- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who plans, develops, and administers programs to promote educational uses of television programs and auxiliary services of public broadcasting station. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews past and current educational and instructional programs produced by station and others to determine improvements needed in production and presentation of programs and auxiliary services, such as teaching guides and workshops.
* Analyzes data to determine prospective users, audiences, and potential funding sources.
* Confers with education officials and administrators to develop programs and services consistent with mandated curriculum requirements.
* Plans, initiates, and administers, through subordinates, preparation of written proposals and implementation of special educational projects, such as instructional programs for in-school and home-viewing courses.
* Confers with representatives of international educational and broadcasting agencies to ascertain availability of programs from foreign sources and to promote use of station's programs and services by foreign stations and schools.
* Directs printing, publishing, and dissemination of educational and promotional materials, such as newsletters, lesson plans, and study guides.
* May prepare budget for contracting programs and services to educational institutions.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans and coordinates schedule of preventive maintenance for equipment, machinery, tools, or buildings. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews manufacturers' service manuals, own establishment's usage schedules, and records of maintenance problems to determine optimum frequency of preventive maintenance.
* Studies production and operation schedules and confers with other staff and with maintenance supervisors to determine when planned maintenance will least interfere with operation of establishment.
* Estimates costs of personnel, parts, and supplies to be used during scheduled maintenance.
* Maintains records of planned and completed maintenance.
* May develop and coordinate plans for reconstruction or installation of new equipment, machinery, or buildings.
* May direct and coordinate activities of subordinate staff, such as maintenance data analyst .
* May direct and coordinate activities of maintenance workers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates subscriber utilization of instructional television programming. Responsibilities include:
* Communicates with administrators, teaching staff, audiovisual specialists, and other personnel to assist subscribers in incorporating programs and related materials into planned curricula.
* Conducts surveys to determine problems in use of programs and materials and develops workshops and other services to address identified needs.
* Confers with prospective users of programs to elicit interest in subscribing to services.
* Participates with other station personnel in developing advertising and promotional material.
* Oversees activities of workers engaged in processing subscriber accounts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in computer operations. Responsibilities include:
* Plans and develops policies and procedures for carrying out computer operations.
* Meets with subordinate supervisors to discuss progress of work, resolve problems, and ensure that standards for quality and quantity of work are met.
* Adjusts hours of work, priorities, and staff assignments to ensure efficient operation, based on work load.
* Reviews daily logs and reports to detect recurring slowdowns or errors, using computer terminal.
* Consults with software and hardware vendors and other establishment workers to solve problems impeding computer processing.
* Meets with users to determine quality of service and identify needs.
* Meets with data processing managers to determine impact of proposed changes in hardware or software on computer operations and service to users.
* Evaluates new software and hardware to determine usefulness and compatibility with existing software and hardware.
* Evaluates proposed data processing projects to assess adequacy of existing hardware, and recommends purchase of equipment.
* Develops budget and monitors expenditures.
* May direct and coordinate activities of tape library and supervise tape librarian .
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in conducting credit investigations and collecting delinquent accounts of customers. Responsibilities include:
* Assigns workers, directly or through subordinate supervisors, responsibility for investigating and verifying financial status and reputation of prospective customers applying for credit, preparing documents to substantiate findings, and recommending rejection or approval of applications.
* Establishes credit limitations on customer account.
* Assigns responsibility for investigation of fraud cases and possible legal action and collection for worthless checks and delinquent bills.
* Reviews collection reports to ascertain status of collections-and-balances outstanding and to evaluate effectiveness of current collection policies and procedures.
* Audits delinquent accounts considered to be uncollectible to ensure maximum efforts have been taken before assigning bad-debt status to account.
* Coordinates with others, including personnel in company branches and credit card companies, to exchange information and update controls.
* May submit delinquent accounts to attorney or outside agency for collection.
* May compile and analyze statistical data on fraudulent use of credit cards to develop procedures designed to deter or prevent use of cards.
* May specialize in credit and collection activities for credit cards and be designated Manager, Credit Card Operations.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who breeds, raises, and protects game animals and birds on state game farm or private game preserves. Responsibilities include:
* Cares for breeding stocks in pens.
* Selects pairs for mating on basis of size, color, vigor, or desired characteristics.
