- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who coordinates activities of residential camp for seasonal agricultural workers. Responsibilities include:
* Directs activities, such as maintenance of buildings and facilities, preparation of meals and type of food served, compliance with state health and fire regulations, and assignment of living quarters.
* Arranges medical care for sick or injured workers.
* Assists underage employees in obtaining health and birth certificates and work permits.
* Administers recreation programs.
* Prepares periodic reports of camp operation.
* May recruit and employ workers prior to camp opening.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who arranges for leasing of suitable property for use as location for television or motion picture production. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with production or unit manager and director, television or director, motion picture regarding scenic backgrounds, terrain, and other topographical details of locations required for photographing exterior scenes.
* Searches files for pictures or descriptions of suitable locations or seeks new locations.
* Contacts property owners and local officials to arrange leasing and use of public and private property, rental of housing facilities, hiring of extras, and to obtain sanction for production activities.
* Arranges for transportation of troupe to location.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who keeps records of mortgage loans in mortgage loan establishment, performing any of following clerical duties. Responsibilities include:
* Records data, such as loan number, selling price, and taxes of mortgaged property.
* Computes interest and principal payments on loans, using calculating machines.
* Prepares applications for insurance on property and for extensions on delinquent loans.
* Types or posts by hand, such data as legal description of property, name of mortgager, amount and type of hazard insurance on property, and results of computations that break down monthly payments into principal, interest, taxes, and optional items.
* Prepares copies of documents for filing and mailing.
* May file documents and records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who records examination, testimony, judicial opinions, judge's charge to jury, judgment or sentence of court, or other proceedings in court of law by machine shorthand (stenotype operator), takes shorthand notes, or reports proceedings into $T3steno-mask.$T1 Reads portions of transcript during trial on judge's request, and asks speakers to clarify inaudible statements. Operates typewriter to transcribe recorded material, or dictates material into recording machine. May record proceedings of quasi-judicial hearings and formal and informal meetings and be designated Hearings Reporter. May be self-employed, performing duties in court of law or at hearings and meetings, and be designated Freelance Reporter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs administration of public welfare program in county or city, in conformity with policies of welfare board and availability of funds. Responsibilities include:
* Consults with members of welfare board to plan activities and expenditures.
* Coordinates, directly or through subordinates, activities of staff engaged in investigating and counseling welfare claimants and in processing welfare claims.
* Participates in discussions with community leaders and other interested parties to improve conditions of welfare recipients and to coordinate public assistance programs with efforts of religious and charitable organizations.
* Coordinates distribution of government surplus commodities in conformity with federal standards.
* Prepares welfare budget and adjusts welfare services in accordance with available funds.
* In smaller communities may interview welfare recipients, assist them in resolving personal or financial problems, and perform related activities (caseworker).
* May be designated according to jurisdiction as County Director, Welfare.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles and computes freight and passenger charges payable to participating carriers on interline business. Responsibilities include:
* Examines waybills and ticket sales records to compute number of miles each carrier transported freight or passengers.
* Computes freight or passenger charges payable to each carrier, using basic rates from rate table and calculating machine.
* Records results of calculations on special forms.
* Reviews statements submitted by other companies to determine if portion of charges received is correct.
* May distribute, to appropriate airlines, revenue from passengers traveling on more than one carrier on through passage and be designated Passenger-Interline Clerk.
* May compile records of daily freight car rental fees due to other carriers and be designated Per Diem Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who aids individuals and families having problems concerning family relationships or other aspects of their social functioning affecting unity of family and welfare of community. Responsibilities include:
* Counsels clients on problems, such as unsatisfactory relationships between marriage partners or between parents and children; unwed parenthood; home management; work adjustment; vocational training; need for financial assistance; care of the ill, handicapped, or aged, care of other family members at time of physical or mental illness; desertion of parent; or difficulties encountered in travel or stabilization in new community.
* Helps clients to use agency's services, such as homemaker, or day care, and other community resources.
* In a public assistance or voluntary agency ascertains client's eligibility for financial assistance and determines amount of grant and assumes responsibility for services rendered.
* May assist travelers, runaways of any age, migrants, transients, refugees, repatriated Americans, and problem families drifting from community to community, encountering difficulty in traveling or needing help toward stabilization.
* Employed in organizations, such as public assistance, family service, Travelers Aid, and American Red Cross Home Service.
* Usually required to have knowledge and skill in casework methods acquired through degree program at school of social work.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts tests on marine machinery and equipment, performing duties as described under test engineer master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates recordkeeping activities concerning land leases, agreements, and contracts relative to petroleum company rights for drilling wells on public or private lands and producing gas and oil. Responsibilities include:
* Directs activities of workers engaged in keeping current files and records on terms, conditions, and expiration dates of land documents.
* Prepares reports on expiration dates, disposition of, and for renegotiation of existing contracts, leases, and agreements for use by management or other land department personnel.
* Coordinates activities of lease and rental section with activities of other sections of land department to ensure that files and records are current and that company is in compliance with terms and conditions set forth in documents.
* Requests title searches, procurement of deeds and affidavits, or other substantiating data to ensure legality of documents.
* May authorize payment of royalties, bonuses, or other compensation as provided for in terms and conditions of documents.
* May be designated according to activity directed as Manager, Contracts-And-Titles; Manager, Titles-And-Land-Records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs operation of flight department of airline. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts indoctrination training for new pilots and refresher training for experienced pilots.
* Reviews reports on pilot performance and forwards reports to Federal Aviation Administration.
* Discusses operational and personal problems with subordinates to improve morale and efficiency.
* Studies technical manuals of airplane and equipment manufacturers and government regulations affecting flight operations to ensure that company training manuals adhere to legal requirements and are adapted to type of aircraft in use.
* Represents company in advisory capacity during contract negotiations with pilots' union.
* Accompanies flights to observe performance of pilots (check pilot).
* Conducts training classes for flight personnel covering emergency procedures and use of survival equipment.
* Directs preparation of flight-crew schedules and assignment of personnel.
* May interview and hire flight personnel.
* May pilot airplane on scheduled flights.
Industry:Professional careers
