- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who conducts keno game in gambling establishment. Respnsibilities include:
* Receives, verifies, and records cash wagers of customers.
* Starts gaming equipment that randomly selects numbered balls.
* Announces number of each ball selected until number of balls specified for each game is selected.
* Scans winning tickets presented by customers, calculates amount of winnings, and pays customers, utilizing knowledge of rules and payoffs of game.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who seats cardroom patrons. Respnsibilities include:
* Takes name of patron requesting seat at table and adds name, with chalk, to waiting list on board.
* Pages customer over loudspeaker when notified by cardroom supervisor that seat is available.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines plastic playing cards for reuse by patrons of public cardroom. Respnsibilities include:
* Inspects cards for defects, such as scratches, cuts, and discoloration.
* Replaces defective cards with those matching others of deck in color, size, and pattern.
* Feels each card of deck for uniform thickness.
* Counts, sorts, and repackages cards in box.
* Grades decks according to condition and approximate usage.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines plastic playing cards for reuse by patrons of public cardroom. Respnsibilities include:
* Inspects cards for defects, such as scratches, cuts, and discoloration.
* Replaces defective cards with those matching others of deck in color, size, and pattern.
* Feels each card of deck for uniform thickness.
* Counts, sorts, and repackages cards in box.
* Grades decks according to condition and approximate usage.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of ushers at entertainment events and directs patrons to area of seat location. Respnsibilities include:
* Directs ushers in job duties and assigns to work stations.
* Directs patrons to area of seat location according to information on ticket stubs.
* Resolves complaints of patrons.
* Coordinates activities in emergencies such as fights or fires.
* May hire and discharge ushers.
* May keep records of workers' time.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who collects admission tickets and passes from patrons at entertainment events. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines ticket or pass to verify authenticity, using criteria such as color and date issued.
* Refuses admittance to patrons without ticket or pass, or who are undesirable for reasons, such as intoxication or improper attire.
* May direct patrons to their seats.
* May distribute door checks to patrons temporarily leaving establishment.
* May count and record number of tickets collected.
* May issue and collect completed release forms for hazardous events, and photograph patron with release form for permanent records file.
* May be designated Gate Attendant or Turnstile Attendant when collecting tickets at open-air event.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who verifies credentials of patrons desiring entrance into press-box and permits only authorized persons to enter.
* Runs errands for patrons of press-box, performing such duties as obtaining refreshments, carrying news releases, and placing wagers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists patrons at entertainment events to find seats, search for lost articles, and locate facilities, such as restrooms and telephones.
* Distributes programs to patrons.
* Assists other workers to change advertising display.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who selects and fits costumes for cast members according to style of historical period and characters to be portrayed. Respnsibilities include:
* Analyzes script or reviews analysis of costuming supervisor to determine locale of story and number of costumes required for each character.
* Studies books, pictures, and examples of costumes to determine styles worn during specified period in history.
* Inventories stock to determine types and condition of costuming available and selects costumes based on script analysis and studies.
* Examines costume on cast member and sketches or writes notes designating alterations.
* Makes minor alterations and repairs to costume by hand, or using sewing machine.
* Sends costume to tailor for major alterations or repairs.
* May design and construct unusual costumes, applying creative ingenuity.
* May press and spot-clean costumes, using electric iron and cleaning fluid.
* May purchase or rent costumes and other wardrobe accessories.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who attends to costumes of members of cast of theatrical production. Respnsibilities include:
* Examines costumes and cleans and mends them.
* Presses costumes, using electric iron.
* Refits costumes as necessary.
* Assists cast to don completed costumes, or assigns dressers to assist specific cast members.
* Arranges costumes, or assigns dressers to arrange costumes of cast on dress racks in sequence to appearance on stage to facilitate quick changes.
* Packs costumes for cast when accompanying show on tour.
Industry:Professional careers
