The Collar360

Data entry clerk / virtual assistant

Other names

Official name: Data entry clerk

statistical clerk, data steward, data entry inspector, data-entry clerk, payment entry clerk, data entry operator, data entry officer, data-entry officer

Office and administration

They type information from papers into computers, check that it is correct, fix mistakes, and store the papers.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Locate and correct data entry errors, or report them to supervisors.

  2. 2

    Compile, sort, and verify the accuracy of data before it is entered.

  3. 3

    Compare data with source documents, or re-enter data in verification format to detect errors.

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Sources

Built from 5 sources · reviewed 2026-10-29

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

Open the source

The Collar360 Uganda research (occupations, UVQF, Public Service, labour market)

Research for this platform

Compiled by The Collar360 from public Ugandan sources, each cited with its evidence level.

Collar360; each fact keeps its own source

ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

Open the source

ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

Open the source

O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
opérateur de saisie de données/opératrice de saisie de données
español
grabador de datos/grabadora de datos
العربية
موظف إدخال بيانات / موظفة إدخال البيانات
português
Operador de registo de dados/Operadora de registo de dados
Deutsch
Datentypist/Datentypistin
italiano
operatore data entry/ operatrice data entry

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