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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
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A professional who receives, stores, and issues properties in motion picture studio prop room. Respnsibilities include: * Examines incoming property for breaks and flaws and notifies supervisor of damage. * Attaches identification tags or labels to property according to type of object. * Keeps records of incoming and outgoing props, props in inventory, and rented props. * May work in makeup department of motion picture or television film studio and be known as Stock Clerk, Makeup (motion picture).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who receives, stores, and issues handtools, machine tools, dies, materials, and equipment in industrial establishment. Respnsibilities include: * Issues tools and equipment to workers and maintains records of tools and equipment issued and returned, manually or using computer. * Locates lost or misplaced tools and equipment. * Prepares periodic inventory or maintains perpetual inventory of tools and equipment, manually or using computer. * Receives, unpacks, and stores incoming tools and equipment, and requisitions stock to replenish inventory. * Inspects and measures tools and equipment for defects and wear, visually or using micrometer, and reports damage or wear to supervisors. * Repairs, services, and lubricates tools and equipment, using handtools, spray gun, or pressurized spray can. * May deliver tools or equipment to workers, manually or using handtruck. * May mark and identify tools and equipment, using identification tag, stamp, or electric marking tool. * May be designated according to item stored as Die-Storage Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who receives, stores, and issues handtools, machine tools, dies, materials, and equipment in industrial establishment. Respnsibilities include: * Issues tools and equipment to workers and maintains records of tools and equipment issued and returned, manually or using computer. * Locates lost or misplaced tools and equipment. * Prepares periodic inventory or maintains perpetual inventory of tools and equipment, manually or using computer. * Receives, unpacks, and stores incoming tools and equipment, and requisitions stock to replenish inventory. * Inspects and measures tools and equipment for defects and wear, visually or using micrometer, and reports damage or wear to supervisors. * Repairs, services, and lubricates tools and equipment, using handtools, spray gun, or pressurized spray can. * May deliver tools or equipment to workers, manually or using handtruck. * May mark and identify tools and equipment, using identification tag, stamp, or electric marking tool. * May be designated according to item stored as Die-Storage Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines and records materials transported by truck to or from site of excavation. Respnsibilities include: * Examines load delivered to verify quantity and type of material. * Writes ticket showing quantity and type of material, truck number, job location, and time. * Reports on amount of materials transported. * May signal driver in aligning and spacing loads according to specifications. * May hammer stakes in ground to indicate place for unloading of materials.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who reviews and verifies information on bills of lading to expedite orders and to ensure that customer furniture orders are shipped in accordance with production and shipping schedules. Respnsibilities include: * Reads bills of lading to determine items being shipped, destination, priority of order, and shipping date. * Confers with department personnel to ascertain items available for shipment and production shortages. * Notifies shipping personnel and department supervisors of items listed on shipping orders as available, but not located, in attempt to expedite processing of items required for immediate shipment. * Maintains bills of lading files.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects purchased parts, assemblies, accessories, and materials for conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments and devices. Respnsibilities include: * Examines items for defects in materials, work, and damage occurring in transit. * Compares quantity and part number of items received with procurement data and other specifications to ensure completeness and accuracy of order. * Inspects and measures items for dimensional accuracy, fit, alignment, and functional operation, according to blueprints, parts manuals, company or military standards, and other specifications, using precision measuring instruments and devices. * Approves or rejects items, and records inspection and disposition information. * May test hardness of metals, using testing equipment. * May examine x rays of welded parts to determine that welds conform to established standards. * May inspect outgoing and production line parts and materials. * May prepare inspection procedure outlines for reference use in subsequent inspections, using data obtained from blueprints, customer specifications, and catalogs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines completed aircraft to ensure that spare parts, accessories, or subassemblies, itemized on packing and loading sheet, are aboard craft before delivery to customer. Respnsibilities include: * Examines blueprints showing location of parts in aircraft, verifies that part is aboard, and records part serial numbers on packing sheet. * Reports shortages of parts and subassemblies, as indicated by packing and loading sheet, to designated department. * Reads various work orders and operational records and enters such data as contract number, test flight time, maintenance and repair orders, and engine run-up time (engine test time) of aircraft in logbooks that accompany completed aircraft. * May obtain spare parts from storeroom and forward them for packing and crating. * May load crated or loose parts into aircraft.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines completed aircraft to ensure that spare parts, accessories, or subassemblies, itemized on packing and loading sheet, are aboard craft before delivery to customer. Respnsibilities include: * Examines blueprints showing location of parts in aircraft, verifies that part is aboard, and records part serial numbers on packing sheet. * Reports shortages of parts and subassemblies, as indicated by packing and loading sheet, to designated department. * Reads various work orders and operational records and enters such data as contract number, test flight time, maintenance and repair orders, and engine run-up time (engine test time) of aircraft in logbooks that accompany completed aircraft. * May obtain spare parts from storeroom and forward them for packing and crating. * May load crated or loose parts into aircraft.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who verifies identity of freight cars entering classification yard to ensure that trains are complete upon arrival. Respnsibilities include: * Records information, such as car number, type of car, car owner, and date and time of arrival. * Compares information with manifest and prepares report showing discrepancies. * Examines door seals on cars to determine that seals have not been tampered with or broken. * Marks code number or symbol on cars to indicate disposition of cars by switching crew. * May record date, mileage, and number of cars switched by switching crew and be known as Switching Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who maintains records and prepares reports regarding quantity and value of fuel oil purchased, received, stored, and used in steam-electric generating plants. Respnsibilities include: * Witnesses receipt of fuel oil by company tank-farm operating personnel to verify oil-gaging reports. * Examines supplier documents and generating plant records to obtain fuel oil use and loss data. * Verifies computation of gross and net barrels of oil received, using standard conversion tables and simple arithmetic. * Computes quantity of fuel oil burned, Btu's per barrel, and quantity in storage from operating records and laboratory reports. * Posts computations and other related data to fuel-oil ledgers and records and compares data with contract specifications and delivery documents to detect errors and verify accuracy of entries. * Telephones representatives of fuel-oil suppliers, railroads, and company traffic department to verify delivery dates and quantities, to determine cause of variations in loading and unloading temperatures and to correct discrepancies in delivery documents or errors in invoices. * Notifies supervisory personnel when discrepancies and errors cannot be resolved. * Prepares receipts for oil received. * Prepares reports of quantity and value of oil purchased, received, lost in delivery, burned, and in storage tanks.
Industry:Professional careers