- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of crew aboard fishing vessel. Responsibilities include:
* Examines fishing gear and life-saving equipment and orders crew to repair or replace defective gear and equipment.
* Stands watch during specified periods and determines geographical position of vessel upon request of captain, fishing vessel, using loran and azimuths of celestial bodies.
* Directs activities of workers engaged in capture, preservation, stowing, and refrigeration of fish aboard fishing vessel.
* Assumes command of fishing vessel in event captain, fishing vessel becomes incapacitated.
* May locate schools of finfish and other marine life by observation from masthead and relay navigating directions to captain, fishing vessel.
* May be required to hold license issued by U.S.
* Coast Guard.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles and computes payment due shipper for ores, concentrates, scrap metal, and other metal products forwarded to plant for processing, using adding machine and calculator. Bases computations on weight figures from freight bills and laboratory report of moisture content and ore analysis. May obtain registered check for required amount and remit to shipper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs construction and maintenance of roads or streets within jurisdiction. Responsibilities include:
* Assures that work is in conformity with federal and state standards, accepted principles of design and engineering, and available funds.
* Addresses meetings of realtors, citizens, members of financial community, and other interested parties to explain plans and activities of department.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sells dancing lessons and coordinates activities of branch dance studio, in accord with policies established by head office of chain. Responsibilities include:
* Directs sales activities, dance instruction of patrons, and maintenance of required records.
* Selects, trains, promotes, and discharges instructional, sales, and clerical personnel.
* Coordinates advertising activities of studio in print media, on radio and television, or through other channels, using prepared materials supplied by head office.
* Interviews prospective patrons and attempts to persuade them to sign instructional contracts.
* Gives dancing demonstrations for prospective patrons to stimulate sales.
* May give instruction (instructor, dancing).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines gemstones, such as jade, sapphires, and rubies, to evaluate their genuineness, quality, and value, utilizing knowledge of gems and market valuations. Responsibilities include:
* Examines gem surfaces and internal structure, using polariscope, refractometer, microscope, and other optical instruments, to differentiate between stones, identify rare specimens, or to detect flaws, defects, or peculiarities affecting gem values.
* Immerses stones in prescribed chemical solutions to determine specific gravities and key properties of gemstones or substitutes, which indicate physical characteristics of stone for gem identification, quality determination, and for appraisal.
* Grades stones for color, perfection, and quality of cut.
* Estimates wholesale and retail value of gems, following pricing guides, market fluctuations, and various economic changes that affect distribution of precious stones.
* May advise customers and others in use of gems to create attractive jewelry items.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in maintaining central records files. Responsibilities include:
* Directs and assists workers in storing, retrieving, checking, correcting, and copying paper documents, microfilm, or other company records.
* Directs workers in searching files to retrieve lost or missing records, utilizing knowledge of frequent filing errors.
* Routes erroneously removed files to workers for refiling.
* Directs and assists workers in periodic disposal of obsolete files, following company policy and legal requirements.
* Conducts and coordinates studies of files and filing system as directed by management.
* May recommend changes in work procedures to improve filing-system efficiency.
* May supervise workers engaged in microfilming records.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates cash register to compute and record total sale and wraps merchandise for customers in department, variety, and specialty stores. Responsibilities include:
* Receives sales slip, money, and merchandise from salesperson or customer.
* Records amount of sale on cash register and makes change.
* Obtains credit authorization on charge purchases in excess of floor limit from designated official, using telephone or pneumatic tube carrier.
* Inspects merchandise prior to wrapping to see that it is in satisfactory condition and verifies sales slip with price tickets on merchandise.
* Places merchandise in bags or boxes and gives change and packages to selling personnel.
* Wraps packages for shipment and routes to delivery department.
* Balances cash received with cash sales daily.
* May gift wrap merchandise.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who returns unpaid checks from correspondent banks, branches, or individual customers to adjust and balance accounts. Responsibilities include:
* Sorts returned checks into debit and credit groups.
* Types debit and credit forms listing amount, date, name of maker, name of bank, and reason for return, in order to adjust accounts and inform customers of nonpayment, using typewriter or computer.
* Totals and balances checks received, using adding machine or calculator, and submits checks and recapitulation sheet to department head.
* Visually examines checks to determine which checks to process, setting aside checks with no account, no signature on file, or forgeries for review by law enforcement official.
* Exchanges checks received by mistake with representatives of other banks.
* Photographs items returned to customers and other banks (photographic-machine operator ).
* Files copies of forms.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who answers employees' questions and records employee enrollment in benefits and group insurance programs. Responsibilities include:
* Explains and interprets company insurance program to employees and dependents.
* Answers questions regarding benefits, such as pension and retirement plan, and group insurance, such as life, hospitalization, and workers' compensation.
* Fills out application forms or verifies information on forms submitted by employees.
* Mails applications to insurance company.
* Files records of claims and fills out cancellation forms when employees leave company service.
* May correspond with or telephone physicians, hospitals, and employees regarding claims.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of transcribing-machine operators in a bank or other business organization, performing duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