* Gathers eggs for artificial incubation, and transfers young to rearing pens.
* Mixes feed according to formulas and fills feeding stations.
* Cleans and fills water containers.
* Sets and maintains traps for predatory and noxious animals and birds that may prey upon or carry disease to charges.
* Drives birds into portable coops to prepare them for transportation to release area.
* May liberate birds and animals in designated areas.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who mediates and conciliates disputes over negotiations of labor agreements or other labor relations disputes. Responsibilities include:
* Promotes use of fact-finding and advisory services to prevent labor disputes and to maintain sound labor relationships.
* Promotes use of mediation and conciliation services to resolve labor disputes.
* Advises and counsels parties to solve labor problems.
* Investigates and mediates labor disputes upon request of any bona fide party, using knowledge of labor law, industry practices, and social policies involved in labor relations.
* Urges expeditious settlement of negotiations to prevent employee wage loss, to minimize business interruptions, and to achieve labor-management peace.
* Interrogates parties and clarifies problems to focus discussion on crucial points of disagreement.
* Assists parties to compromise and settle deadlocked negotiations.
* Prepares reports of decisions reached or outcome of negotiations.
* May assist in arranging arbitration.
* May conduct representation elections according to written consent agreement of concerned parties.
* May oversee balloting procedures to assist in ratification of labor agreements.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who mediates and conciliates disputes over negotiations of labor agreements or other labor relations disputes. Responsibilities include:
* Promotes use of fact-finding and advisory services to prevent labor disputes and to maintain sound labor relationships.
* Promotes use of mediation and conciliation services to resolve labor disputes.
* Advises and counsels parties to solve labor problems.
* Investigates and mediates labor disputes upon request of any bona fide party, using knowledge of labor law, industry practices, and social policies involved in labor relations.
* Urges expeditious settlement of negotiations to prevent employee wage loss, to minimize business interruptions, and to achieve labor-management peace.
* Interrogates parties and clarifies problems to focus discussion on crucial points of disagreement.
* Assists parties to compromise and settle deadlocked negotiations.
* Prepares reports of decisions reached or outcome of negotiations.
* May assist in arranging arbitration.
* May conduct representation elections according to written consent agreement of concerned parties.
* May oversee balloting procedures to assist in ratification of labor agreements.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs research into laws of United States and procedures of federal agencies and prepares correspondence in office of Member of Congress to resolve problems or complaints of constituents. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with individuals who have requested assistance to determine nature and extent of problems.
* Analyzes U.S.
* Code to become familiar with laws relating to specific complaints of constituents.
* Researches procedures and systems of governmental agencies and contacts representatives of federal agencies to obtain information on policies.
* Contacts Congressional Research Service to collect information relating to agency policies and laws.
* Contacts colleges and universities to obtain information relating to constituent problems.
* Determines action to facilitate resolution of constituent problems.
* Composes and types letters to Federal agencies and Congressional Committees concerning resolution of problems of constituents.
* Prepares memoranda to inform Member of Congress of problems which require legislative attention.
* Confers with personnel assisting Member of Congress to discuss introduction of legislation to solve constituent problems.
* Calculates social security benefits, veterans' benefits, tax assessments, and other data concerning constituent complaints, using desk calculator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who adjudicates claims for benefits offered under governmental social insurance program, such as those dealing with unemployed, retired, or disabled workers, veterans, dependents, or survivors. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews and evaluates data on documents and forms, such as claim applications, birth or death certificates, physician's statements, employer's records, vocational evaluation reports, and other similar records.
* Interviews or corresponds with claimants or agents to elicit information, correct errors or omissions on claim forms, and to investigate questionable data.
* Authorizes payment of valid claims, or notifies claimant of denied claim and appeal rights.
* Reevaluates evidence and procures additional information in connection with claims under appeal or in cases requiring investigation of claimant's continuing eligibility for benefits.
* Prepares written reports of findings.
* May specialize in one phase of claim program, such as assisting claimant to prepare forms, rating degree of disability, investigating appeals, or answering questions concerning filing requirements and benefits provided.
* May be designated according to type of benefit-claim adjudicated.
* May act as consultant to board rating disability.
Industry:Professional careers
