- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who assists patrons of amusement facility, and performs minor repairs on game machines. Respnsibilities include:
* Explains operation of game machines to patrons and exchanges coins for paper currency.
* Listens to patron complaints regarding malfunction of machines.
* Removes coin accepter mechanism of machines, using key, and observes mechanism to detect causes of malfunctions, such as bent coins, slugs, or foreign material.
* Removes obstructions, repositions mechanism, inserts coins, and observes machine operation to determine whether malfunctions are still present.
* Places out-of-order signs on defective machines and returns money lost in defective machines to patrons.
* Notifies maintenance department of defective machines, and records times of machine malfunctions and repairs to maintain required records.
* Observes conduct of patrons in facility to ensure orderliness, and asks disruptive patrons to leave.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs patrons of amusement park in getting on and off riding device. Respnsibilities include:
* Erects barrier in front of ride, admitting only as many persons to loading platform as can be seated on ride.
* Keeps order among patrons waiting to ride device.
* Fastens patrons' safety belts or bars to prevent injuries during ride.
* Assists children and elderly patrons from ride.
* Directs patrons from unloading platform to park grounds.
* May space rides operated in cars or sections to avoid danger of collisions.
* May collect tickets or cash fares.
* May clean and polish equipment and perform other minor maintenance work, such as replacing light bulbs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of gambling dealers; card players; board attendants; and other workers engaged in providing gambling activities in a gambling establishment. Respnsibilities include:
* Prepares work schedule for gambling establishment workers and assigns work stations.
* Supervises overall operation to ensure that employees render prompt and courteous service to patrons.
* Resolves customer-service complaints and settles matters requiring explanation and interpretation of house rules.
* Reviews operational expenses and budget estimates.
* Trains new workers and evaluates their performance.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of cardroom attendants i engaged in selling gambling chips, collecting house fees, and serving food and beverages to patrons of cardroom. Respnsibilities include:
* Assigns workers to serve patrons at designated group of card tables.
* Examines collection reports, submitted for approval by workers, for accuracy and timeliness.
* Explains and interprets operating rules of house to patrons.
* Circulates among tables and observes operations to ensure player harmony and adjust service complaints.
* Notifies board attendant of vacancies at tables so that waiting patrons may play.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who participates in card game, usually poker, for gambling establishment to provide minimum complement of players at table.
* Relinquishes seat on arrival of patron desiring to play cards.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who observes patrons and employees participating in gambling activities to detect infractions of house rules. Respnsibilities include:
* Watches participants in games such as dice or cards to detect cheating, identify rule violators, and observe persons designated by superior.
* Speaks or signals to supervising personnel using hand, telephone, or voice to identify and supply information about suspected violators.
* May examine dice periodically to check for damage or substitution.
* May calculate winnings to verify payment made by dealer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts gambling table, such as dice, roulette, or cards, in gambling establishment. Respnsibilities include:
* Exchanges paper currency for playing chips or coin money.
* Ensures that wagers are placed before cards are dealt, roulette wheel is spun, or dice are tossed.
* Announces winning number or color to players.
* Computes payable odds to pay winning bets.
* Pays winning bets and collects losing bets.
* May be designated according to specialty as Baccarat Dealer; Dice Dealer; Roulette Dealer; Twenty-One Dealer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who collects house fees from players and sells gambling chips, food, beverages, and tobacco in cardroom. Respnsibilities include:
* Collects specified house fees periodically from card players.
* Prepares collection report for submission to supervisor.
* Sells gambling chips, food, beverages and tobacco to accommodate players upon request.
* May distribute new card decks to players as required.
* May explain and interpret operating rules of house to patrons requesting information.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who collects house fees from players and sells gambling chips, food, beverages, and tobacco in cardroom. Respnsibilities include:
* Collects specified house fees periodically from card players.
* Prepares collection report for submission to supervisor.
* Sells gambling chips, food, beverages and tobacco to accommodate players upon request.
* May distribute new card decks to players as required.
* May explain and interpret operating rules of house to patrons requesting information.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who verifies winning bingo cards to award prize or pay prize money to players holding winning cards. Respnsibilities include:
* Collects money (fee) for participation in game and issues game cards to players.
* Listens for shouts or looks for waving arms from players who have winning cards.
* Compares numbers on card with numbers called and displayed on board to verify winning cards.
* Gives prize or pays money to players holding winning cards.
Industry:Professional careers
