- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who studies and analyzes surface and subsurface soils to determine characteristics for construction, development, or land planning. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects proposed construction site, and sets up test equipment and drilling machinery to obtain data and soil and rock samples.
* Analyzes data and soil samples through field and laboratory analysis, to determine type, classification, characteristics, and stability of soil.
* Computes bearing weights, prepares maps, charts, and reports of test results.
* May make recommendations regarding foundation design, slope angles, grading or building heights.
* May participate in environmental studies and prepare environmental impact reports.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates hydraulic filter machine to remove foreign matter from plastics material. Respnsibilities include:
* Cuts plastics dough into slabs, using knife, or rolls material into lump and packs it into cylinder.
* Selects and installs wire and cloth strainers and die heads in machine, according to type and form of material, using handtools.
* Adjusts controls of hydraulic ram, according to pressure gauge reading, and starts machine to force material through strainers.
* Cleans strainers, die head, and machine cylinder, using brushes, scrapers, and solvents.
* Records amounts and type of dough strained.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles and types transportation billing documents listing details of freight shipped by carrier. Responsibilities include:
* Types information on manifest, such as name of shipper, weight, destination, and charges from bills of lading and shipper's declaration.
* Computes totals of document items, using adding machine.
* Compares figures and totals on documents with statement of accounts submitted by accounting department to verify accuracy of documents.
* Notifies cargo checker to examine shipment when discrepancies are found.
* Resolves discrepancies on accounting records or manifest.
* May prepare manifest, using billing machine.
* May notify shipper's agent of consular visa and official stamps required and attach stamps to documents when presented by agent.
* May be designated by type of document prepared as Manifest Clerk; Waybill Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans, develops, and establishes policies and objectives of business organization in accordance with board directives and corporation charter. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with company officials to plan business objectives, to develop organizational policies to coordinate functions and operations between divisions and departments, and to establish responsibilities and procedures for attaining objectives.
* Reviews activity reports and financial statements to determine progress and status in attaining objectives and revises objectives and plans in accordance with current conditions.
* Directs and coordinates formulation of financial programs to provide funding for new or continuing operations to maximize returns on investments, and to increase productivity.
* Plans and develops industrial, labor, and public relations policies designed to improve company's image and relations with customers, employees, stockholders, and public.
* Evaluates performance of executives for compliance with established policies and objectives of firm and contributions in attaining objectives.
* May preside over board of directors.
* May serve as chairman of committees, such as management, executive, engineering, and sales.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who designs and develops electronic components, equipment, systems, and products, applying knowledge and principles of electronic theory, design, and engineering.
* Performs duties as described under design engineer, products master title.
* May use computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipment to formulate and test electronic designs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who interviews people and compiles statistical information on topics, such as public issues or consumer buying habits. Responsibilities include:
* Contacts people at home or place of business, or approaches persons at random on street, or contacts them by telephone, following specified sampling procedures.
* Asks questions following specified outline on questionnaire and records answers.
* Reviews, classifies, and sorts questionnaires following specified procedures and criteria.
* May participate in federal, state, or local population survey and be known as Census Enumerator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs activities of workers engaged in assessing and collecting property tax levies for operation and maintenance of irrigation system. Responsibilities include:
* Supervises and participates with workers in determining value of municipal and rural properties within irrigation district.
* Directs activities of clerical workers engaged in preparing tax bills, collecting taxes, and keeping tax rolls, maps, and records of taxes levied and paid.
* Authorizes addition of penalties on delinquent tax accounts.
* Draws up and issues certificate of sale in favor of water district to satisfy unpaid taxes.
* Interviews property owners to resolve complaints, and answer questions concerning taxes and appraisal values.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles and records details of scenes, such as action sequences, physical layout, and costumes used during photographing of motion pictures and television film productions to relieve director, motion picture of minor administrative and clerical detail. Responsibilities include:
* Reads script and prepares notes of action, properties, and costumes to be used for each scene.
* Observes filming of production, records scene details, such as position, facial expression, and coiffure of cast members, camera position in relation to cast, position of properties, and condition of costumes, and refers to previously prepared notes to ensure continuity of sequence during subsequent scenes.
* Listens to dialog and informs cast of deviations from script.
* Times length of scenes, using stopwatch.
* Types and distributes script changes to cast and production personnel.
* Keeps records, such as type of camera and lighting equipment used for each scene, and prepares daily activity and progress reports.
* May take dictation.
* May write synopsis of production for advertising or publicity purposes.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts studies to develop data required for planning central office switching facilities, and prepares plans and schedules for acquisition and installation of equipment to meet long term and current relief requirements. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts studies to accumulate information on current services, equipment capacities, current traffic data and estimated acquisition and installation costs.
* Analyzes data and forecasts on subscriber demands and projected traffic to determine type, size, and quantity of switching equipment required.
* Plans and schedules equipment acquisition, and installation, considering such factors as availability, current and future costs, and other economic projections.
* Reviews implementation schedules on continuing basis to ensure switching facilities have capacity within objective limits for subscriber demands.
* Prepares modifications on implementation schedules for acquisition and installation of switching equipment due to unforeseen increase or decrease of demands for services.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates disk or tape recording machine to record music, dialog, or sound effects of phonograph recording sessions, radio broadcasts, television shows, training courses, or conferences, or to transfer transcribed material to sound-recording medium. Responsibilities include:
* Threads tape through recording device or places blank disk on turntable.
* Moves lever to regulate speed of turntable.
* Places cutting stylus on record.
* Examines grooves during cutting by stylus to determine if grooves are level, using microscope.
* Turns knobs on cutting arm to shift or adjust weight of stylus and cause grooves to be cut evenly.
* Starts recording machine and moves switches to open microphone and tune in live or recorded programs.
* Listens through earphone to detect imperfections of recording machines or extraneous noises emanating from recording studio or production stage.
* Observes dials, mounted on machine, to ensure that volume level and intensity remain within specified limits.
* Removes filled reel or completed recordings from machine and attaches identifying labels.
* Keeps record of recordings in logbook.
* May service and repair recording machines and allied equipment.
* May be designated according to type of machine used as Disk-Recording-Machine Operator; Tape-Recording-Machine Operator.
* When transcribing to disk used in production of phonograph records, may be designated Dubbing-Machine Operator.
* When recording live television programs in monochrome or color on magnetic tape is designated Videotape-Recording Engineer.
Industry:Professional careers
