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1473 – Production Clerks
Production clerks co-ordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within an establishment, prepare work and production schedules and monitor the progress of production and construction projects. Production clerks are employed by manufacturing and construction companies, printing and publishing companies and other industrial establishments.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Accessories repair service clerk
- Advertising control clerk
- Appliance repair clerk
- Assignment clerk - telecommunications
- Automobile supply clerk
- Cable transfer clerk
- Clerk, cable transfer
- Construction progress report clerk
- Construction schedule co-ordinator
- Control clerk, production
- Control officer, steel mill
- Delivery checker
- Expediter
- Expediter, purchasing
- Industrial order completion checking clerk
- Laboratory clerk
- Lumber tallyman/woman
- Manufacturing material inventory clerk
- Manufacturing order clerk
- Material checker
- Material co-ordinator
- Motor vehicle repair shop co-ordinator
- Order clerk, manufacturing
- Overhaul planner
- Parts sorter
- Production agent
- Production clerk
- Production co-ordinator
- Production control clerk
- Production controller
- Production expediter
- Production material estimator
- Production officer
- Production scheduler
- Progress report clerk, construction
- Purchasing expediter
- Recording clerk - broadcasting
- Rubber mould supplier
- Schedule clerk
- Scheduling clerk
- Service sector worker
- Shipping control clerk
- Steel mill control officer
- Supplier, rubber moulds
- Supply clerk - aeronautics
- Supply clerk - automobile
- Supply clerk - production
- Supply needs estimator
- Tally clerk
- Tallyman/woman
- Tallyman/woman - production
- Traffic clerk
- Traffic control clerk
- Vehicle servicing clerk
- Expediter
- Production clerk
- Production co-ordinator
- Production scheduler
- Scheduling clerk
- Traffic control clerk
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Production clerks perform some or all of the following duties:
- Compile detailed worksheets and specifications from customer's order
- Estimate type and quantity of materials and labour required for production, construction and other projects
- Consult with production supervisor to schedule production runs in a cost and time-efficient manner
- Meet regularly with other production clerks, warehouse, production and construction supervisors and purchasing and inventory clerks to co-ordinate activities between warehouses and production floors or construction sites
- Co-ordinate and monitor the movement of parts, supplies and materials within an establishment and ensure that supplies, materials and products are shipped and received on schedule
- Prepare and maintain various reports on the progress of work, materials used, rates of production and other production information, using manual or computerized systems.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required and college may be required.
- Previous clerical experience or experience as a production worker may be required.
Additional information
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 1 – Business, Finance and Administration Occupations
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 14 – Clerical Occupations
- Minor group
- 147 – Recording, Scheduling and Distributing Occupations
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0