The tasks of census takers mainly include: participating in professional training, familiarizing with the boundary and drawing the census plot map, compiling the household name book, filling in the census form, non-special coding work, recording and summarizing work, strictly observing work discipline, and answering questions from the masses.

1. Participate in business training: Census takers need to participate in relevant training, learn laws and regulations, business knowledge and skills of census work, and ensure their ability to carry out census work.

2. Be familiar with the boundary of the census plot and draw the census plot: the census taker needs to be familiar with the boundary of the plot responsible for the census and draw the census plot to prepare for the follow-up census work.

3. Compile the household name base book: The census taker needs to compile the household name base book according to the information of residents in the community to facilitate household registration.

4. Fill in the census form: the census taker should conduct household surveys and fill in the census form according to the standards of the census object and the instructions for filling in the census form.

5. Non-special coding work: The enumerator needs to code the information in the census table in a non-special way to facilitate data summary and analysis.

6. Record summary: The enumerator needs to sort out and summarize the data in the census form and report it to the relevant departments within the specified time limit.

7. Strictly observe the work discipline: the census takers should strictly abide by the national laws and regulations and the relevant provisions of the census work in their work to ensure the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the census data.

8. Answering people's questions: In the process of census, enumerators should patiently answer people's questions about census work, publicize the significance and purpose of census work, and strive for people's support and cooperation.

Characteristics of enumerators:

1, be careful. Census work needs a lot of data entry, sorting and analysis, and enumerators need to have a meticulous and serious working attitude to ensure the accuracy of the data.

2. Strong communication skills. Census needs to communicate with all kinds of people, including respondents and other investigators. Therefore, enumerators need to have good communication and coordination skills.

3. Strong sense of responsibility. Census work is an important social responsibility, and enumerators should have a high sense of responsibility and mission and take every job seriously.

4. Rich professional knowledge. The specific contents and requirements of the census work are different, and the enumerators need to have relevant professional knowledge and skills in order to better complete the task.

5. High work efficiency. Census work needs long-term data entry and analysis, and enumerators need to have the ability to work efficiently to ensure work efficiency and quality.