- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who demonstrates merchandise and products to customers to promote sales. Respnsibilities include:
* Displays product and explains features to customers.
* Answers customer's questions about product.
* Demonstrates use or production of product and simultaneously explains merits to persuade customers to buy product.
* May perform duties described under salesperson master title.
* May suggest product improvements to employer.
* May use graphic aids, such as charts, slides, or films, to facilitate demonstration.
* May give product samples to customers.
* May conduct guided tours of plant where product is made.
* May train other demonstrators.
* May visit retail store or customer's home to demonstrate products.
* May be designated according to type merchandise demonstrated as Bakery Demonstrator; Ceramic-Maker Demonstrator; Cosmetics Demonstrator; Food Demonstrator; Glassware-Maker Demonstrator; Housewares Demonstrator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who shows customers how to knit garments or accessories by hand. Respnsibilities include:
* Demonstrates methods of holding needles and making various stitches.
* Interprets knitting terminology and how to read and follow knitting instructions for customer.
* Suggests yarn for use in particular style of garment and estimates amount to purchase.
* Takes customer's measurements for proposed garment and estimates number of stitches required for each part of garment.
* Sells customer yarn required for knitting specified garment or clothing accessory.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who demonstrates and explains operation and care of electric or gas appliances to utility company customers to promote appliance sales, and advises customers on energy conservation methods. Respnsibilities include:
* Visits community organizations and schools to demonstrate operating features and care of appliances, such as air-conditioners, driers, ranges, and washers.
* Explains how electricity or gas is produced and transmitted, reasons for electricity and gas rate increases, and methods of efficiently using appliances to conserve energy and reduce utility bills.
* Lectures to dealers, sales personnel, and employees of utility company on efficient use and care of appliances, as part of training program.
* Answers telephone and written requests from customers for information about appliance use.
* May advise customers on related homemaking problems, such as kitchen planning, home lighting, heating-fuel conservation, food preparation, and laundering with new fabrics.
* May write articles and pamphlets on appliance use.
* May represent utility company as guest on radio or television programs to discuss conservation of electrical or gas energy.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who attends trade, traveling, promotional, educational, or amusement exhibit to answer visitors' questions, explain or describe exhibit, and to protect it against theft or damage.
* May set up or arrange display.
* May demonstrate use of displayed items.
* May lecture and show slides.
* May collect fees or accept donations.
* May solicit patronage.
* May distribute brochures.
* May obtain names and addresses of prospective customers.
* May drive truck and trailer to transport exhibit.
* May be designated Trade-Show Representative.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who selects and recommends materials for customers' use in ornamental painting, such as on plaques, lampshades, and fabrics.
* Demonstrates painting techniques and advises customers in various aspects of painting and materials to purchase.
* Does ornamental painting for other departments.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who demonstrates sewing machines and their operation to retail store customers. Respnsibilities include:
* Shows customers recommended procedures for cutting material from patterns, assembly and basting, and machine sewing.
* Explains and demonstrates use of various attachments, such as hemmer, edge stitcher, and ruffler.
* May instruct customers in alteration of garments.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who models garments, such as dresses, coats, underclothing, swimwear, and suits, for garment designers, buyers, sales personnel, and customers. Respnsibilities include:
* Dresses in sample or completed garments.
* Stands, turns, and walks to demonstrate features, such as garment quality, style, and design, to observers at fashion shows, private showings, and retail establishments.
* May inform prospective purchasers as to model, number, and price of garments and department where garment can be purchased.
* May select own accessories.
* May be designated according to size of garment modeled.
* May model for still photographer or for illustrator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who displays merchandise, such as clothes, accessories, and furniture, in windows, showcases, and on sales floor of retail store to attract attention of prospective customers. Respnsibilities include:
* Originates display ideas or follows suggestions or schedule of display manager and constructs or assembles prefabricated display properties from wood, fabric, glass, paper, and plastic, using handtools.
* Arranges properties, mannequins, furniture, merchandise, and backdrop according to prearranged plan or own ideas.
* Places price and descriptive signs on backdrop, fixtures, merchandise, or floor.
* May dress mannequins for use in displays and be designated Model Dresser.
* May be designated according to area trimmed or decorated as Showcase Trimmer; Window Dresser.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares and installs decorations and displays from blueprints or drawings for trade and industrial shows, expositions, festivals, and other special events. Respnsibilities include:
* Cuts out designs on cardboard, hard board, and plywood, according to motif of event.
* Constructs portable installations according to specifications, using woodworking power tools.
* Installs booths, exhibits, displays, carpets, and drapes, as guided by floor plan of building.
* Arranges installations, furniture, and other accessories in position shown in prepared sketch.
* Installs decorations, such as flags, banners, festive lights, and bunting, on or in building, street, exhibit halls, and booths, to achieve special effects.
* Assembles and installs prefabricated parts to reconstruct traveling exhibits from sketch submitted by client, using handtools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers in department of retail store. Respnsibilities include:
* Interviews job applicants and evaluates worker performance to recommend personnel actions such as hiring, retention, promotion, transfer or dismissal of workers.
* Assigns duties to workers and schedules break periods, work hours, and vacations.
* Trains workers in store policies, department procedures, and job duties.
* Orders merchandise, supplies, and equipment.
* Records delivery of merchandise, compares record with merchandise ordered, and reports discrepancies to control costs and maintain correct inventory levels.
* Inspects merchandise to ensure it is correctly priced and displayed.
* Recommends additions to or deletions of merchandise to be sold in department.
* Prepares sales and inventory reports.
* Listens to customer complaints, examines returned merchandise, and resolves problems to restore and promote good public relations.
* May assist sales workers in completing difficult sales.
* May sell merchandise.
* May approve checks written for payment of merchandise purchased in department.
* May install and remove department cash-register-receipt tape and audit cash receipts.
* May perform customer service activities and be designated Customer Service Manager.
* May plan department layout or merchandise or advertising display.
* May be designated according to department managed or type of merchandise sold as Candy-Department Manager; Toy-Department Manager; Produce-Department Manager.
Industry:Professional careers
