining office supplies or equipment.
  • Examine legal documents submitted to courts for adherence to laws or court procedures.
  • Respond to requests for information from the public, other municipalities, state officials, or state and federal legislative offices.
  • Perform administrative tasks, such as answering telephone calls, filing court documents, or maintaining office supplies or equipment.
  • Search files and contact witnesses, attorneys, or litigants to obtain information for the court.
  • Evaluate information on applications to verify completeness and accuracy and to determine whether applicants are qualified to obtain desired licenses.
  • Code information on license applications for entry into computers.
  • Record case dispositions, court orders, or arrangements made for payment of court fees.
  • Question applicants to obtain required information, such as name, address, or age, and record data on prescribed forms.
  • Answer questions or provide advice to the public regarding licensing policies, procedures, or regulations.
  • Issue public notification of all official activities or meetings.
  • Search files and contact witnesses, attorneys, or litigants to obtain information for the court.
  • Respond to requests for information from the public, other municipalities, state officials, or state and federal legislative offices.
  • Train other workers or coordinate their work, as necessary.
  • Perform contract administration duties, assisting with bid openings or the awarding of contracts.
  • Perform record checks on past or current licensees, as required by investigations.
  • Perform general office duties, such as taking or transcribing dictation, typing or proofreading correspondence, distributing or filing official forms, or scheduling appointments.
  • Prepare meeting agendas or packets of related information.
  • Prepare ordinances, resolutions, or proclamations so that they can be executed, recorded, archived, or distributed.
  • Coordinate or maintain office tracking systems for correspondence or follow-up actions.
  • Research information in the municipal archives upon request of public officials or private citizens.
  • Perform general office duties, such as taking or transcribing dictation, typing or proofreading correspondence, distributing or filing official forms, or scheduling appointments.
  • Participate in the administration of municipal elections, such as preparation or distribution of ballots, appointment or training of election officers, or tabulation or certification of results.
  • Record and maintain all vital and fiscal records and accounts.
  • Record and edit the minutes of meetings and distribute to appropriate officials or staff members.
  • Answer inquiries from the general public regarding judicial procedures, court appearances, trial dates, adjournments, outstanding warrants, summonses, subpoenas, witness fees, or payment of fines.
  • Instruct parties about timing of court appearances.
  • Perform general office duties, such as taking or transcribing dictation, typing or proofreading correspondence, distributing or filing official forms, or scheduling appointments.
  • Perform budgeting duties, such as assisting in budget preparation, expenditure review, or budget administration.
  • Prepare and issue orders of the court, such as probation orders, release documentation, sentencing information, or summonses.
  • Verify the authenticity of documents, such as foreign identification or immigration documents.

Skills

  • Installation

    Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.

  • Active Listening

    Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

  • Reading Comprehension

    Reading work-related information.

  • Programming

    Writing computer programs.

  • Technology Design

    Making equipment and technology useful for customers.

  • Equipment Maintenance

    Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.

  • Operations Analysis

    Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.

  • Coordination

    Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

  • Equipment Selection

    Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.

  • Speaking

    Talking to others.

  • Management of Financial Resources

    Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.

  • Management of Material Resources

    Managing equipment and materials.

  • Systems Evaluation

    Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.

  • Operation and Control

    Using equipment or systems.

  • Active Learning

    Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

  • Critical Thinking

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

  • Repairing

    Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.

  • Monitoring

    Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

  • Time Management

    Managing your time and the time of other people.

  • Service Orientation

    Looking for ways to help people.

  • Science

    Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.

  • Management of Personnel Resources

    Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

  • Writing

    Writing things for co-workers or customers.

  • Learning Strategies

    Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

  • Operations Monitoring

    Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.

  • Quality Control Analysis

    Testing how well a product or service works.

  • Mathematics

    Using math to solve problems.

  • Judgment and Decision Making

    Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

  • Persuasion

    Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

  • Social Perceptiveness

    Understanding people's reactions.

  • Complex Problem Solving

    Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

  • Instructing

    Teaching people how to do something.

  • Negotiation

    Bringing people together to solve differences.

  • Troubleshooting

    Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.

  • Systems Analysis

    Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

WorkKeys®

Applied Math
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Workplace Documents
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Graphic Literacy
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Abilities

  • Memorization

    Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.

  • Extent Flexibility

    Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.

  • Number Facility

    Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.

  • Sound Localization

    Noticing the direction that a sound came from.

  • Finger Dexterity

    Putting together small parts with your fingers.

  • Control Precision

    Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.

  • Problem Sensitivity

    Noticing when problems happen.

  • Written Expression

    Communicating by writing.

  • Time Sharing

    Doing two or more things at the same time.

