- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who compiles, dispenses, and files newsstories and related copy to assist editorial personnel in broadcasting newsroom. Responsibilities include:
* Telephones government agencies and sports facilities and monitors other stations to obtain weather, traffic, and sports information.
* Telephones people involved in news events to obtain further information or to arrange for on-air or background interviews by news broadcasting personnel.
* Files and retrieves news scripts, printouts, and recording tapes.
* May make written copies of newsstories called in from remote locations.
* May record, edit, and play back tapes of newsstories to assist columnist/commentator, using recording and splicing machines and equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs agency or major function of public or voluntary organization providing services in social welfare field to individuals, groups, or community. Responsibilities include:
* Works with board of directors and committees to establish policies and programs and administers such programs.
* Determines policies and defines scope of services to be rendered within legislative regulations for public welfare agency functioning without board of directors.
* Assumes responsibility for development and administration of standards and procedures related to personnel, including staff development, budget, and physical facilities.
* Interprets agency purpose and program to community.
* Establishes and maintains relationships with other agencies and organizations in community toward meeting community needs and services.
* Prepares, distributes, and maintains variety of reports.
* Inspects agency operations and facilities to ensure agency meets standards and procedures criteria.
* May direct or coordinate fund raising, public relations, and fact finding or research activities.
* Employed in settings such as child welfare, community welfare councils, family casework, youth serving agencies, health organizations, informal education, and recreation, including scouting and Y's, public welfare, and fund raising.
* May work in specific area of social welfare and be designated Director, Child Support Enforcement Program; Director, Community Center; Director, Social Service; Director, Rehabilitation Program; Director, Mental Health Agency.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs activities of chamber of commerce to promote business, industrial and job development, and civic improvements in community. Responsibilities include:
* Administers programs of departments and committees which perform such functions as providing members economic and marketing information, promoting economic growth and stability in community, and counseling business organizations and industry on problems affecting local economy.
* Coordinates work with that of other community agencies to provide public services.
* Writes and gives speeches to government, and business organizations to create greater understanding between community, government, and business organizations.
* Prepares and submits annual budget to elected official for approval.
* Studies governmental legislation, taxation, and other fiscal matters to determine effect on community interests, and makes recommendations based on organizational policy.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans relocation, installation, repair, and maintenance of microwave transmitters and receivers for cable-television broadcasting and gives technical advice and direction to laboratory and field staff regarding microwave transmission and reception. Responsibilities include:
* Plans installation or relocation of microwave transmitters and receivers for improved cable-television reception, new channels, or on-site live-broadcast transmission, using knowledge of microwave and electronic theory and electronic measuring and testing instruments.
* Directs laboratory and field supervisors and technicians in technical aspects of relocating, installing, repairing, and maintaining microwave transmitters and receivers.
* Monitors field and laboratory technicians to see that F.
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* regulations regarding microwave equipment are observed.
* Advises field and laboratory staff on technical problems of microwave equipment, commercial-FM radios used in company trucks, and portable radios used by field staff.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who pilots airplane to transport passengers, mail, or freight, or for other commercial purposes. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews ship's papers to ascertain factors, such as load weight, fuel supply, weather conditions, and flight route and schedule.
* Orders changes in fuel supply, load, route, or schedule to ensure safety of flight.
* Reads gauges to verify that oil, hydraulic fluid, fuel quantities, and cabin pressure are at prescribed levels prior to starting engines.
* Starts engines and taxies airplane to runway.
* Sets brakes, and accelerates engines to verify operational readiness of components, such as superchargers, carburetor-heaters, and controls.
* Contacts control tower by radio to obtain takeoff clearance and instructions.
* Releases brakes and moves throttles and hand and foot controls to take off and control airplane in flight.
* Pilots airplane to destination adhering to flight plan and regulations and procedures of federal government, company, and airport.
* Logs information, such as time in flight, altitude flown, and fuel consumed.
* Must hold commercial pilot's certificate issued by Federal Aviation Administration.
* May instruct students or pilots in operation of aircraft.
* May be designated according to federal license held as Transport Pilot, or type of commercial activity engaged in as Airplane Pilot or Corporate Pilot.
* May be designated Airplane-Patrol Pilot when piloting airplane over pipelines, train tracks, and communications systems to detect and radio location and nature of damage.
* May be designated Airplane Captain when in command of aircraft and crew or Airplane First-Officer or Copilot when second in command.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who test-fires small arms, artillery weapons, ammunition, and bombs to evaluate mechanical performance and ballistic qualities, such as range, accuracy, bursting effect, and armor-piercing ability. Responsibilities include:
* Erects heavy weapons and connects electrical fire-control apparatus according to diagrams and written instructions.
* Positions small arms in holding fixtures and rigs trigger-pulling device.
* Loads, aims, and fires weapons.
* Measures gun barrel pressures and computes velocities of projectile.
* Examines and measures targets to verify accuracy of weapons and ammunition.
* Refrigerates, heats, or immerses ammunition in water before firing to verify performance under severe temperature and moisture conditions.
* Keeps records of observations.
* Prepares aerial bombs for test-dropping and loads bombs into aircraft.
* May prepare experimental ammunition and bombs and devise firing methods.
* May direct helpers.
* May specialize in testing of specific ordnance and be designated according to type of item involved.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles and records suggestions submitted to suggestion committee. Responsibilities include:
* Reads suggestions submitted and records suggestions on control cards.
* Writes memorandum to acknowledge receipt of suggestion.
* Requisitions amount of cash award recommended for accepted suggestions.
* Schedules distribution of awards to winners, or forwards checks and award certificates to appropriate department heads for presentation to winners.
* Writes or types letters to originators of rejected suggestions, explaining reasons for nonacceptance.
* Maintains record of suggestions received.
* May review suggestions for clarity and legibility before presenting copies to review committee.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts tests on mining and oil field machinery and equipment, performing duties as described under test engineer master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who computes food or beverage service bills and verifies completeness of customer orders in hotel kitchen, dining room, restaurant, or service bar. Responsibilities include:
* Examines food on tray enroute from kitchen or beverages enroute from service bar and compares items with listing on customer order to verify completeness and accuracy of order.
* Operates machine similar to cash register to compute charges.
* May take telephone orders for room service (order clerk, food and beverage).
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who takes dictation in shorthand of correspondence, reports, and other matter, and operates typewriter to transcribe dictated material. Performs variety of clerical duties (administrative clerk ), except when working in stenographic pool. May transcribe material from sound recordings (transcribing-machine operator ). May perform stenographic duties in professional office and be designated Legal Stenographer; Medical Stenographer; Technical Stenographer. May take dictation in foreign language and be known as Foreign-Language Stenographer. May be designated according to department in which employed as Police Stenographer. May work for public stenographic service and be designated Public Stenographer.
Industry:Professional careers
