- Industri: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who advises prospective brides in all phases of wedding planning, such as etiquette, attire of wedding party, and selection of trousseau. Respnsibilities include:
* Compiles list of prospective brides from newspaper announcements of engagements.
* Mails promotional material to offer own and store's services as consultant.
* Recommends trousseau for bride, and costumes and accessories for attendants.
* Advises bride on selection of silverware style and pattern, china, glassware, stationery, invitations, flowers, and catering service.
* May display and sell wedding trousseau to bride, and attire for attendants, and silverware, china, and glassware to brides and wedding gift purchasers, performing duties as described under salesperson master title.
* May compile and maintain gift register.
* May arrange for photographers to take pictures of wedding party.
* May attend rehearsals and wedding ceremony to give advice on etiquette.
* May accompany bride when shopping in store or shop for her.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who fills ophthalmic eyeglass prescriptions and fits and adapts lenses and frames, utilizing written optical prescription. Respnsibilities include:
* Evaluates prescription in conjunction with client's vocational and avocational visual requirements.
* Determines client's current lens prescription, when necessary, using lensometer or lens analyzer and client's eyeglasses.
* Recommends specific lenses, lens coatings, and frames to suit client needs.
* Assists client in selecting frames according to style and color, coordinating frames with facial and eye measurements and optical prescription.
* Measures client's bridge and eye size, temple length, vertex distance, pupillary distance, and optical centers of eyes, using millimeter rule and light reflex pupillometer.
* Prepares work order and instructions for grinding lenses and fabricating eyeglasses.
* Verifies finished lenses are ground to specification.
* Heats, shapes, or bends plastic or metal frames to adjust eyeglasses to fit client, using pliers and hands.
* Instructs clients in adapting to, wearing, and caring for eyeglasses.
* Sells optical goods, such as binoculars, plano sunglasses, magnifying glasses, and low vision aids.
* Repairs damaged frames.
* May be required to hold license issued by governing state.
* May fabricate lenses to prescription specifications.
* May select and order frames for display.
* May grind lens edges or apply coating to lenses.
* May manage one or more optical shops.
* May compute amount of sale and collect payment for services.
* May fit contact lenses only and be designated Optician, Contact-Lens Dispensing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs duties as described under apprentice master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who calls at customers' homes to take measurements for and estimate cost of fabricating draperies and window shades, slipcovers, and upholstery. Respnsibilities include:
* Measures area of furniture to be covered.
* Draws sketches to scale of work to be done.
* Discusses selection of fabric and other materials with customer, using material samples, and informs customer of material, fabrication, and installations costs.
* May be designated according to specialty as Slip-Cover Estimator; Window-Shade Estimator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who calls at customers' homes to take measurements for and estimate cost of fabricating draperies and window shades, slipcovers, and upholstery. Respnsibilities include:
* Measures area of furniture to be covered.
* Draws sketches to scale of work to be done.
* Discusses selection of fabric and other materials with customer, using material samples, and informs customer of material, fabrication, and installations costs.
* May be designated according to specialty as Slip-Cover Estimator; Window-Shade Estimator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who wraps and decorates customer's purchases with gift-wrapping paper, ribbons, bows, and tape in retail store.
* May collect money and make change for gift-wrapping service.
* May assist customer to select appropriate wrapping materials.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who wraps and decorates customer's purchases with gift-wrapping paper, ribbons, bows, and tape in retail store.
* May collect money and make change for gift-wrapping service.
* May assist customer to select appropriate wrapping materials.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks in post exchange. Respnsibilities include:
* Arranges for gift wrapping, monogramming, printing, and fabrication of such items as desk nameplates and rubber stamps, and repair or replacement of defective items covered by warranty.
* Takes orders for such items as decorated cakes, cut flowers, personalized greeting cards and stationery, and merchandise rentals and repairs.
* Prepares special order worksheet.
* Keeps record of services in progress.
* Notifies customer when service is completed and accepts payment.
* Acts as wedding consultant.
* Assists customers to select and purchase specified merchandise.
* Keeps records of items in layaway, receives and posts customer payments, and prepares and forwards delinquent notices.
* Issues temporary identification cards from information on military records.
* Approves customer's checks and provides check cashing service according to exchange policy.
* Answers customer's telephone, mail, and in-person inquiries and directs customers to appropriate sales area.
* Resolves customer complaints and requests for refunds, exchanges, and adjustments.
* Provides customers with catalogs and information concerning prices, shipping time, and costs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks in post exchange. Respnsibilities include:
* Arranges for gift wrapping, monogramming, printing, and fabrication of such items as desk nameplates and rubber stamps, and repair or replacement of defective items covered by warranty.
* Takes orders for such items as decorated cakes, cut flowers, personalized greeting cards and stationery, and merchandise rentals and repairs.
* Prepares special order worksheet.
* Keeps record of services in progress.
* Notifies customer when service is completed and accepts payment.
* Acts as wedding consultant.
* Assists customers to select and purchase specified merchandise.
* Keeps records of items in layaway, receives and posts customer payments, and prepares and forwards delinquent notices.
* Issues temporary identification cards from information on military records.
* Approves customer's checks and provides check cashing service according to exchange policy.
* Answers customer's telephone, mail, and in-person inquiries and directs customers to appropriate sales area.
* Resolves customer complaints and requests for refunds, exchanges, and adjustments.
* Provides customers with catalogs and information concerning prices, shipping time, and costs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inventories, stores, prices, and restocks merchandise displays in retail store. Respnsibilities include:
* Takes inventory or examines merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
* Requisitions merchandise from supplier based on available space, merchandise on hand, customer demand, or advertised specials.
* Receives, opens, and unpacks cartons or crates of merchandise, checking invoice against items received.
* Stamps, attaches, or changes price tags on merchandise, referring to price list.
* Stocks storage areas and displays with new or transferred merchandise.
* Sets up advertising signs and displays merchandise on shelves, counters, or tables to attract customers and promote sales.
* Cleans display cases, shelves, and aisles.
* May itemize and total customer merchandise selection at check out counter, using cash register, and accept cash or charge card for purchases.
* May pack customer purchases in bags or cartons.
* May transport packages to specified vehicle for customer.
* May be designated according to type of merchandise handled as Baked-Goods Stock Clerk; Delicatessen-Goods Stock Clerk; Discount-Variety-Store Stock Clerk; Liquor-Store Stock Clerk; Meat Stock Clerk; Pharmacy Stock Clerk; Produce Stock Clerk; or type of store worked in as Supermarket Stock Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
