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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 supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in preparing correspondence, policies, and related clerical activities in headquarters or branch office of insurance company. Respnsibilities include: * Reads policyholder and company field personnel correspondence, studies policy records, and examines replies prepared by correspondence clerks and policyholder-information clerks to determine completeness of replies and appropriateness of actions taken. * Proofreads copy for style, appearance, accuracy of spelling, punctuation, grammar, and conformity with company standards. * Returns faulty work with instructions for revision. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title. * May verify accuracy of computations, using calculator. * May dictate replies to nonroutine correspondence. * May review and correct records, using computer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in receiving requests from customers pertaining to connection, transfer, or disconnection of gas and electric-power services, issuing service connection orders, and maintaining records concerning service connection. Respnsibilities include: * Interprets company policies and work procedures for employees pertaining to customer contacts, service complaints, preparation and disposition of work orders, and maintenance of service records. * Sorts and distributes completed meter orders. * Reviews completed meter orders to assure entry of rates, constants, and demand. * Reviews incomplete orders to determine procedure for disposition. * Prepares annual operating budget, and special and regular reports. * May receive money collected by workers for special connections. * Performs other duties described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers taking customer orders for products and merchandise by telephone, mail, or in person. Respnsibilities include: * Monitors order clerks to evaluate order-taking performance and to assist in responding to customer inquiries and complaints. * Consults with sales, technical, shipping, or administrative staff and telephones or writes letters to answer or advise customer. * Reviews completed orders for errors or omissions. * Trains order clerks in order-taking procedures and customer-relations techniques, and advises workers of new or revised information on products or merchandise, such as product capability, pricing, credit, warranties, and shipping. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers taking customer orders for products and merchandise by telephone, mail, or in person. Respnsibilities include: * Monitors order clerks to evaluate order-taking performance and to assist in responding to customer inquiries and complaints. * Consults with sales, technical, shipping, or administrative staff and telephones or writes letters to answer or advise customer. * Reviews completed orders for errors or omissions. * Trains order clerks in order-taking procedures and customer-relations techniques, and advises workers of new or revised information on products or merchandise, such as product capability, pricing, credit, warranties, and shipping. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of clerical personnel in real estate office. Respnsibilities include: * Interviews clerical applicants, gives performance tests, and evaluates applicant data to determine new hires. * Verifies completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of clerical personnel production. * Prepares or assists in preparing papers for closings of real estate transactions, such as sales contracts and purchase agreements. * Analyzes financial activities of establishment and prepares reports for review of sales agent, real estate or other personnel. * Schedules government inspections of properties to ensure that offerings meet code regulations. * Contacts mortgage companies to determine insurance status of properties. * Notifies utility companies of transfer of property to new owners. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in processing and recording commercial, residential, and consumer loans. Respnsibilities include: * Answers workers' and customers' questions regarding procedures. * Reviews and authorizes corrections to loan records. * Supervises mortgage loan processor; mortgage loan closer; clerk-typist; and others. * Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title. * Workers who supervise loan collection are classified under supervisor, credit and loan collections.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities and gives information and advice regarding traffic-engineering and safety programs of automobile club. Respnsibilities include: * Develops and revises automobile-club procedures regarding traffic-engineering and safety programs. * Arranges for speakers to address gatherings to promote and explain traffic-engineering and safety programs. * Schedules, monitors, and keeps records on program activities. * Advises club members about traffic summonses and violations and contacts courts to expedite processing or clarify disposition of summonses. * Answers questions and gives information to callers or visitors about traffic-engineering and safety programs of automobile club. * Prepares reports about road or traffic-control conditions based on information received from club members or other staff members.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assigns motor vehicles and drivers for conveyance of freight or passengers. Respnsibilities include: * Compiles list of available vehicles. * Assigns vehicles according to factors, such as length and purpose of trip, freight or passenger requirements, and preference of user. * Issues keys, record sheets, and credentials to drivers. * Records time of departure, destination, cargo, and expected time of return. * Investigates overdue vehicles. * Directs activities of drivers, using two-way radio. * May confer with customers to expedite or locate missing, misrouted, delayed, or damaged merchandise. * May maintain record of mileage, fuel used, repairs made, and other expenses. * May establish service or delivery routes. * May issue equipment to drivers, such as handtrucks, dollies, and blankets. * May assign helpers to drivers. * May be designated according to type of motor vehicle dispatched as Dispatcher, Automobile Rental; Dispatcher, Tow Truck.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who expedites movement of labor to construction locations. Respnsibilities include: * Contacts representatives of transportation, feeding, and housing facilities to arrange for servicing workers at transient points. * Issues permits, identification cards, and tickets to workers for travel to specified areas. * May contact labor union with jurisdiction, where project is located, to inform labor official of recruited workers and to determine union regulations in area. * May direct workers to report to local union after arrival in area. * May meet recruited workers at designated depot, airport, or dock.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who analyzes and answers requests by mail, telephone, or in person from policyholders, beneficiaries, or others for information concerning insurance policies. Respnsibilities include: * Searches company records to obtain information requested by customer. * Estimates loan or cash value of policy for policyholders, using rate books and calculating machine. * Interprets policy provisions to determine methods of effecting desired changes, such as change of beneficiary or type of insurance, or change in method of payment. * Mails or gives out specified forms and routes completed forms to various units for processing. * Analyzes policy transactions and corrects company records to adjust errors. * May compose formal synopses of company and competitor policies for use by sales force. * May provide information for pensioners and be designated Pensionholder-Information Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers