£15,080
Average salary at age 20
£27,560
Average Salary
36
Average hours per week
Description
Bank and post office clerks deal with the payment and receipt of money, cheques and other routine financial transactions and open and close accounts. They advise upon financial products and services offered by banks, building societies and post offices.Main Tasks
- Deals with enquiries from customers, other banks and other authorised enquirers;
- Maintains records of transactions and compiles information;
- Advises customers on financial services and products available;
- Manages the operations of a sub-post office;
- Receives and pays out cash, cheques, money orders, credit notes, foreign currency or travellers cheques;
- Provides postal services, pays state pensions, unemployment and other state benefits to claimants, supplies official forms and documentation to the public, and performs other tasks specific to the activities of a post office.
Qualifications
There are no minimum academic requirements, although entrants usually possess GCSEs/S grades, A levels/H grades or an Advanced GNVQ/GSVQ Level III. On-the-job training is provided. NVQs/SVQs in relevant areas are available at Levels 2, 3 and 4.What Bank and post office clerks studied in higher education
| Occupation | Percentage Value |
|---|---|
| (L7) Human & social geography | 1 |
| (G1) Mathematics | 3 |
| (W2) Design studies | 2 |
| (L3) Sociology | 5 |
| (C1) Biology | 1 |
| (F1) Chemistry | 1 |
| (C8) Psychology | 5 |
| (W1) Fine art | 1 |
| (F8) Physical geographical sciences | 1 |
| (W6) Cinematics & photography | 1 |
| (C7) Molecular biology, biophysics & biochemistry | 1 |
| (Q3) English studies | 3 |
| (V2) History by area | 1 |
| (L2) Politics | 3 |
| (B7) Nursing | 1 |
| (R1) French studies | 1 |
| (N5) Marketing | 2 |
| (W4) Drama | 2 |
| (M1) Law by area | 2 |
| (M2) Law by topic | 3 |
| (I2) Information systems | 1 |
| (N8) Hospitality, leisure, sport, tourism & transport | 2 |
| (P2) Publicity studies | 1 |
| (P5) Journalism | 1 |
| (F4) Forensic & archaeological sciences | 1 |
| (N6) Human resource management | 1 |
| (V5) Philosophy | 1 |
| (L1) Economics | 4 |
| (N1) Business studies | 10 |
| (X3) Academic studies in education | 2 |
| (L5) Social work | 1 |
| (V6) Theology & religious studies | 1 |
| (X1) Training teachers | 1 |
| (N4) Accounting | 4 |
| (C6) Sport & exercise science | 3 |
| (P3) Media studies | 3 |
| (N2) Management studies | 4 |
| (V1) History by period | 6 |
| (N3) Finance | 2 |
| (I1) Computer science | 1 |
UK Prospects
74100
Workforce Size
2.35%
Predicted decline 2024 - 2027
16623
Predicted Replacement 2024 - 2027
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