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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
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Company Profile:
A professional who receives and examines small arms and keeps records of arms returned by customers for repair. Respnsibilities include: * Receives, unpacks, and examines weapons for live ammunition or mutilated serial numbers. * Prepares repair order from customer's request and routes with gun to repair department or sends weapon to gun examiner and types work order based on report. * Verifies repairs made to gun and delivers with invoices to shipping department. * Files copies of invoices, cost estimates, and other correspondence concerning receipt, repair, and return of weapon to customer in order to keep record of transaction. * May keep inventory of spare parts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who receives and examines small arms and keeps records of arms returned by customers for repair. Respnsibilities include: * Receives, unpacks, and examines weapons for live ammunition or mutilated serial numbers. * Prepares repair order from customer's request and routes with gun to repair department or sends weapon to gun examiner and types work order based on report. * Verifies repairs made to gun and delivers with invoices to shipping department. * Files copies of invoices, cost estimates, and other correspondence concerning receipt, repair, and return of weapon to customer in order to keep record of transaction. * May keep inventory of spare parts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles and maintains records of quantity, type, and value of material, equipment, merchandise, or supplies stocked in establishment. Respnsibilities include: * Counts material, equipment, merchandise, or supplies in stock and posts totals to inventory records, manually or using computer. * Compares inventories to office records or computes figures from records, such as sales orders, production records, or purchase invoices to obtain current inventory. * Verifies clerical computations against physical count of stock and adjusts errors in computation or count, or investigates and reports reasons for discrepancies. * Compiles information on receipt or disbursement of material, equipment, merchandise, or supplies, and computes inventory balance, price, and cost. * Prepares reports, such as inventory balance, price lists, and shortages. * Prepares list of depleted items and recommends survey of defective or unusable items. * May operate office machines, such as typewriter or calculator. * May stock and issue materials or merchandise. * May be designated according to item inventoried as Property-And-Equipment Clerk (petrol. * & gas); or type of inventory as Inventory Clerk, Physical.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who stores, inventories, and issues or distributes bed and table linen and uniforms in establishments, such as hotels, hospitals, and clinics. Respnsibilities include: * Collects or receives and segregates, counts, and records number of items of soiled linen and uniforms for repair or laundry, and places items in containers. * Examines laundered items to ensure cleanliness and serviceability. * Stamps items with identifying marks. * Stores laundered items on shelves, after verifying numbers and types of items. * Counts and assembles laundered items on cart or linen truck, records amounts of linens and uniforms to fill requisitions, and transports carts to floors. * Conducts monthly and yearly inventories to identify items for replacement. * Keeps linen room in clean and orderly condition. * May mend torn articles with needle and thread or sewing machine or send articles to sewer, linen room.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles and maintains records of quantity, cost, and type of material received, stocked, and issued, and prepares material requisitions. Respnsibilities include: * Compares information on requisitions, invoices, and shipping notices to material received or issued to verify accuracy of order. * Compiles and maintains inventory of material received, stocked, and issued. * Prepares requests for procurement of material. * May inspect, accept, or reject material received. * May mark identifying information on material. * May be designated according to location of goods as Warehouse-Record Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles and maintains records of quantity, cost, and type of material received, stocked, and issued, and prepares material requisitions. Respnsibilities include: * Compares information on requisitions, invoices, and shipping notices to material received or issued to verify accuracy of order. * Compiles and maintains inventory of material received, stocked, and issued. * Prepares requests for procurement of material. * May inspect, accept, or reject material received. * May mark identifying information on material. * May be designated according to location of goods as Warehouse-Record Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who wraps, inspects, weighs, and affixes postage to parcel post packages, and records c.o.d. * and insurance information. Respnsibilities include: * Wraps packages or inspects wrapping for conformance to company standards and postal regulations. * Weighs packages and determines postage, using scale and parcel post zone book, and affixes postage stamps to packages. * Records information, such as value, charges, and destination of insured and c.o.d. * packages. * Copies and attaches c.o.d. * card to packages to indicate amount to be collected. * Addresses packages or compares addresses with records to verify accuracy. * May compute cost of merchandise, shipping fees, and other charges, and bill customer. * May sort parcels for shipment, according to destination or other classification, and place parcels in mail bags or bins and be designated Mail-Order Sorter. * May process incoming and outgoing mail. * May fill orders from stock and be designated Parcel-Post Order-Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who appraises and classifies telephone equipment returned by telephone companies to determine disposition and price. Respnsibilities include: * Examines returned supplies and apparatus to identify and classify returns according to price lists and catalogs. * Determines adaptability for current use. * Records classification, price, and disposition.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who verifies and keeps records on incoming and outgoing shipments and prepares items for shipment. Respnsibilities include: * Compares identifying information and counts, weighs, or measures items of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records. * Determines method of shipment, utilizing knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates. * Affixes shipping labels on packed cartons or stencils identifying shipping information on cartons, using stenciling equipment. * Assembles wooden or cardboard containers or selects preassembled containers. * Inserts items into containers, using spacers, fillers, and protective padding. * Nails covers on wooden crates and binds containers with metal tape, using strapping machine. * Stamps, stencils, or glues identifying information and shipping instructions onto crates or containers. * Posts weights and shipping charges, and affixes postage. * Unpacks and examines incoming shipments, rejects damaged items, records shortages, and corresponds with shipper to rectify damages and shortages. * Routes items to departments. * Examines outgoing shipments to ensure shipments meet specifications. * Maintains inventory of shipping materials and supplies. * May operate tier-lift truck or use handtruck to move, convey, or hoist shipments from shipping-and-receiving platform to storage or work area. * May direct others in preparing outgoing and receiving incoming shipments. * May perform only shipping or receiving activities and be known as Shipping Clerk or Receiving Clerk. * May be designated according to specialty as Freight Clerk; Reshipping Clerk. * May receive damaged or defective goods returned to establishment and be designated Returned-Goods Receiving Clerk. * May receive unsold products returned by driver, sales route and be designated Route Returner.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sorts used merchandise received from donors and appraises, prices, wraps, packs, and allocates merchandise for resale in retail outlets of nonprofit organization and maintains related records. * Discards unsalable items or sets them aside for salvage or repair. * May make minor repairs on damaged merchandise. * May be designated according to merchandise sorted as Book Sorter; Clothing Sorter; Jewelry Sorter; Wares Sorter.
Industry:Professional careers