Order clerks need knowledge in the following areas:
- Customer and Personal Service: Providing special services to customers based on their needs.
- Production and Processing: How products are made and distributed.
- Computers and Electronics: Computer hardware and software.
- Education and Training: The methods of teaching and learning.
- English Language: The meaning and use of the English language.
- Clerical: General office work such as filling and storing information.
- Mathematics: The rules and uses of numbers.
- Sales and Marketing: The methods for selling products and services.
- Transportation: The methods and costs for moving people, goods, and materials.
- Public Safety and Security: How to protect people and property.
- Personnel and Human Resources: The policies to hire and retain employees.
- Administration and Management: How to run a business or group.
- Engineering and Technology: How to use computers and rules of engineering to design and produce goods and services.