- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who drafts endorsement to basic life insurance agreement, consistent with company and legal requirements, to denote method of payment to beneficiary. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews insured's request and examines basic policy to determine modifications required in basic agreement.
* Types or dictates text of modifying agreement to be appended to basic policy.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects and tests sample phonograph records, using optical instruments and audio equipment. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects record for defects, such as bumps, stains, or scratches.
* Compares number imprinted on record with serial number on label to ensure correct labeling.
* Places record on turntable and guides calibrated microscope over revolving record, observing movement of off-center line of record, to determine if groove centering is within specified tolerances.
* Plays record on sound-producing equipment, listening for defects, such as pops, ticks, or distortion, and to verify that selections on record conform to printed label.
* Notes defects and returns record to pressing department.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who commands barge to transport passengers on inland waterways, such as estuaries, lakes, bays, sounds, and rivers. Responsibilities include:
* Sets course of barge, using navigational aids, such as charts, area plotting sheets, compass, and sextant.
* Steers or orders crew worker at helm to steer barge and navigates barge to avoid reefs, outlying shoals, and other hazards to shipping, utilizing aids, such as lights, lighthouses, and buoys.
* Determines geographical position of barge, using loran and azimuths of celestial bodies.
* Inspects barge to ensure that passengers and crew observe regulations pertaining to safe and efficient operation of barge.
* Relinquishes command of barge to pilot, ship to guide barge through hazardous waters.
* Maintains barge's log.
* Must be licensed by U.S.
* Coast Guard for steam or motor barge according to waters navigated and tonnage of barge.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of train crew engaged in transporting passengers on passenger train. Responsibilities include:
* Reads train orders, timetable schedules, and other written instructions received from train dispatcher and discusses contents with locomotive engineer and train crew.
* Compares watch with that of locomotive engineer to ensure that departure time from station or terminal is in accordance with timetable schedules.
* Assists passengers to board train.
* Signals locomotive engineer to begin train run, using radiotelephone, giving hand signals, or by waving lantern.
* Collects tickets, fares, or passes from passengers.
* Answers passengers' questions concerning train rules and regulations and timetable schedules.
* Announces names of train stations and terminals to passengers.
* Supervises workers who inspect air brakes, airhoses, couplings, and journal boxes and who regulate air-conditioning, lighting, and heating to ensure safety and comfort to passengers.
* Assists passengers to get off train at stations or terminals.
* Prepares reports at end of run to explain accidents, unscheduled stops, or delays.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of workers engaged in buying, processing, and selling meats and poultry and renting frozen food lockers. Responsibilities include:
* Prepares daily schedule and directs activities of employees.
* Examines products bought for resale or received for storage.
* Cuts, trims, bones, and cleans meats and poultry.
* Displays and sells different cuts of meats and poultry to customers and advises customers on quality of food, method of handling, and other factors affecting preparing, freezing, and storing food.
* Conducts in-service training for employees.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who manages establishment engaged in automotive specialty services, such as engine tune-up, front-end alignment, or muffler installation. Responsibilities include:
* Directs and coordinates, through subordinate personnel, activities of workers engaged in diagnosing and repairing automobile malfunctions.
* Monitors operations to ensure that services rendered conform to company policy and standards.
* Resolves customer complaints.
* Reviews operational expenses and collection reports for accuracy.
* Authorizes acquisition of tools, equipment, and parts.
* Hires, discharges, and assists in training workers.
* May contact advertising media to publicize services.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates sheltered workshop activities of nonprofit organization to train or improve vocational skills of handicapped individuals for gainful employment through productive work. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews evaluation made on individual to ascertain type of work recommended and limitations due to specific handicap.
* Assigns individual to specific tasks, such as cleaning, sorting, assembling, or repairing products or components, and demonstrates methods and procedures for performing work.
* Observes worker to ensure that work is performed according to prescribed methods and meets established standards.
* Explains and redemonstrates tasks to resolve work related problems or difficulties.
* Assigns individual to simpler tasks when worker cannot perform assigned duties.
* Evaluates individual's work performance and makes reassignments to different tasks within shop to improve vocational skills.
* Endeavors to place individual in gainful employment after acquisition of marketable skills.
* May train handicapped individuals under contract with state agency.
* May pay workers under contract and license of state agency or by piecework according to contract.
* May solicit industrial establishment for subcontract work on products or components and be designated Executive Director, Contract Shop.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates student and community volunteer services program in organizations engaged in public, social, and welfare activities. Responsibilities include:
* Consults administrators and staff to determine organization needs for various volunteer services and plans for volunteer recruitment.
* Interviews, screens, and refers applicants to appropriate units.
* Orients and trains volunteers prior to assignment in specific units.
* Arranges for on-the-job and other required training and supervision and evaluation of volunteers.
* Resolves personnel problems.
* Serves as liaison between administration, staff, and volunteers.
* Prepares and maintains procedural and training manuals.
* Speaks to community groups, explaining organization activities and role of volunteer program.
* Publishes agency newsletter, and prepares news items for other news media.
* Maintains personnel records.
* Prepares statistical reports on extent, nature, and value of volunteer service.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts research to determine cause and methods of preventing fires and prepares educational materials concerning fire prevention for insurance companies, performing duties as described under research engineer master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities involving claims against transportation company for shortages in or damaged freight, accidental death or injury to persons or employees, and private property damages. Responsibilities include:
* Directs activities of workers investigating claims to ascertain validity of claims and extent of company liability.
* Processes freight and property claims for which company is liable and submits claims to head office for settlement, or negotiates settlement with claimant and authorizes payment.
* Reviews employee accident reports to determine compensation program under which accidents are covered, and doctor reports for type of injury and length of time disabled.
* Authorizes payment of disability compensation according to state or federal acts.
* Contacts medical personnel to ascertain need for extension of payments beyond specified recovery date.
* Negotiates with persons having valid claims against company or death or injury to effect out-of-court settlement and refers cases that cannot be settled to legal department.
* Represents company at industrial accident or compensation board hearings to present company position on accident liability.
* May testify at court hearings to present evidence on company liability from investigation documents.
Industry:Professional careers
