1. SPINAL surgery forced Harley to change his career from a machinist to an office clerk.

2. Clerical definition, of, pertaining to, appropriate for, or assigned to an office clerk or clerks: a Clerical job

3. When it became necessary for Brother Hylton to work full-time, he obtained a job as an office clerk and later received a position as private accountant with the same company, without neglecting his theocratic activities.