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Domeniu: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
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Company Profile:
A professional who visits agents, tie line customers, and private wire patrons to demonstrate to employees use and operation of telegraph equipment and facilities. Respnsibilities include: * Demonstrates use of telegraph equipment and operating procedures. * Explains rates and company services. * Consults with customers concerning communication needs and suggests methods of eliminating operational difficulties. * Suggests modifications of customer's private wire switching equipment. * Prepares written reports of services rendered to customers, including descriptions of difficulties encountered. * Aids in development and preparation of operating procedures.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates telegraph key, Teletype machine, or talks over telephone to transmit and receive train orders and messages. Respnsibilities include: * Records time and date messages were received or transmitted. * Operates Teletype machine to transmit messages and train orders. * Reads messages received and marks for distribution. * Informs train dispatcher by telephone of departure of outbound trains from yard or terminal. * Replaces rolls of Teletype paper in machine as required.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who transmits and receives messages, train orders, and car reports in Morse code, using manual or semiautomatic key. Respnsibilities include: * In small railroad station performs duties, such as selling tickets and forwarding and receiving baggage and freight. * May move controls to change block signals and semaphores.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who transmits and receives messages, train orders, and car reports in Morse code, using manual or semiautomatic key. Respnsibilities include: * In small railroad station performs duties, such as selling tickets and forwarding and receiving baggage and freight. * May move controls to change block signals and semaphores.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in giving bus service information, by telephone, to callers for motor transportation company. Respnsibilities include: * Confers with management and examines past activity records to project staffing, budget, and equipment requirements, performing duties as described under supervisor master title. * Issues oral and written instructions on schedule changes and rates to keep workers informed and maintain accuracy of information given to public. * Monitors telephone conversations between workers and callers to evaluate technical accuracy. * Reads telephone operator's meter to determine volume of calls handled and hourly total of lost calls to compile record for planning purposes. * Conducts classroom and on-the-job training to maintain and improve service standards. * Submits reports, as required, to provide information for accounting department.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in greeting and welcoming motorists at State Highway Information Center. Respnsibilities include: * Provides information, such as directions, road conditions, and vehicular travel regulations. * Provides maps, brochures, and pamphlets to assist motorist in locating points of interest or in reaching destination. * Performs duties as described under supervisor master title. * May direct tourists to rest areas, camps, resorts, historical points, or other tourist attractions.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who provides telephone inquirers with information concerning activities and programs of automobile club. Respnsibilities include: * Provides information on matters, such as traffic engineering and motor-vehicle safety, applicable motor vehicle laws, licensing regulations, automobile insurance and financing, and legal actions. * Receives and records complaints on road conditions. * Participates in traffic surveys. * May specialize in assisting members file insurance claims for motor vehicle property damage and be designated Claims And Insurance Information Clerk, Automobile Club.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who schedules appointments with employer or other employees for clients or customers by mail, phone, or in person, and records time and date of appointment in appointment book. * Indicates in appointment book when appointments have been filled or cancelled. * May telephone or write clients to remind them of appointments. * May receive payments for services, and record them in ledger. * May receive callers. * May operate switchboard.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who receives callers at establishment, determines nature of business, and directs callers to destination. Respnsibilities include: * Obtains caller's name and arranges for appointment with person called upon. * Directs caller to destination and records name, time of call, nature of business, and person called upon. * May operate PBX telephone console to receive incoming messages. * May type memos, correspondence, reports, and other documents. * May work in office of medical practitioner or in other health care facility and be designated Outpatient Receptionist or Receptionist, Doctor's Office. * May issue visitor's pass when required. * May make future appointments and answer inquiries. * May perform variety of clerical duties and other duties pertinent to type of establishment. * May collect and distribute mail and messages.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles credit information, such as status of credit accounts, personal references, and bank accounts to fulfill subscribers' requests, using telephone. * Copies information onto form to update information for credit record on file, or for computer input. * Telephones subscriber to relay requested information or submits data obtained for typewritten report to subscriber.
Industry:Professional careers