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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
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Company Profile:
A professional who fills customers' mail and telephone orders and marks price of merchandise on order form. Respnsibilities include: * Reads order to ascertain catalog number, size, color, and quantity of merchandise. * Obtains merchandise from bins or shelves. * Computes price of each group of items. * Places merchandise on conveyor leading to wrapping area.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who records data pertaining to receiving, storing, and shipping of grain at grain elevators. Respnsibilities include: * Examines bin slips or track list to determine type, destination, and estimated weight of railroad car. * Signals workers to dump or load cars, using bell, light, or telephone. * Pulls lever to open slide gate on storage hopper to dump grain into scale hopper. * Weighs grain and inserts ticket into automatic recorder on scale that stamps weight on ticket. * Notifies government inspector to examine beam scale balance and stamped ticket. * Records weight, description, and destination of grain shipped and received. * Keeps charts indicating location and contents of storage tanks. * Assigns workers to jobs according to work schedules, and reviews timecards. * Grades and weighs grain samples, using hand graders and scales, and records results. * Reads thermometers on control panel to ascertain grain temperatures at various levels in storage tank. * May start conveyors, select flow pipes, set trippers, and select storage tanks to convey grain into storage or to loading department.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who records data pertaining to receiving, storing, and shipping of grain at grain elevators. Respnsibilities include: * Examines bin slips or track list to determine type, destination, and estimated weight of railroad car. * Signals workers to dump or load cars, using bell, light, or telephone. * Pulls lever to open slide gate on storage hopper to dump grain into scale hopper. * Weighs grain and inserts ticket into automatic recorder on scale that stamps weight on ticket. * Notifies government inspector to examine beam scale balance and stamped ticket. * Records weight, description, and destination of grain shipped and received. * Keeps charts indicating location and contents of storage tanks. * Assigns workers to jobs according to work schedules, and reviews timecards. * Grades and weighs grain samples, using hand graders and scales, and records results. * Reads thermometers on control panel to ascertain grain temperatures at various levels in storage tank. * May start conveyors, select flow pipes, set trippers, and select storage tanks to convey grain into storage or to loading department.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who determines location for merchandise on dock preparatory to being stowed on ship or transported to receivers. Respnsibilities include: * Inspects freight to determine amount of dock space freight will occupy. * Directs movement and disposition of freight on dock. * Marks destination of outgoing freight in large letters on dock, using chalk. * Records deliveries in record book.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inserts address tags into slots (holders) of mailsacks used for bulk mailing of subscription magazines and catalogs. Respnsibilities include: * Receives and deposits, in mailsacks, stacked or tied bundles of magazines addressed to same city or state. * Selects printed destination tag from labeled compartment of wall rack, and inserts tag into metal holder attached to mail bag. * Marks tag indicating to postal employees whether magazines in mailsack are all addressed to one city or to various cities within same state. * Notifies co-worker to tie, lock, and remove filled sacks. * Handwrites mail slot-tags when printed tags are not supplied for specified destination area, referring to list of postal terminals.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who dumps, weighs, and records weight of incoming milk received in milk cans by dairy, and tends washing machine that sterilizes empty cans. Respnsibilities include: * Presses switch to activate conveyor of can washing machine and turns valves to admit steam and water to machine. * Presses switch to activate conveyor that moves individual producer's milk cans from unloading dock to dumping station. * Removes cover from each can, smells milk to detect sourness, and tilts can to dump milk into weigh tank. * Places emptied cans and covers on conveyor of washing machine. * Reads scale and records total weight of milk in producer's shipment and identification number of producer on record sheet. * Dips and pours sample of producer's milk from weigh tank into bottle for laboratory analysis. * Pulls lever to open valve and empty weigh tank. * Cleans and lubricates washing machine and conveyors.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who dumps, weighs, and records weight of incoming milk received in milk cans by dairy, and tends washing machine that sterilizes empty cans. Respnsibilities include: * Presses switch to activate conveyor of can washing machine and turns valves to admit steam and water to machine. * Presses switch to activate conveyor that moves individual producer's milk cans from unloading dock to dumping station. * Removes cover from each can, smells milk to detect sourness, and tilts can to dump milk into weigh tank. * Places emptied cans and covers on conveyor of washing machine. * Reads scale and records total weight of milk in producer's shipment and identification number of producer on record sheet. * Dips and pours sample of producer's milk from weigh tank into bottle for laboratory analysis. * Pulls lever to open valve and empty weigh tank. * Cleans and lubricates washing machine and conveyors.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares braille and talking books for mailing to blind library patrons and receives books returned by patrons. Respnsibilities include: * Stamps issue date on book card to maintain record of location of borrowed books. * Stamps due date on issue card and inserts card and return mailing label in book pocket. * Places books in mailing container and affixes address label to container, securing container with straps for mailing. * Receives and examines returned books for damage, such as torn paper and scratched record surfaces. * Stamps return date on book card. * Shelves returned books alphabetically by author's name or by title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assembles and routes various types of printed material. Respnsibilities include: * Assembles specified number of forms, manuals, or circulars for each addressee as indicated by distribution tables or instructions. * Wraps, ties, or places material in envelopes, boxes, or other containers. * Stamps, types, or writes addresses on packaged materials. * Forwards packages by mail, messenger, or through message center. * Keeps records of materials sent. * May requisition and store materials to maintain stock.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who verifies quantity and quality of foodstuffs issued to kitchen from storeroom. * Weighs and measures foodstuffs to verify quantity received. * Oversees distribution of all foodstuffs. * Prepares inventory of foodstuffs on hand in kitchen.
Industry:Professional careers