How to become a data processing control clerk
Official title: Data processing control clerk
Also called: Key punch operator, Production coordinator (data processing), Scheduler (computer operations), Production coordinator (data processing), Scheduler (computer operations)
Data processing control clerk prepares production schedules for computer operations and keeps records of computer operations.
Main tasks
- Preparing day-to-day production schedules for computer operations
- Preparing job flows, including files required, for submission to the computer
Ways in
- Apprenticeship: Work-study diploma. Related ITE work-study diplomas: Work-Study Diploma in Data Centre Infrastructure & Operation. You are employed by a company and study at ITE at the same time. Peernovo matched these from course names.
- Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Data Engineering. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.; Polytechnic diploma. Related diplomas: Diploma in Ai & Data Engineering (Nanyang Polytechnic). Peernovo matched these from course names; polytechnics do not publish which jobs each course leads to.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $41,760 a year. The middle half earn $31,176 to $59,148 a year.
- Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Bookkeeper
- Ledger/Accounts clerk
- Audit clerk
- Payroll/Wages clerk
- Billing clerk
- Procurement/Purchasing clerk
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Questions people ask
How do I become a data processing control clerk?
Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Polytechnic diploma; Work-study diploma.
How much does a data processing control clerk earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $41,760 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $31,176 to $59,148.
Will AI change the work of a data processing control clerk?
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026