Order Clerks
SOC Code: 43-4151
Order Clerkss review orders for completeness according to reporting procedures and forward incomplete orders for further processing. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 80.4/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Active Listening, Speaking, Active Listening.
AI-Proof Score: 80.4 — Very High
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Median Salary
$44,660
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Job Growth
-17.2%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Active Listening
- •Speaking
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Critical Thinking
- •Service Orientation
- •Writing
Common Tasks
- ✓Review orders for completeness according to reporting procedures and forward incomplete orders for further processing.
- ✓Obtain customers' names, addresses, and billing information, product numbers, and specifications of items to be purchased, and enter this information on order forms.
- ✓Recommend merchandise or services that will meet customers' needs.
- ✓Inspect outgoing work for compliance with customers' specifications.
- ✓Receive and respond to customer complaints.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation