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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
A professional who operates machine to emboss names and addresses on metallic and nonmetallic plates for use in duplicating or addressing machines or for use as nameplates and tags. Responsibilities include: * Adjusts plate carriage for each size plate, and clamps blank plates in holder. * Reads copy to be embossed and turns handwheel to set character or letter die in embossing position. * Pulls lever to lower die and emboss character on plate. * Trips levers or presets automatic controls to space letters, words, and lines. * May insert plates in envelopes. * May insert plates in frames and file alphabetically. * May operate pantograph type engraving machine to engrave plates (engraver pantograph i). * Important variations may be indicated by trade name of machine operated.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates front-office activities of hotel or motel and resolves problems arising from guests' complaints, reservation and room assignment activities, and unusual requests and inquiries. Responsibilities include: * Assigns duties and shifts to workers and observes performances to ensure adherence to hotel policies and established operating procedures. * Confers and cooperates with other department heads to ensure coordination of hotel activities. * Answers inquiries pertaining to hotel policies and services. * Greets important guests. * Arranges for private telephone line and other special services. * May patrol public rooms, investigate disturbances, and warn troublemakers. * May interview and hire applicants. * May receive and process advance registration payments. * May send out letters of confirmation or return checks when registration cannot be accepted.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of tellers in accepting payments for gas and electric-power bills from customers and keeps records of money received. Responsibilities include: * Interprets company policies and work procedures. * Calculates monthly commissions for authorized collection agencies, such as neighborhood stores, from daily summaries of cash receipts by agents. * Dictates correspondence or contacts agents by telephone to reconcile errors in their reports. * Traces payments made to agents when customer does not receive credit for payment. * Interviews customers to assist workers in resolving questions not covered by specified procedures. * Prepares regular reports on operations of section. * Maintains records of daily overage or shortage in cash receipts. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts auditing (counseling) sessions designed to guide clients to emotional well-being by relieving clients from effects of past experiences. Responsibilities include: * Questions client according to prescribed procedures while client is in contact with E-meter (electrometer). * Listens to client's responses to questioning and observes indicator needle on meter. * Interprets movement of needle to determine effectiveness of auditing, utilizing knowledge of dianetic auditing practice. * Compiles notes on client responses during session. * May be known by titles which reflect various levels of proficiency and responsibility in Scientology organization.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who receives funds from customers and employees, disburses funds, and records monetary transactions in business establishment or place of public accommodation. Responsibilities include: * Receives cash or checks or completes credit-card charge transactions. * Counts money to verify amounts and issues receipts for funds received. * Issues change and cashes checks. * Compares totals on cash register with amount of currency in register to verify balances. * Endorses checks and lists and totals cash and checks for bank deposit. * Prepares bank deposit slips. * Withdraws cash from bank accounts and keeps custody of cash fund. * Disburses cash and writes vouchers and checks in payment of company expenditures. * Posts data and balances accounts. * Compiles collection, disbursement, and bank-reconciliation reports. * Operates office machines, such as typewriter, computer terminal, and adding, calculating, bookkeeping, and check-writing machines. * May authorize various plant expenditures and purchases. * May prepare payroll and paychecks. * May issue itemized statement to customer. * May be designated according to specialization as Agency Cashier; Cashier, Front Office. * When disbursing money in payment of wages, materials, taxes, plant maintenance, and other company expenses, is designated Disbursement Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles data and operates typewriter or computer in performance of routine clerical duties to maintain business records and reports. Responsibilities include: * Types reports, business correspondence, application forms, shipping tickets, and other material. * Files records and reports, posts information to records, sorts and distributes mail, answers telephone, and performs similar duties. * May compute amounts, using adding or calculating machine. * May type on or from specialized forms and be designated Guest-History Clerk; Storage-Receipt Poster. * May compile reports and type prescription data on labels in hospital pharmacy and be designated Dispensary Clerk. * May be designated. * Responsibilities include: * Collection-Card Clerk; Motor-Pool Clerk; Order Clerk; Policy-Issue Clerk. * May operate telex machine to produce records and reports.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles and tabulates statistical records showing cost of advertising, volume of advertising as compared with competitors, amount of merchandise sold following advertisements as compared to amount sold without advertising, and other pertinent statistics. Operates calculating and adding machines to compute data. Files copies of advertisements.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of workers engaged in selling alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises. Responsibilities include: * Estimates and orders foodstuffs, liquors, wines, or other beverages, and supplies. * Interviews, hires, trains, and discharges workers. * Adjusts customer's complaints concerning service, food, and beverages. * Inspects establishment and observes workers and patrons to ensure compliance with occupational, health, and safety standards and local liquor regulations. * May plan and arrange promotional programs and advertisement. * May hire entertainers. * May be designated according to kind of establishment managed as Manager, Beer Parlor; Manager, Cocktail Lounge; Manager, Night Club; Manager, Tavern.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates sound-mixing board to control output of voices, music, and previously taped sound effects during stage performances. Responsibilities include: * Analyzes script of dialog, music, and sound effects as applied to particular scene to determine sound requirements. * Confers with producing personnel concerning microphone placement, special sound effects, cues, and acoustical characteristics of theater. * Locates sound-mixing board backstage or in theater control room. * Arranges microphones in theater to achieve best sound pickup. * Moves control to turn microphones on or off and adjusts volume, fader, and mixer controls to blend output of individual microphones. * Listens to overall effect on monitor loudspeaker and observes dials on control panel to verify suitability of sounds. * May modify design of sound equipment used. * May operate record and electrical transcription turntables to supply musical selections and other sound material.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of workers in one or more service departments of automobile accessories sales-service establishment. Responsibilities include: * Directs activities of workers, such as tire repairer and brake repairer. * Assists sales personnel in adjusting customers' service complaints. * Hires, transfers, and discharges workers. * Directs activities of workers engaged in testing new equipment and recommends purchase or rejection of equipment. * Determines work standards and evaluates workers' performance. * May handle claims regarding defective factory work quality. * May determine need and cost of automobile repair (automobile-repair-service estimator).
Industry:Professional careers