- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who collects and organizes occupational data to provide source materials for school career information center, and assists students and teachers to locate and obtain materials. Respnsibilities include:
* Orders, catalogues, and maintains files on materials relating to job opportunities, careers, technical schools, colleges, scholarships, armed forces, and other programs.
* Assists students and teachers to locate career information related to students' interests and aptitudes, or demonstrates use of files, shelf collections, and other information retrieval systems.
* Assists students to take and score self-administered vocational interest and aptitude tests.
* Keeps records of students enrolled in work experience program and other vocational programs to assist counseling and guidance staff.
* Schedules appointments with school guidance and counseling staff for students requiring professional assistance.
* May make presentations to parent and other groups to publicize activities of career center.
* May operate audio-visual equipment, such as tape recorders, record players, and film or slide projectors.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who observes horserace, calls out description of race to other worker, and records statistical and related data on race for use in racing publication. Respnsibilities include:
* Focuses binoculars on distance markers along track during race and calls out horses' numbers, positions, estimate of distances of horses from inside rail and between horses, and related observable data for other worker to record.
* Revises record of order and distance between horses at finish line if different from intercom announcement of official results.
* Copies identifying information, such as horses' names and drivers, from racing form onto record.
* Transcribes race results, such as winning and intermediate times, purse, and prices paid to bettors from tote board onto record.
* Contacts judges, using intercom, for decisions on foul claims and notes record accordingly.
* Computes race completion times for all but winning horses, using formula.
* Mails completed record to printer for use in printing race results in racing publications.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who authorizes credit charges against customer's account. Respnsibilities include:
* Receives charge slip or credit application by mail, or receives information from salespeople or merchants over telephone.
* Verifies credit standing of customer from information in files, and approves or disapproves credit, based on predetermined standards.
* May file sales slips in customer's ledger for billing purposes.
* May prepare credit cards or charge account plates.
* May keep record of customer's charges and payments and mail charge statement to customer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles, verifies, and files records and forms to control issuing, blocking (withholding), or renewal of credit cards, performing any combination of following duties. Respnsibilities include:
* Receives shipments of plastic credit card blanks and verifies totals received against invoices.
* Assigns consecutive batch numbers to blank cards and stores cards in vault.
* Issues blank cards for imprinting, on requisition, and keeps records of batch numbers issued.
* Receives new or reissued printed cards, verifies number sequence, and compares identifying data on cards with data on application files to detect errors.
* Compiles lists of cards containing errors and initiates correction forms.
* Places completed credit cards and establishment literature into envelopes for mailing.
* Receives returned cards and reviews correspondence or searches records to determine customer reasons for return.
* Receives blocking notices from officials and places designated cards in hold file until release is authorized.
* Destroys inaccurate, mutilated, undelivered, withheld, or expired cards, in presence of witnesses, using scissors.
* Compiles list of destroyed cards and records reasons for destruction, using computer.
* Occasionally verifies customers' account balances to expedite issuance or renewal of cards.
* Maintains related files and control records.
* Issues cards for automated teller machines.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles, verifies, and files records and forms to control issuing, blocking (withholding), or renewal of credit cards, performing any combination of following duties. Respnsibilities include:
* Receives shipments of plastic credit card blanks and verifies totals received against invoices.
* Assigns consecutive batch numbers to blank cards and stores cards in vault.
* Issues blank cards for imprinting, on requisition, and keeps records of batch numbers issued.
* Receives new or reissued printed cards, verifies number sequence, and compares identifying data on cards with data on application files to detect errors.
* Compiles lists of cards containing errors and initiates correction forms.
* Places completed credit cards and establishment literature into envelopes for mailing.
* Receives returned cards and reviews correspondence or searches records to determine customer reasons for return.
* Receives blocking notices from officials and places designated cards in hold file until release is authorized.
* Destroys inaccurate, mutilated, undelivered, withheld, or expired cards, in presence of witnesses, using scissors.
* Compiles list of destroyed cards and records reasons for destruction, using computer.
* Occasionally verifies customers' account balances to expedite issuance or renewal of cards.
* Maintains related files and control records.
* Issues cards for automated teller machines.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who canvasses assigned area to locate and advise dog owners of licensing law; to assist with license applications; and to collect license fees. Respnsibilities include:
* Visits homes and questions dog owners to determine compliance with licensing law.
* Explains requirements to dog owners, fills out applications, and collects license fees or gives application to owners for mailing.
* Counts collected fees and applications.
* Submits fees and reports to department for record.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who receives and relays telephone reports of gas emergencies and control-panel readings for gas-distribution-control-center of public utility company. Respnsibilities include:
* Answers telephone reports of gas emergencies, such as leaks and fires, from general public, police, and fire departments, and notifies company personnel responsible for dispatch of service crews and issuance of reports to governmental agencies.
* Files charts and records of gas pressure, volume, and flow, and posts by category in daily logbook.
* Calculates statistical data from recorded readings and prepares gas supply-and-demand charts for use by gas dispatcher.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles records, sorts and shelves books, and issues and receives library materials, such as books, films, slides, and phonograph records. Respnsibilities include:
* Records identifying data and due date on cards by hand or using photographic equipment to issue books to patrons.
* Inspects returned books for damage, verifies due-date, and computes and receives overdue fines.
* Reviews records to compile list of overdue books and issues overdue notices to borrowers.
* Sorts books, publications, and other items according to classification code and returns them to shelves, files, or other designated storage area.
* Locates books and publications for patrons.
* Issues borrower's identification card according to established procedures.
* Files cards in catalog drawers according to system.
* Repairs books, using mending tape and paste and brush, and places plastic covers on new books.
* Answers inquiries of nonprofessional nature on telephone and in person and refers persons requiring professional assistance to librarian.
* May type material cards or issue cards and duty schedules.
* May be designated according to type of library as Bookmobile Clerk (library); Branch-Library Clerk (library); or according to assigned department as Library Clerk, Art Department (library).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who purchases, stores, and issues spare parts for motor vehicles or industrial equipment. Respnsibilities include:
* Obtains purchase order number from purchasing department and assigns identifying number.
* Reads shop manuals to ascertain type and specification of part.
* Visits, telephones, telegraphs, or contacts vendors by mail to order parts.
* Compares invoices against requisitions to verify quality and quantity of merchandise received.
* Stores purchased parts in storeroom bins and issues parts to workers upon request.
* Keeps records of parts received and issued, and inventories parts in storeroom periodically.
* May record repair time expended by mechanics.
* May requisition parts from central parts department for national organization.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who purchases, stores, and issues spare parts for motor vehicles or industrial equipment. Respnsibilities include:
* Obtains purchase order number from purchasing department and assigns identifying number.
* Reads shop manuals to ascertain type and specification of part.
* Visits, telephones, telegraphs, or contacts vendors by mail to order parts.
* Compares invoices against requisitions to verify quality and quantity of merchandise received.
* Stores purchased parts in storeroom bins and issues parts to workers upon request.
* Keeps records of parts received and issued, and inventories parts in storeroom periodically.
* May record repair time expended by mechanics.
* May requisition parts from central parts department for national organization.
Industry:Professional careers
