Library Clerks and Assistants
Wages
New workers start around £6,492. Normal pay is £17,791 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £36,038.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 23,802 vacancies for this type of job
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
Related courses
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
What they do most days?
Performs simple repairs on old books.
Classifies, labels and indexes new books.
Issues library material and records date of issue/ due date for return.
Locates and retrieves material on request for borrowers.
Sorts, catalogues and maintains library records.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.