- Industri: Government; Labor
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A professional who computes corrected freight charges from waybill data, using comptometer, and posts corrections on freight bills. Corresponds with other railroads to determine accuracy of billing and to arrange for settlement of adjusted accounts.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls gas-scrubbing and related equipment to remove impurities from gases. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes temperature, flow, pressure gauges, and liquid-level indicators and moves controls to effect operating equilibrium in equipment, according to plant procedure and correlation of instrument readings.
* Observes gas-scrubbing fluid through sight glasses to determine process efficiency, indicated by color and flow rate of fluid.
* Turns valves to maintain brine in brine scrubber at specified strength and regulate temperature of hot water in scrubber jacket, according to indicated efficiency of scrubbing fluid.
* Inspects pumps, motors, valves, and related equipment and replaces packing in column scrubbers and nitrogen-drying columns at specified intervals with acid, calcium chloride, or brine.
* Draws samples of gases and fluids for laboratory analysis.
* Maintains log of gauge readings and results of laboratory analyses.
* Directs activities of purification-operator helper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who controls gas-scrubbing and related equipment to remove impurities from gases. Respnsibilities include:
* Observes temperature, flow, pressure gauges, and liquid-level indicators and moves controls to effect operating equilibrium in equipment, according to plant procedure and correlation of instrument readings.
* Observes gas-scrubbing fluid through sight glasses to determine process efficiency, indicated by color and flow rate of fluid.
* Turns valves to maintain brine in brine scrubber at specified strength and regulate temperature of hot water in scrubber jacket, according to indicated efficiency of scrubbing fluid.
* Inspects pumps, motors, valves, and related equipment and replaces packing in column scrubbers and nitrogen-drying columns at specified intervals with acid, calcium chloride, or brine.
* Draws samples of gases and fluids for laboratory analysis.
* Maintains log of gauge readings and results of laboratory analyses.
* Directs activities of purification-operator helper.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines, analyzes, and evaluates operations of individual branches of chain of restaurants, motels, or other facilities to ensure adherence to company standards and policies. Responsibilities include:
* Travels from branch to branch and visually checks physical structures and surroundings, noting degree of maintenance provided or required and unusual wear and tear.
* Notes condition of furniture, linens, and supplies and recommends replacements where necessary.
* Evaluates adequacy of return of investment on individual branches and alters or initiates procedures to improve service and reduce expenses.
* Examines books of account of individual establishment.
* Prepares report, summarizing findings and including recommendations for maintenance, repair, changes in operational procedures, and purchase requirements, and submits report to home office.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates electrically powered machine to emboss metal plates for use in duplicating and addressing machines. Responsibilities include:
* Places blank plate in holder.
* Depresses keys on keyboard to imprint characters on plate, copying name and address from form or work ticket.
* Removes embossed plate and inserts plate in indexed file according to work ticket specifications.
* May operate manually powered embossing machine (embossing-machine operator i).
* May operate addressing and duplicating machines.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends filter plate press that removes impurities or moisture from slurries and chemical solution. Respnsibilities include:
* Covers filter plates with cloth, canvas, or paper.
* Opens valve to admit liquid ingredients into tank, dumps specified dry ingredients into tank, and starts agitator to mix ingredients and form slurry.
* Starts pump to transfer slurry from mixing tank to filter plate press.
* Opens pressure valves to force slurry through plates to remove impurities and moisture.
* Turns gear wheel to release tension of plates at completion of cycle.
* When filtering to obtain liquid product, dislodges solid material from plates and cleans frames, screens, and filters, using scraper, steam, or compressed airhose.
* When filtering to obtain solid product, cuts mixture from frames with knife and loads materials on drying trays.
* May draw samples for laboratory analysis.
* May be designated according to product filtered as Pigment Presser; Plate-and-Frame-Filter Operator; Resin Filterer (paint & varnish); Varnish Filterer (paint & varnish) II.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles data and computes statistics for use in statistical studies, using calculator and adding machine. Responsibilities include:
* Compiles statistics from source materials, such as production and sales records, quality control and test records, personnel records, timesheets, survey sheets, and questionnaires.
* Assembles and classifies statistics, following prescribed procedures.
* Computes statistical data according to formulas, using calculator.
* May compile and compute statistics, using computer.
* May verify authenticity of source material.
* May be designated according to type of statistics compiled as Census Clerk; Mileage Clerk; Production-Statistical Clerk; Sales-Record Clerk; Steam-Plant Records Clerk; Time-Analysis Clerk; Traffic Enumerator.
* May compile actuarial statistics, charts, and graphs and be designated Actuarial Clerk.
* May compile data and statistics from media guides and team data for use during televised sporting event and be designated Statistician.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who verifies addresses and corrects illegible or misaddressed shipping tags or labels, using credit files or directory information. Responsibilities include:
* Searches company credit files and directories, such as telephone, city, and postal directories, to find correct name and address.
* Marks revision on tags and labels, using marking pencil.
* Records adjusted information on delivery records.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs routine checking duties to ensure accuracy of recorded data. Responsibilities include:
* Compares information or figures on one record against same data on other records.
* Corrects or records omissions, errors, or inconsistencies found.
* Is not characteristically engaged in making computations (audit clerk; calculating-machine operator) but does use arithmetic.
* Does not check incoming or outgoing shipments, or record or keep tallies (receiving checker; shipping checker).
* May be designated according to type of clerical work checked as Billing Checker; Entry Examiner; Installment-Account Checker.
* May be designated.
* Responsibilities include:
* Asset-Card Clerk; Coupon-Manifest Clerk; Outlaw-Loan-Record Clerk; Price Checker; Printed-Forms Proofreader; Typing Checker.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who reroutes freight shipments to new destinations following request from shipper. Responsibilities include:
* Receives request from shipper for reconsignment or change in destination of freight shipment.
* Searches for original bill of lading, waybill, and freight bills to ascertain original route or destination.
* Telephones station at next scheduled stop on original route and issues instructions to reroute freight shipment.
* Sends telegram to confirm instructions issued over telephone.
* Prepares new bill of lading to record shipper's request for new destination, reconsignment, and route selected.
* May prepare waybills.
Industry:Professional careers
