National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0
- 1 - Business, finance and administration occupations
- 12 - Administrative and financial supervisors and specialized administrative occupations
- 121 - Specialized administrative occupations
- 1211 - Court reporters, transcriptionists, records management technicians and statistical officers
12112 - Records management technicians
Records management technicians operate and maintain systems for the collection, classification, retrieval and retention of records, images, documents and information. They are employed throughout the private and public sectors.
Illustrative example(s)
- information management technician
- microfilm records searcher
- records classifier
- records digitizing technician
- records technician
Exclusion(s)
- Health information management occupations (See 12111 Health information management occupations)
- Health records clerk (See 14100 General office support workers)
- Library and public archive technicians (See 52100 Library and public archive technicians)
- Records management specialist (See 11201 Professional occupations in business management consulting)
- Records management supervisor (See 12010 Supervisors, general office and administrative support workers)
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Implement and update records classification, retention and disposal scheduling plans
- Classify, code, cross-reference, log and store records
- Develop document inventories and maintain indexes for classification systems
- Operate information retrieval systems to research and extract records according to established guidelines in response to requests
- Label, prepare and transfer information files according to established records management life-cycle procedures and schedules
- Maintain access lists for security classified records
- Compile statistics and reports on activities within records management services.
Employment requirements
- Records management technicians usually require completion of a two- to three-year college program in information or records management technology.
- Two to three years' experience in a records management environment may be required.
Additional information
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible with additional training and experience.
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