Jack of All Trades Published July 9, 2015 By Senior Airman Sean D. Smith Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- If you ask what someone in the admin career field does, there's no simple answer. It's a diverse job where people never know what they'll be doing next. "You can get put in postal. You can do courier duty," said Staff Sgt. Candice Thorpe, 5th Operations Group admin. "You can be an executive assistant, or a visual telecommunications operator. That's video conferences so people can talk and save on TDY costs. An admin can end up doing a lot of different things." Thorpe has seventeen additional duties in addition to her primary role of managing records. "I make sure that all the records in this building are in compliance with Air Force requirements," Thorpe said. "There's a certain way they have to be, and I make it happen." Despite her workload, Thorpe finds the time to do what she can to improve the system. "When I got here all the time cards were paper," she explained. "But we have to keep them for six years. So to save space cabinet space, I scanned them all in. They're all electronic now, so you don't have to go anywhere to track them down. It's all there." Thorpe also has a more hands-on role in the Pride Building. "People come to me with computer problems a lot," Thorpe said. "I troubleshoot and submit tickets. I've learned a lot of computer knowledge. Com's taught me a lot of fixes, so a lot of the time I can handle problems at my level when people call me with a problem." Though her responsibilities might sound overwhelming, Thorpe doesn't seem to mind wearing so many hats. "I have a personality where if something's attached to me, I'm going to learn it," Thorpe said. "I don't like telling people that I don't know how to do something." Thorpe feels appreciated for what she does because she's become the go-to troubleshooter for many of her colleagues. She likes the variety that her job presents her with. "There's something new for me every day," she said. "It's kind of challenge, and it can be a balancing act when it comes to judging what's most important, what needs my attention urgently because there's only so much time. But when something's broken, people come to see me, and we figure it out."