Office Assistant
Use strong organisation and communication skills to carry out administrative tasks.
What's it like to be an Office Assistant?
Responsible for supporting all aspects of a business, Office Assistants are vital to the smooth running of an office. Office Assistants can be called on to work on many different kinds of tasks, depending on the size of the organisation and their level of ability. Office Assistants tend to be well-organised and have strong communication skills.
Tasks and duties
- Undertaking reception and customer service duties.
- Preparing, printing and binding documents.
- Photocopying, scanning and faxing.
- Sorting and sending mail.
- Preparing routine reports.
- Formatting, proofreading and transcribing documents.
- Taking messages and following up on enquiries.
- Providing information to stakeholders.
- Managing assets, such as stationary equipment.
- Data entry and record management.
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How to become an Office Assistant
Formal qualifications are not required to become an Office Assistant, but they may improve your administration skills.
- Consider completing a vocational qualification in business administration, such as the Certificate III in Business Administration (BSB30120) or the Certificate IV in Business Administration (BS40120).
- You can continue learning with a Diploma of Business (Operations) (BS50120). This qualification will prepare you for more senior roles in office administration.
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Certificate III in Business Administration
This qualification provides you with the skills and knowledge to complete a range of administrative roles across a range of contexts.
Diploma of Business Administration
This qualification prepares you to work in various administrative roles including as an administration manager or office manager.
Certificate IV in Business Administration
With this qualification you will develop your administrative skills and learn to provide leadership and guidance to others.
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Office Assistants need to be highly organised but find I work better under pressure.
Reviewer's Qualification
Certificate IV in Business (Administration)
Experience
1 – 4 years
Organisation size
Small (1-19 employees)
Specialisation
Property Management
The good things
An efficient Office Assistant who is highly organised and priortises tasks can really make a difference in the professionalism and energy of the office. They need to anticipate and learn the style of...
The challenges
The challenges of the role is that it can be demanding to meet deadlines and to deal with strong personalities, however, always keep a positive attitude and always be professional in the way you deal ...
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Office Assistance is not just assisting but learning too.
Reviewer's Qualification
Bachelor of Science (Information Technology)
Experience
1 – 4 years
Organisation size
Large (200+ employees)
Specialisation
Logistics
The good things
As an office assistant what mostly has helped me is learning the hard way this is the best way to know something and it will never depart your mind.
An office Assistant is always the first person to g...
The challenges
I tend to go extra miles in service people and forget i need a rest too.
Its hard to treat everyone equally but you just have to so sometimes its hard.
Multitasking is a day to day learning thing so a...
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