- Industry: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who trains new and experienced company airline pilots in policy and in use of equipment. Responsibilities include:
* Instructs new pilots in company regulations and procedures and trains pilots in operation of types of aircraft used by company.
* Conducts courses for experienced company pilots to familiarize them with new equipment.
* May conduct review courses in navigation and meteorology.
* May make flights to observe performance of pilots (check pilot).
* Must hold Commercial Pilot's Certificate, with Instructor's Rating, issued by Federal Aviation Administration.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares lists of personal property owned by householders and merchants in assigned area to facilitate tax assessment, showing number and estimated value of taxable items designated in regulations.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of crew aboard ship. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects holds of ship during loading to ensure that cargo is stowed according to specifications.
* Examines cargo-handling gear and lifesaving equipment and orders crew to repair or replace defective gear and equipment.
* Supervises crew engaged in cleaning and maintaining decks, superstructure, and bridge of ship.
* Stands watch during specified periods and determines geographical position of ship, upon request of master, ship, using loran and azimuths of celestial bodies.
* Assumes command of ship in event master, ship becomes incapacitated.
* May be required to hold license issued by U.S.
* Coast Guard, depending on waters navigated and tonnage of ship.
* When more than one mate, ship is required, may be designated Mate, Chief (usually on vessels inspected by U.S.
* Coast Guard); Mate, First (usually on uninspected vessels); Mate, Fourth; Mate, Second; Mate, Third.
* May remain in port to relieve another ally on ve who desires to go ashore while ship is in port and be designated Mate, Relief.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who drafts endorsement to basic life insurance agreement, consistent with company and legal requirements, to denote method of payment to beneficiary. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews insured's request and examines basic policy to determine modifications required in basic agreement.
* Types or dictates text of modifying agreement to be appended to basic policy.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who receives monies and drivers' route sheets, and issues receipts to truck drivers for cash collected on shipment. Records bills for which cash has been received on collection sheets. Verifies totals of cash on hand against bills, using calculating machine. May endorse checks and wrap currency and coins.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles demurrage charges, using basic rates from rate tables. Responsibilities include:
* Communicates with consignee by telephone or letter to notify consignee of date and time of arrival of freight shipment, location, and allowable time for moving or unloading freight before demurrage charges are levied.
* Reviews bills of lading and other shipping documents to ascertain number of carloads of shipment and computes demurrage charges, using basic rates from rate table and adding or calculating machine.
* Prepares demurrage bill and forwards it to consignee or shipper.
* May reconsign or reroute cars on order from shippers.
* May prepare new waybills and bills of lading on receipt of notice of sale of carload of freight from shipper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who analyzes verbal or statistical data to prepare reports and studies for use by professional workers in variety of areas, such as science, social science, law, medicine, or politics. Responsibilities include:
* Searches sources, such as reference works, literature, documents, newspapers, and statistical records, to obtain data on assigned subject.
* Analyzes and evaluates applicability of collected data.
* Prepares statistical tabulations, using calculator or computer.
* Writes reports or presents data in formats such as abstracts, bibliographies, graphs, or maps.
* May interview individuals to obtain data or draft correspondence to answer inquiries.
* May be designated Legislative Aide when conducting studies to assist lawmakers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who transfers funds or securities and maintains records of transactions, using computer. Responsibilities include:
* Types, transmits, and receives funds transfer messages on computer terminal to or from other banks and Federal Reserve Bank.
* Records funds or securities transferred and disposition, using computer.
* May maintain file of customers requiring daily transfer of funds or securities.
* May verify or assign code number to telecommunication messages.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who schedules appointments, gives information to callers, takes dictation, and otherwise relieves officials of clerical work and minor administrative and business detail. Responsibilities include:
* Reads and routes incoming mail.
* Locates and attaches appropriate file to correspondence to be answered by employer.
* Takes dictation in shorthand or by machine (stenotype operator ) and transcribes notes on typewriter, or transcribes from voice recordings (transcribing-machine operator ).
* Composes and types routine correspondence.
* Files correspondence and other records.
* Answers telephone and gives information to callers or routes call to appropriate official and places outgoing calls.
* Schedules appointments for employer.
* Greets visitors, ascertains nature of business, and conducts visitors to employer or appropriate person.
* May not take dictation.
* May arrange travel schedule and reservations.
* May compile and type statistical reports.
* May oversee clerical workers.
* May keep personnel records (personnel clerk ).
* May record minutes of staff meetings.
* May make copies of correspondence or other printed matter, using copying or duplicating machine.
* May prepare outgoing mail, using postage-metering machine.
* May prepare notes, correspondence, and reports, using word processor or computer terminal.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates food service activities of hospital, nursing home, or related facility. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with dietitian, chief to ensure that menus and department policies conform to nutritional standards and government and establishment regulations and procedures.
* Reviews patient diet information and discusses requests, changes, and inconsistencies with patient, professional staff, or resident food committee.
* Plans and coordinates through subordinate supervisors, such as kitchen supervisor , standards and procedures of food storage, preparation, and service; equipment and department sanitation; employee safety; and personnel policies and procedures.
* Inspects food and food preparation and storage areas, using thermometers and knowledge of health and sanitation regulations.
* Tastes, smells, and observes food to ensure conformance with recipes and appearance standards.
* Attends meetings with employees, union, establishment, administrative, or regulatory personnel to discuss regulations, procedures, grievances, and recommendations for improving food service.
* Computes operating costs for own information and for information of administrative personnel.
* May be required to have competency certificate.
Industry:Professional careers
