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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
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A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers concerned with ordering, receiving, storing, inventorying, issuing, and shipping materials, supplies, tools, equipment, and parts, in stockroom, warehouse, or yard. Respnsibilities include: * Plans layout of stockroom, warehouse, and other storage areas, considering turnover, size, weight, and related factors of items stored. * Advises employees on care and preservation of items received, stored, and shipped, methods and use of equipment in handling, storing, maintaining, and shipping stock, and related problems. * Studies records and recommends remedial actions for reported nonusable, slow-moving, and excess stock. * Reviews records for accuracy of information and compliance with established procedures, and to determine adequacy of stock levels. * Schedules work for special and periodic inventories. * Traces history of items to determine reasons for discrepancies between inventory and stock-control records and recommends remedial actions to resolve discrepancies. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title. * May supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in handling of merchandise in stockroom or warehouse of retail store and be known as Head of Stock.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of stock-control clerks engaged in keeping records of sales, keeping perpetual inventory or taking periodical physical inventory, and issuing production orders for stock. * Performs duties as described under supervisor master title. * May supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in keeping inventory records of equipment and rolling stock and be known as Equipment-Records Supervisor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of stock control personnel engaged in supplying progressive assembly line, and keeps stock control records. Respnsibilities include: * Determines if parts removed from production departments are to be stored or spotted on assembly line. * Assigns duties to stock control personnel, such as industrial-truck operator and stock clerk, to coordinate movement of parts from production departments or storage areas to assembly line. * Keeps records, such as personnel, nonproduction time of lines due to stock difficulties, goods returned to production department or salvage department because of defects, and amount and location of goods in storage. * Discusses stock supply or removal requirements with line or department supervisor. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of tool-crib attendants engaged in receiving, storing, and issuing tools and equipment to other workers in industrial establishment and keeping records of same, applying knowledge of types of tools and procedures of tool storage and recordkeeping. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title. * May be specified by employer according to experience in particular type of plant or with specific type of tools or equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in receiving, processing, routing, and shipping money and other valuables in armored car firm. Respnsibilities include: * Prepares route and work schedules. * Oversees loading, unloading, and moving of money and other valuables to and from vault. * Issues work and route sheets to workers and collects delivery and pickup receipts from guards. * Supervises workers preparing payroll envelopes for customers. * Observes workers to ensure that security regulations are followed. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in receiving, processing, routing, and shipping money and other valuables in armored car firm. Respnsibilities include: * Prepares route and work schedules. * Oversees loading, unloading, and moving of money and other valuables to and from vault. * Issues work and route sheets to workers and collects delivery and pickup receipts from guards. * Supervises workers preparing payroll envelopes for customers. * Observes workers to ensure that security regulations are followed. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who expedites movement of metal stock and supplies used in producing nonferrous metal sheets, bars, tubing, and alloys. Respnsibilities include: * Inspects incoming material to ascertain condition, and attaches identification tag to containers or uncrated items. * Directs workers weighing or counting metal or supplies, and records amounts received. * Directs workers in unloading and storing metal stock and supplies in designated storage areas. * Keeps records of materials stored in specific areas. * May obtain samples of incoming material and deliver to laboratory for analysis.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who expedites movement of metal stock and supplies used in producing nonferrous metal sheets, bars, tubing, and alloys. Respnsibilities include: * Inspects incoming material to ascertain condition, and attaches identification tag to containers or uncrated items. * Directs workers weighing or counting metal or supplies, and records amounts received. * Directs workers in unloading and storing metal stock and supplies in designated storage areas. * Keeps records of materials stored in specific areas. * May obtain samples of incoming material and deliver to laboratory for analysis.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles records of amount, kind, and condition of cargo loaded on or unloaded from ship. Respnsibilities include: * Verifies amount of cargo against lists compiled from bills of lading or shipping manifests. * Measures and records dimensions of cargo and computes cubic feet required for stowage aboard ship. * Records condition of damaged cargo unloaded from ship. * May prepare stowage plan showing location of cargo stowed aboard ship or rail car.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who stores, files, and issues advertising and layout cuts, mats, and electrotypes used in newspaper printing. Respnsibilities include: * Tags or marks cuts, mats, or plates with identifying information and places them in filing cabinets or cases. * Prepares card index for each item filed. * Removes requested items from file and records date of removal on file card. * Washes plates to remove dirt, ink, and oxides. * Applies gum solution to plate surface to protect plate during storage. * May discard obsolete materials and records according to established schedule or instructions.
Industry:Professional careers