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A professional who gathers property assessment data at owner premises, verifies data against previously recorded data, and records discrepancies. Respnsibilities include:
* Visits property, observes premises, and confers with owner to collect and verify property assessment data, using data cards (property assessment records) as guides.
* Measures and records size of land boundaries and house, using tape measure.
* Records type of exterior coverings and physical condition of exterior and interior of house.
* Counts and records number of bathrooms, stoves, and fireplaces.
* Verifies findings against recorded data and notes discrepancies.
* Occasionally attends town meetings to answer taxpayer questions regarding use of information contained on data cards.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers processing mail in post office.
* Keeps records of processed mail, mail in process, and changes in worker assignments.
* May analyze and recommend changes in distribution schemes.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers processing mail in post office.
* Keeps records of processed mail, mail in process, and changes in worker assignments.
* May analyze and recommend changes in distribution schemes.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs clerical duties in court of law. Respnsibilities include:
* Prepares docket or calendar of cases to be called, using typewriter.
* Examines legal documents submitted to court for adherence to law or court procedures, prepares case folders, and posts, files, or routes documents.
* Explains procedures or forms to parties in case.
* Secures information for judges, and contacts witnesses, attorneys, and litigants to obtain information for court, and instructs parties when to appear in court.
* Notifies district attorney's office of cases prosecuted by district attorney.
* Administers oath to witnesses.
* Records minutes of court proceedings, using stenotype machine or shorthand, and transcribes testimony, using typewriter.
* Records case disposition, court orders, and arrangement for payment of court fees.
* Collects court fees or fines and records amounts collected.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks in police department to relieve police officers of clerical duties. Respnsibilities include:
* Types and files police forms, such as accident reports, arrest records, evidence cards, and attendance records and schedules.
* Posts information to police records, manually or using typewriter or computer.
* Gives information to public, over phone or in person, concerning arrests, missing persons, or other police related business.
* Operates telephone system to take or relay information.
* Receives and records physical evidence recovered from crime scenes by police officers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who opens and inspects incoming and outgoing correspondence and packages to ensure compliance with prison security rules. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads incoming and outgoing correspondence (with permission of appropriate jurisdiction) of prisoners with adjustment problems or suspected of forbidden activities, such as planning escapes or attempting to contact confederates outside prison.
* Removes money mailed to prisoners, prepares receipt, and forwards to security office for safekeeping.
* Impounds contraband articles, such as weapons and drugs, and notifies proper authorities of rules violations.
* Returns to sender, articles prisoners are forbidden to possess.
* May evaluate content of incoming correspondence, conferring with psychiatric staff to protect inmate against information considered injurious to prisoner's emotional welfare or adjustment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks in post office. Respnsibilities include:
* Sells postage stamps, postal cards, and stamped envelopes.
* Issues money orders.
* Registers and insures mail and computes mailing costs of letters and parcels.
* Places mail into pigeonholes of mail rack, or into bags, according to state, address, name of person, organization, or other scheme.
* Examines mail for correct postage and cancels mail, using rubber stamp or canceling machine.
* Weighs parcels and letters on scale and computes mailing cost based on weight and destination.
* Records daily transactions.
* Receives complaints concerning mail delivery, mail theft, and lost mail, completes and routes appropriate forms for investigation.
* Answers questions pertaining to mail regulations or procedures.
* Posts circulars on bulletin board for public information; distributes public announcements; and assists public in complying with other federal agency requirements, such as registration of aliens.
* May drive motorcycle or light truck to deliver special delivery letters.
* May be employed in remote retail store contracted by post office to provide postal services and be designated Contract-Post-Office Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following tasks in post office. Respnsibilities include:
* Sells postage stamps, postal cards, and stamped envelopes.
* Issues money orders.
* Registers and insures mail and computes mailing costs of letters and parcels.
* Places mail into pigeonholes of mail rack, or into bags, according to state, address, name of person, organization, or other scheme.
* Examines mail for correct postage and cancels mail, using rubber stamp or canceling machine.
* Weighs parcels and letters on scale and computes mailing cost based on weight and destination.
* Records daily transactions.
* Receives complaints concerning mail delivery, mail theft, and lost mail, completes and routes appropriate forms for investigation.
* Answers questions pertaining to mail regulations or procedures.
* Posts circulars on bulletin board for public information; distributes public announcements; and assists public in complying with other federal agency requirements, such as registration of aliens.
* May drive motorcycle or light truck to deliver special delivery letters.
* May be employed in remote retail store contracted by post office to provide postal services and be designated Contract-Post-Office Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs variety of clerical and administrative duties required by municipal government. Respnsibilities include:
* Prepares agendas and bylaws for town council; records minutes of council meetings; answers official correspondence; keeps fiscal records and accounts; and prepares reports on civic needs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles, verifies, types, and files medical records of hospital or other health care facility. Respnsibilities include:
* Prepares folders and maintains records of newly admitted patients.
* Reviews medical records for completeness, assembles records into standard order, and files records in designated areas according to applicable alphabetic and numeric filing system.
* Locates, signs out, and delivers medical records requested by hospital departments.
* Compiles statistical data, such as admissions, discharges, deaths, births, and types of treatment given.
* Operates computer to enter and retrieve data and type correspondence and reports.
* May assist other workers with coding of records.
* May post results of laboratory tests to records and be designated Charting Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
