How to become a securities clerk

Official title: Securities clerk

Also called: Bonds clerk, Brokerage clerk, Dividend clerk, Margins clerk, Securities settlement clerk, Ÿ Bonds clerk, Ÿ Brokerage clerk, Ÿ Securities settlement clerk

Securities clerk keeps records of securities such as stocks, bonds, trust deeds, and mortgages held as collateral by a financial company. He/she examines incoming or outgoing collateral and records data such as ownership, value and date of redemption, verifies daily market value of collateral and changes records to show fluctuation. He/she also reviews loan ledger and returns collateral to customers as accounts are paid.

Main tasks

• Calculating totals, averages, percentages and other details and presenting them in the required tabular form
• Preparing financial documents and calculating interest or brokerage charges and stamp duties payable
• Maintaining records of bonds, shares and other securities bought or sold on behalf of clients or employer

Ways in

• Apprenticeship: Work-study diploma. Related ITE work-study diplomas: Work-Study Diploma in Security Operations; Work-Study Diploma in Security Systems Engineering. 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 Security System Integration. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $71,664 a year. The middle half earn $54,540 to $84,552 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

• Bank operations clerk
• Insurance/Underwriting clerk
• Bookkeeper
• Ledger/Accounts clerk
• Audit clerk
• Payroll/Wages clerk

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Questions people ask

How do I become a securities clerk?

Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Work-study diploma.

How much does a securities clerk earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $71,664 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $54,540 to $84,552.

Will AI change the work of a securities 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