- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who appraises real and personal property to determine fair value and assesses taxes in accordance with prescribed schedules. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects property and considers factors such as current market value, location of property, and building or replacement costs to make property appraisal.
* Computes amount of tax to be levied, using applicable tax tables, and writes reports of determinations for public record.
* May interpret laws, formulate policies, and direct activities of assessment office.
* May be designated according to type of property assessed as Appraiser, Aircraft; Appraiser, Auditor; Appraiser, Boats And Marine; Appraiser, Buildings; Appraiser, Land; Appraiser, Oil And Water; Appraiser, Personal Property; Appraiser, Real Estate; Appraiser, Timber.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who records price, name of buyer, and grade of tobacco on tickets attached to piles or baskets of tobacco as tobacco is auctioned to highest bidder. Signals purchaser to raise bids that are below government support price. May perform other clerical tasks during periods between auction sales.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities of workers engaged in testing finished and semifinished metal sample specimens to determine if metallurgical and physical properties meet manufacturing specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews production schedules to ascertain work load and prepares schedules and priorities for work.
* Assigns personnel to specific work assignments and reviews test reports to determine if physical characteristics of sample specimens meet metallurgical specifications and quality control standards.
* Investigates causes of defective material and advises supervisory personnel of production department responsible of processing defects.
* Determines disposition of substandard material, according to established precedent or practice or upon approval of superior, such as downgrading, reprocessing, or scrapping material.
* Advises metallurgical personnel on problems involving quality control and testing techniques and methods and on application of metallurgical specifications to metal products.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who processes new and prospective agents' licensing, certification, or bonding applications and forms to ensure conformance with regulations of State Insurance Commissions and bonding companies. Responsibilities include:
* Prepares or reviews licensing applications and other forms for completeness and accuracy, in accordance with insurance commission or bonding company requirements.
* Mails applications, documents, and fees to authorities and arranges appointments for examinations.
* Notifies company officials of applicants' acceptance or rejection.
* Maintains files of correspondence, records, and reports.
* May compile, type, and mail to field offices changes to approved lists of medical examiners.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans and directs establishment of collection routes and assignment of personnel and equipment. Responsibilities include:
* Coordinates activities of workers concerned with sewage treatment, recycling or incineration plants, and landfill activities of disposal sites.
* Conducts field inspections to evaluate efficiency of sanitation program and to determine that residents are adhering to regulations.
* Notifies individuals of violations and initiates actions to obtain compliance with regulations.
* Supervises workers engaged in investigation of complaints and collection of delinquent accounts, where user assessments are imposed.
* Supervises persons engaged in preparation of cost and operational reports and compiles budget estimates for review and approval of authorities.
* Confers with engineering and other technical personnel to advise and assist in development, design, and installation of sanitation facilities.
* Prepares material such as handbills or press releases to keep public informed of changes in regulations.
* May direct one phase of sanitation services, as recycling, incineration, or sewage treatment, and be designated Superintendent, Refuse Disposal; Superintendent, Sewage-Treatment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sorts, counts, and wraps coins, using various machines. Responsibilities include:
* Sorts coins according to denomination, using coin-separating machine.
* Removes counterfeit and mutilated coins.
* Feeds coins into hopper of counting machine that counts and bags them.
* Removes, seals, and weighs bags of counted coins.
* Wraps coins, using coin-wrapping machine, and places rolls of coins into bags or boxes for distribution.
* Records machine totals, shortages or overages, and kind and value of coins removed from circulation.
* Verifies totals against deposit slips or other documents and prepares coins for shipment.
* May sort, count, and wrap paper money by hand or machine (currency sorter ).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates and maintains radio transmitter to broadcast radio and television programs. Responsibilities include:
* Moves switches to cut in power to units and stages of transmitter.
* Monitors lights on console panel to ascertain that components are operative and that transmitter is ready to emit signal.
* Turns controls to set transmitter on fm, am, or TV frequency assigned by Federal Communications Commission.
* Monitors signal emission and spurious radiations outside of licensed transmission frequency to ensure signal is not infringing on frequencies assigned other stations.
* Notifies broadcast studio when ready to transmit.
* Observes indicators and adjusts controls to maintain constant sound modulation and ensure that transmitted signal is sharp and clear.
* Maintains log of programs transmitted as required by Federal Communications Commission.
* Tests components of malfunctioning transmitter to diagnose trouble, using test equipment, such as oscilloscope, voltmeters, and ammeters.
* Disassembles and repairs equipment, using handtools (radio mechanic ).
* May converse with studio personnel to determine cause of equipment failure and to solve problem.
* May operate microwave transmitter and receiver to receive or send programs to or from other broadcast stations.
* Must possess license issued by Federal Communications Commission.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in compiling data on changes to insurance policies in force, changing provisions of policies to conform to insured's specifications, and computing premium rates based on changes to policies. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews correspondence from insured or agents requesting policy changes to determine work assignments based on types of changes requested.
* Assigns duties to policy-change clerks ; policy-value calculators ; policyholder-information clerks , and related clerical workers.
* Interprets policy provisions to workers, as needed, to assist workers in effecting changes according to company regulations.
* Assists workers in locating and changing policy information, using computer.
* Verifies accuracy of premium computations, using calculator.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that inserts printed matter, such as letters or booklets into folders or envelopes. Responsibilities include:
* Stacks quantities of inserts and covers into machine feedboxes and turns setscrews to adjust feeder mechanisms, according to thickness of material.
* Starts machine and replenishes feedboxes with inserts and covers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who accepts and pays off bets placed by patrons of cardrooms, bookmaking, or other gambling establishments. Responsibilities include:
* Sells color-coded gambling chips or tickets to patrons or to other workers for resale to patrons.
* Records transaction, using cash register.
* Accepts cash or checks for chips or approves patrons' credit and charges individual accounts for amount issued.
* Reconciles daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
* May accept patrons' credit applications and verify credit references to obtain check-cashing authorization.
* May accept bets only and be designated Bet Taker.
Industry:Professional careers
