[header] How to become your own accounting clerk [title] Understand the skills that educated accounting clerks possess. [step] Take accounting classes if they are available to you through a lifelong learning course or at the local library. The following are also skills that are acquired through an accounting clerk education : [substeps] Become an expert in computer skills, especially spreadsheets. 
Accounting clerks have an above-average understanding of computers and calculators. Being able to manage simple finances through spreadsheets is an excellent talent.