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name: typist
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'typist' (also: shorthand typist, word processor, transcription typist, braille typist, audio typist, clerk typist). Use when the user asks for typical typist work such as: Check completed work for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and format.; Perform other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes.; Gather, register, and arrange the material to be typed, following instructions."
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# Typist

Typists operate computers to type and revise documents and compile material to be typed, such as correspondence, reports, statistical tables, forms, and audios. They read instructions accompanying material or follow verbal instructions to determine requirements such as number of copies needed, priority and desired format.

## Core workflow

1. Check completed work for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and format.
2. Perform other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes.
3. Gather, register, and arrange the material to be typed, following instructions.
4. Type correspondence, reports, text and other written material from rough drafts, corrected copies, voice recordings, dictation, or previous versions, using a computer, word processor, or typewriter.
5. File and store completed documents on computer hard drive or disk, or maintain a computer filing system to store, retrieve, update, and delete documents.
6. Print and make copies of work.
7. Keep records of work performed.
8. Compute and verify totals on report forms, requisitions, or bills, using adding machine or calculator.

## How to use this skill

- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).

## Key competences (essential)

- align content with form
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- company policies
- decode handwritten texts
- draft corporate emails
- liaise with typists
- pose questions referring to documents
- provide written content
- transcription methods
- type error-free documents
- use dictionaries
- use free typing techniques
- use microsoft office

## Hot technologies

- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft Access
- Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- SAP software
- Google Workspace software
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint


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## Hot technologies

Top tools from 51 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-20):

- Microsoft Word — 35 %
- Microsoft Excel — 24 %
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 16 %
- Best Authority — 10 %
- Microsoft Office — 10 %
- iManage — 8 %
- Kofax Power PDF — 6 %
- Litera Compare — 6 %
- Microsoft Outlook — 6 %

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/22f86890-f68b-402f-a711-3e6df4913271), O*NET 30.3 (43-9022.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*