Brokerage Clerks
Perform duties related to the purchase, sale, or holding of securities. Duties include writing orders for stock purchases or sales, computing transfer taxes, verifying stock transactions, accepting and delivering securities, tracking stock price fluctuations, computing equity, distributing dividends, and keeping records of daily transactions and holdings.
- Tasks
- 10 tasks5 core, 5 supplemental
- Family
- Office & Administrative SupportOne of its 55 occupations
- Code
- 43-4011.00SOC 2018: 43-4011
What the work is made of
5 core tasks and 5 supplemental, each quoted as published, with the survey it came from.
Core: central to the jobSupplemental: done by some, not all
- Task 1. Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems.Core taskTask 8145Rated by 55 people who do the job, July 2014
- Task 2. Document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, or payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, or certificate records.Core taskTask 20622Rated by 56 people who do the job, July 2014
- Task 3. File, type, or operate standard office machines.Core taskTask 8149Rated by 56 people who do the job, July 2014
- Task 4. Perform clerical tasks, such as answering phones or distributing mail.Core taskTask 20623Rated by 56 people who do the job, July 2014
- Task 5. Prepare forms, such as receipts, withdrawal orders, transmittal papers, or transfer confirmations, based on transaction requests from stockholders.Core taskTask 8148Rated by 56 people who do the job, July 2014
- Task 6. Schedule and coordinate transfer and delivery of security certificates between companies, departments, and customers.Supplemental taskTask 8147Rated by 56 people who do the job, July 2014
- Task 7. Monitor daily stock prices and compute fluctuations to determine the need for additional collateral to secure loans.Supplemental taskTask 8150Rated by 56 people who do the job, July 2014
- Task 8. Verify ownership and transaction information and dividend distribution instructions to ensure conformance with governmental regulations, using stock records and reports.Supplemental taskTask 8153Rated by 56 people who do the job, July 2014
- Task 9. Compute total holdings, dividends, interest, transfer taxes, brokerage fees, or commissions and allocate appropriate payments to customers.Supplemental taskTask 8151Rated by 56 people who do the job, July 2014
- Task 10. Prepare reports summarizing daily transactions and earnings for individual customer accounts.Supplemental taskTask 8152Rated by 56 people who do the job, July 2014
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- ClassificationStandard Occupational Classification 2018, 43-4011
- LicenseCC BY 4.0Free to copy and reuse, with credit
- Changed by usNothing.
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