- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who tends machine that pulls and spaces reinforcing wire as it is wound around steel cylinder to make prestressed core for fabricating concrete pipe. Respnsibilities include:
* Pulls wire through machine rollers and clamps it to end of cylinder for subsequent welding.
* Signals winding-machine operator to start machine that rotates cylinder.
* Observes dial indicator and pulls lever on tensioning machine to apply specified tension to wire during winding.
* Signals winding-machine operator to stop rotation of cylinder after specified number of turns of wire.
* Maintains tension on wire until arc welder welds it to cylinder.
* May tend machine that pulls and spaces reinforcing wire by hydraulic power to make prestressed core for fabricating concrete beams.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sells tickets for travel on ferryboats, street railroads, buses, and for admission to places of entertainment, such as skating rinks, baseball parks, stadiums, and amusement parks. Responsibilities include:
* Depresses key on ticket-dispensing machine that automatically ejects number of tickets requested by patron or tears tickets from roll and hands ticket to patron.
* Accepts payment and makes change.
* Answers questions concerning fares, routes, schedules, and reservations, and gives information concerning coming attractions.
* Keeps daily balance sheet of cash received and tickets sold.
* May fill reservations for seats by telephone or mail.
* May sell tickets from box office and be designated Cashier, Box Office.
* May collect fares from repeat riders at amusement park and be designated Second-Ride-Fare Collector.
* May collect fares from railroad passengers at station and sell commuter tickets and be designated Station Agent II.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates, through subordinate managerial personnel, activities of department store selling lines of merchandise in specialized departments. Responsibilities include:
* Formulates pricing policies for sale of merchandise, or implements policies set forth by merchandising board.
* Coordinates activities of nonmerchandising departments, as purchasing, credit, accounting, and advertising with merchandising departments to obtain optimum efficiency of operations with minimum costs in order to maximize profits.
* Develops and implements, through subordinate managerial personnel, policies and procedures for store and departmental operations and customer personnel and community relations.
* Negotiates or approves contracts negotiated with suppliers of merchandise, or with other establishments providing security, maintenance, or cleaning services.
* Reviews operating and financial statements and departmental sales records to determine merchandising activities that require additional sales promotion, clearance sales, or other sales procedures in order to turn over merchandise and achieve profitability of store operations and merchandising objectives.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates power press that automatically feeds bars, structural metal, blanks, or continuous roll of sheet metal into position under ram. Respnsibilities include:
* Installs specified dies in press, using gauges and handtools.
* Adjusts ram stroke of press, using handtools.
* Turns knobs or installs gears to synchronize action of feed bar or pinch rollers with feed and takeoff conveyor and automatic action of ram.
* Positions and clamps feed guides.
* Threads metal strip from play-out reel through pinch rollers, or loads hopper or conveyor with metal blanks.
* May operate machine to crimp, punch, and cut metal foil used in fabricating radiator cores.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles and computes freight rates, passenger fares, and other charges for transportation services, according to rate tables and tariff regulations. Responsibilities include:
* Examines shipping bills to obtain description of freight, and classifies freight according to rate-book description.
* Consults rate schedule to obtain specific rate for each item classified depending on distance shipped.
* Computes total freight charge, using calculator and records charges on shipping order.
* Calculates and records storage, redelivery, and reconsignment charges when applicable.
* Answers mail or telephone inquiries from shippers regarding rates, routing, packing procedures and interline transportation procedures.
* May examine bills of lading and file claims with transportation companies for overcharges.
* May keep records of freight movements.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts chemical and physical laboratory tests of solid materials, liquids, and gases, and analyzes test data for variety of purposes, such as research, product development, quality control, criminal investigation, and establishing standards, involving experimental, theoretical, or practical application of chemistry and related sciences. Responsibilities include:
* Sets up laboratory equipment and instrumentation required for tests, research, or process control.
* Tests and analyzes products, such as food, drugs, fertilizers, plastics, paints, detergents, paper, petroleum, and cement, to determine strength, stability, purity, chemical content, and other characteristics.
* Tests and analyzes materials and substances, such as ores, minerals, gases, soil, water, and pollutants.
* Documents results of tests and analyses.
* May prepare chemical solutions for use in processing materials, following standardized formulas or experimental procedures.
* May test and analyze radioactive and biological materials, applying knowledge of radiochemical procedures, emission spectrometry, and related techniques.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles reports, such as dockage, demurrage, wharfage, and storage, to ensure that shipping companies are assessed specified harbor fees. Responsibilities include:
* Compares information on statements, records, and reports with ship's manifest to determine that weight, measurement, and classification of commodities are in accordance with tariff.
* Calculates tariff assessment from ship's manifest to ensure that charges are correct.
* Prepares and submits reports.
* Inspects sheds and wharves to determine need for repair.
* Arranges for temporary connection of water and electrical services from wharves.
* Reads service meters to determine charges to be made.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs activities of volunteer agencies and workers offering their services to hospitals, social service, and community agencies. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with administrative staff to plan volunteer program consistent with needs of institution or agency.
* Recommends establishment of policies and procedures for inservice training, work hours, and types of service to be performed by volunteers.
* Secures services of volunteer workers.
* Organizes classes of instruction for volunteers to teach procedures and techniques.
* Suggests and directs projects to be carried out by volunteer workers.
* Assigns workers to various services with hospital or agency.
* Conducts surveys to evaluate effectiveness of volunteer service program.
* Arranges for recognition of volunteers for their services.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists outside machinist in installing ship machinery, such as motors, pumps, ventilating equipment and steering gear. Respnsibilities include:
* Drills holes in foundations in specified places for anchoring machinery, using portable, powered drills.
* Assists in moving and leveling machinery, using portable jacks, as directed.
* Bolts equipment to deck and attaches fuel, cooling, or lubricating lines as directed, using handtools.
* Performs other duties as described under helper master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs duties as described under apprentice master title.
Industry:Professional careers
