- Industry: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who directs and coordinates dry docking activities at marina. Responsibilities include:
* Administers affairs of department, such as planning and coordinating work schedules, assigning storage crib for each boat, and maintaining department budget.
* Directs workers in maintenance of boats and trailers, such as painting or washing boats, lubricating and repairing motors, and retrofitting trailers and cars with lights and turn signals.
* Monitors fuel dock operation to ensure services to patrons.
* Operates, or supervises workers operating, equipment to lift boats from water and transport and dry dock boats, using crane or forklift.
* Hires, orients, and trains personnel in job duties, safety practices, employer policy, and performance requirements.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of the following duties during elections. Responsibilities include:
* Compiles and verifies voter lists from official registration records.
* Requests identification of voters at polling place.
* Obtains signatures and records names of voters to prevent voting of unauthorized persons.
* Distributes ballots to voters and answers questions concerning voting procedure.
* Counts valid ballots and prepares official reports of election results.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of staff and convention personnel to make arrangements for group meetings and conventions to be held in hotel. Responsibilities include:
* Consults with representatives of group or organization to plan details, such as number of persons expected, display space desired, and food-service schedule.
* Obtains permits from fire and health departments to erect displays and exhibits and serve food in rooms other than dining rooms.
* Notifies various department heads of arrangements made.
* Directs workers in preparing banquet and convention rooms and erecting displays and exhibits.
* Inspects rooms and displays for conformance to needs and desires of group.
* Arranges publicity, special functions, adjusts complaints, and performs other duties to promote goodwill.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who keeps files of sample pads, slubbings (slightly twisted fibers), and yarns for color comparison and stock reference. Responsibilities include:
* Attaches identification tags indicating data, such as color blend, batch number, and date of shipment, to sample pads, slubbings, and yarns, and files them.
* Files order forms, formula cards, and color percentage cards.
* May make sample pads from slubbings (pad maker).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who manages financial affairs of entertainers and negotiates with agents and representatives for contracts and appearances. Responsibilities include:
* Negotiates with officials of unions, motion picture or television studios, stage productions, or entertainment houses for contracts and financial return to be received for engagements.
* Promotes client's interests by advising on income, investments, taxes, legal, and other financial matters.
* Provides liaison between client and representatives concerning contractual rights and obligations to settle contracts.
* Summarizes statements on periodic basis concerning client's investments, property, and financial status.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates special typewriter that perforates tape or paper for subsequent automatic reproduction of data, such as letters, reports, and other material from master copy. Responsibilities include:
* Pastes gummed paper over holes to correct errors.
* May file perforated rolls.
* May operate automatic typewriter that reproduces material from perforated tape or paper and be designated Typewriter Operator, Automatic.
* Important variations are kinds (trade names) of machines used.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who processes requisitions for gas main or electric-power line extensions and keeps control records to report and coordinate construction activities between utility and contractors. Responsibilities include:
* Compiles information required for preparation of line- or main-extension contracts from construction sketches.
* Computes or verifies charges for customer.
* Reviews completed contracts and construction work orders for completeness and accuracy.
* Annotates subdivision plat books (maps) to indicate location and nature of construction shown on work order.
* Compiles reports from extension requisitions and work orders.
* Receives orders from customers by telephone and in person for services requiring extensions in main or distribution lines.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares switching orders for railroad yard switching crew. Responsibilities include:
* Types or writes switching orders to inform switching crew of railroad yard, location, disposition, and number of railroad cars to be switched for loading, unloading, makeup, and breakup of trains, based on information received from yard manager and other personnel or records.
* Keeps record of and reports movement and disposition of railroad cars for yard manager.
* May count and record number of cars remaining in yard each day.
* May telephone various personnel to verify location of railroad cars.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who interviews customers applying for charge accounts. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with customer to explain type of charge plans available.
* Assists customer in filling out application or completes application for customer.
* Reviews applications received by mail.
* Files credit applications after credit department approves or disapproves credit.
* May check references by phone or form letter and notify customer of acceptance or rejection of credit (credit clerk).
* May verify entries and correct errors on charge accounts (customer-complaint clerk), using adding machine.
* May answer credit rating requests from banks and credit bureaus.
* May issue temporary shopping slip when credit references appear satisfactory.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who administers civil service qualifying examinations. Responsibilities include:
* Verifies admissions credentials of examinees, maintains order, distributes and collects examination materials, keeps time, and answers questions relative to examination procedures.
* May participate in oral interviews of candidates.
* May score examinations, using scoring template or answer sheet.
Industry:Professional careers
