One-Year Certificate of Completion Program Offered by the Business Technologies Department Nature of Work Accounting Clerks maintain records of accounts for businesses by updating their daily transactions. They use adding machines, calculators, or computers to record, compile, and tabulate this information.
Many accounting clerks are responsible for payroll and invoice computations.
They may also file records of accounts, type vouchers, invoices, and business correspondence, and perform routine office duties. Employment Trends Job prospects in Lane County are steady. The Accounting Clerk option is designed to prepare the student for employment in an entry-level accounting clerk or bookkeeper position in manual or automated offices. Students completing the 45-hour certificate program have finished about half of an OA Accounting degree program. Certificate programs are designed for students who desire business training in a minimum amount of time.