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Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who calculates amount of premium to be charged for various types of insurance, using rate book, calculator, and adding machine. Responsibilities include: * Selects premium rate based on information in case record folder relating to type and amount of policy based on standard risk factors, such as use and age of automobile, location and value of property, or age of applicant. * Adds premium rates of basic policy and endorsements to compute total annual premium. * Records rates on abstract sheet (worksheet), from which policies will be typed. * May calculate commissions.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends equipment that separates hydrocarbons from coal tar derivatives. Respnsibilities include: * Opens valves and starts pump to transfer slurry of hydrocarbons into tank containing organic solvent. * Adjusts steam valves to heat solution to specified temperature. * Opens water valves to cool solution and promote crystallization of hydrocarbon. * Pumps solvent into reclaim tanks, and pumps slurry or hydrocarbon crystals to centrifugal drier. * Starts centrifugal drier to remove remaining solvent from hydrocarbon crystals. * Discharges hydrocarbon into loading hopper. * Records production data in log. * May be designated according to specific hydrocarbon processed as Anthracene Operator. * May tend equipment that clarifies creosol derived from coal tar and be designated Clarification Operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that assembles pages of printed material in numerical sequence. Responsibilities include: * Adjusts control that regulates stroke of paper pusher, according to size of paper. * Places pages to be assembled in holding trays. * Starts machine. * Removes assembled pages from machine.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends tanks in which crude tetryl explosive or nitrocellulose is boiled and washed to remove acids and impurities. Respnsibilities include: * Admits batch of crude tetryl slurry to boiling tank. * Starts tank agitators and turns valve to admit steam to tank jacket to boil slurry for specified time. * Pumps off water after material has settled. * Pumps fresh water through tank to wash tetryl and flush away impurities. * When boiling nitrocellulose, admits acid to tub and boils contents for specified time, adds neutralizing agent, and repeats process until all nitrocellulose impurities are removed. * May test acidity of solution, using hydrometer or titration test. * When boiling tetryl, is designated Tetryl-Boiling-Tub Operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates administrative activities of customs collection district and negotiates with interested parties to enforce federal customs laws and collections. Responsibilities include: * Prepares, reviews, and submits reports of district's activities to customs office and other government agencies. * Represents Bureau of Customs in meetings with individuals, representatives of private industry, government agencies, and in court. * Recommends and approves personnel appointments, promotions, transfers, and reassignments within district. * Directs submission of customs receipts and preparation of accounts as required by law and procedures of Bureau.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends drum-tumbling machine that mixes ingredients, such as resins, color pigments, and additives, for use in fabrication of plastic cosmetic packaging. Respnsibilities include: * Lines drum with plastic bag. * Presses control to activate hopper that automatically fills drum with specified ingredients, or dumps measured ingredients into drum according to formula, using hand scoop and scale. * Conveys filled drum to tumbling machine, using handtruck. * Mounts and secures drum in holding device of machine, turns knob to set timing control, and presses button to actuate drum-tumbling action. * Removes drum from machine at end of cycle and conveys drum to specified production machine, using handtruck.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans utilization of facilities, equipment, materials, and personnel to improve efficiency of operations. Responsibilities include: * Studies functional statements, organization charts, and project information to determine functions and responsibilities of workers and work units and to identify areas of duplication. * Establishes work measurement programs and analyzes work samples to develop standards for labor utilization. * Analyzes work force utilization, facility layout, and operational data, such as production costs, process flow charts, and production schedules, to determine efficient utilization of workers and equipment. * Recommends methods for improving worker efficiency and reducing waste of materials and utilities, such as restructuring job duties, reorganizing work flow, relocating work stations and equipment, and purchase of equipment. * Confers with management and engineering staff to implement plans and recommendations. * May develop management systems for cost analysis, financial planning, wage and salary administration, and job evaluation.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who provides fare information to passengers traveling on nonscheduled or chartered motor trips, using rate tables. Responsibilities include: * Interviews customer or reviews written requests to obtain data on proposed trips. * Studies maps to select or lay out and measure travel route. * Refers to rate tables to gather rate data considering such items as type of vehicle, distance, destination, estimated travel and waiting time, cost of tolls, and passenger or freight service. * Computes rates, using calculator. * Prepares written report on rates or informs customer orally. * May arrange travel accommodations for tourists (travel clerk).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans and outlines changes in power distribution facilities to overcome unsatisfactory conditions, such as overloaded or underloaded circuits, and to provide for new or anticipated load increases. Responsibilities include: * Reviews complaints and reports of load requirements for area under question to determine nature of adjustment to be made. * Makes field surveys or studies maps showing relays, line intersections, overhead and underground connections, feeder lines, and other component elements of power system area under observation to ascertain where changes can be made. * Makes calculations, following standardized procedures, to determine amount and type of replacing, switching, or other system revisions necessary to improve service. * Recommends installation of additional facilities if changes within existing system cannot meet increased load. * Makes notes and sketches of proposed changes and refers sketch to cartographic drafter for detailed work drawings. * May investigate low voltage complaints by visiting area and determining if excessive load or power leakage causes defect.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates activities of workers engaged in postal and related work in assigned post office. Responsibilities include: * Organizes and supervises directly, or through subordinates, such activities as processing incoming and outgoing mail; issuing and cashing money orders; selling stamps, bonds and certificates; and collecting box rents to ensure efficient service to patrons. * Resolves customer complaints and informs public of postal laws and regulations. * Confers with suppliers to obtain bids for proposed purchases, requisitions supplies, and disburses funds as specified by law. * Prepares and submits detailed and summary reports of post office activities to designated superior. * Selects, trains, and evaluates performance of employees and prepares work schedules. * May perform or participate in post office activities depending on size of post office. * May plan and implement labor relations program. * May confer with employees to negotiate labor disputes.
Industry:Professional careers