  • Flexibility of Closure

    Seeing hidden patterns.

  • Depth Perception

    Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.

  • Night Vision

    Seeing at night or under low light.

  • Dynamic Flexibility

    Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.

  • Originality

    Creating new and original ideas.

  • Response Orientation

    Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.

  • Wrist-Finger Speed

    Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.

  • Dynamic Strength

    Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.

  • Speech Recognition

    Recognizing spoken words.

  • Far Vision

    Seeing details that are far away.

  • Oral Expression

    Communicating by speaking.

  • Category Flexibility

    Grouping things in different ways.

  • Written Comprehension

    Reading and understanding what is written.

  • Deductive Reasoning

    Using rules to solve problems.

  • Selective Attention

    Paying attention to something without being distracted.

  • Trunk Strength

    Using your lower back and stomach.

  • Stamina

    Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.

  • Near Vision

    Seeing details up close.

  • Arm-Hand Steadiness

    Keeping your arm or hand steady.

  • Spatial Orientation

    Knowing where things are around you.

  • Speed of Closure

    Quickly knowing what you are looking at.

  • Mathematical Reasoning

    Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.

  • Speech Clarity

    Speaking clearly.

  • Visual Color Discrimination

    Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.

  • Gross Body Equilibrium

    Keeping your balance or staying upright.

  • Visualization

    Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.

  • Manual Dexterity

    Holding or moving items with your hands.

  • Rate Control

    Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.

  • Reaction Time

    Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.

  • Speed of Limb Movement

    Quickly moving your arms and legs.

  • Static Strength

    Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.

  • Auditory Attention

    Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.

  • Peripheral Vision

    Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.

  • Hearing Sensitivity

    Telling the difference between sounds.

  • Information Ordering

    Ordering or arranging things.

  • Inductive Reasoning

    Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.

  • Explosive Strength

    Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.

  • Gross Body Coordination

    Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.

  • Glare Sensitivity

    Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.

  • Fluency of Ideas

    Coming up with lots of ideas.

  • Multilimb Coordination

    Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.

  • Perceptual Speed

    Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.

  • Oral Comprehension

    Listening and understanding what people say.

Knowledge

  • English Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • Communications and Media

    Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

  • Sociology and Anthropology

    Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.

  • Therapy and Counseling

    Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

  • Food Production

    Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

  • Computers and Electronics

    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

  • Biology

    Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

  • Customer and Personal Service

    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

  • Personnel and Human Resources

    Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

  • Administrative

    Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

  • Philosophy and Theology

    Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

  • Sales and Marketing

    Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

  • Foreign Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

  • Fine Arts

    Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

  • Physics

    Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.

  • Public Safety and Security

    Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

  • Geography

    Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

  • Engineering and Technology

    Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

  • Psychology

    Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

  • Building and Construction

    Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

  • Telecommunications

    Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

  • Mechanical

    Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

  • Mathematics

    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

  • Economics and Accounting

    Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

  • Chemistry

    Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

  • Education and Training

    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

  • Design

    Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

  • Transportation

    Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

  • Production and Processing

    Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

  • History and Archeology

    Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

  • Law and Government

    Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

  • Administration and Management

    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

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Pay

  • Typical Salary
  • $66,520
    $46,890
    $33,470
    Ohio
    US
    $72,370
    $47,700
    $34,860
  • Typical Hourly Wage
  • $32
    $23
    $16
    Ohio
    US
    $35
    $23
    $17

Ohio Employment Trends

  • Currently Employed 10,290
  • Yearly Projected Openings 1040

Typical Education

Personality

Conventional: People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.They do well at jobs that need:
  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
  • Self Control
  • Stress Tolerance

Tools

  • Automatic postal or mailing machine
  • Binocular vision test sets
  • Cash or ticket boxes
  • Conversation recording units
  • Desktop calculator
  • Dictation machines
  • Digital cameras
  • Digital image printers
  • Digital voice recorders
  • Electronic voting or vote-counting equipment
  • Inkjet printers
  • Laser fax machine
  • Laser printers
  • Magnetic stripe readers and encoders
  • Microfiche or microfilm viewers
  • Notary seals
  • Optical character recognition systems
  • Paper shredding machines or accessories
  • Personal computers
  • Photocopiers
  • Printer calculator
  • Punch card reader
  • Rubber stamping stamps
  • Scanners
  • Special purpose telephones
  • Stenotype machines
  • Touch screen monitors
  • Two way radios
  • Typewriters

Technology

  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • Data base reporting software
  • Data base user interface and query software
  • Document management software
  • Electronic mail software
  • Information retrieval or search software
  • Office suite software
  • Presentation software
  • Project management software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Video conferencing software
  • Word processing software
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