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- Company Profile:
A professional who rents safe-deposit boxes to bank customers. Respnsibilities include:
* Interviews customer to obtain information necessary to open account.
* Types rental contract and obtains customer signature.
* Collects initial rental fee from customer and writes receipt.
* Issues safe-deposit box key to customer.
* Files safe-deposit records, such as signature cards, rental contract, and access slips to vault.
* Admits customer to safe-deposit vault.
* Orders replacements for lost keys.
* Schedules repairs for safe-deposit box locks.
* Contacts vendor to forcibly open safe-deposit box when necessary, such as when customer loses key.
* Receives and records customer payment of yearly safe-deposit fee.
* May record box rental information, payment, and account changes, using computer terminal.
* May perform clerical duties.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who leases storage space to customers of rental storage facility. Respnsibilities include:
* Informs customers of space availability, rental regulations, and rates.
* Assists customers in selection of storage unit size according to articles or material to be stored.
* Records terms of rental on rental agreement form and assists customer in completing form.
* Photographs completed form and customer to establish identification record, using security camera.
* Computes rental fee and collects payment.
* Maintains rental status record and waiting list for storage units.
* Notifies customers when rental term is about to expire or rent is overdue.
* Inspects storage area periodically to ensure storage units are locked.
* Observes individuals entering storage area to prevent access to or tampering with storage units by unauthorized persons.
* Loads film into security and surveillance cameras, records dates of film changes, and monitors camera operations to ensure performance as required.
* Cleans facility and maintains premises in orderly condition.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who rents bicycles to patrons at beach, resort, or retail bicycle-rental store. Respnsibilities include:
* Explains bicycle-rental rates and conditions to customer.
* Issues bicycle to customer and records time of transaction.
* Receives returned bicycles and examines them for abuse or breakage.
* Computes rental charge according to elapsed time and accepts payment, imposing specified fee for damage to bicycle.
* Records time bicycle was returned.
* Prepares cash report at end of shift.
* Tags bicycles needing repair or service.
* May adjust bicycle seat to suit customer.
* May receive money deposit or identification, such as driver's license, as security toward return of bicycle.
* May explain operation of bicycle and features of certain bicycles, such as gear shifting and hand brakes, to customers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who rents canoes, motorboats, rowboats, sailboats, and fishing equipment. Respnsibilities include:
* Explains rental rates and operation of boats and equipment to customer.
* Assists customers in and out of boats.
* Launches and moors boats.
* Tows disabled boats to shore, using motorboat.
* Calculates rental payment and collects payment from customer.
* May make minor adjustments and repairs on motors of motorboats, such as replacing battery, using handtools.
* May pump water out of boats, using mechanical pump.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who rents television sets to hospital patients. Respnsibilities include:
* Determines, from hospital staff and records, names of patients requesting television rental service.
* Visits patient's room and unlocks and adjusts television set.
* Explains operation of remote controls and informs patient of rental fee.
* Periodically collects rental fees.
* Keeps records of television rentals and fees due.
* May deliver and connect portable television sets.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who rents trailers, trucks, and power-driven mobile machinery and equipment. Respnsibilities include:
* Talks with customer to determine type of equipment needed, such as vacation, boat, or open trailer, or moving truck or moving-van trailer, or cement mixer.
* Quotes rental rates and collects security deposit.
* Prepares rental-agreement form.
* Directs yard personnel to hitch trailer to customer's vehicle or bring truck or power-driven mobile equipment to customer.
* Computes rental charges, collects money, makes change, and returns deposit.
* May pull trailer into position and fasten appropriate hitch to customer's vehicle.
* May splice wires from trailer's taillights onto wires of customer's vehicle's taillights to provide brake and turn signals to trailer.
* May advise customer on type of equipment to rent, depending on work to be done.
* May rent power tools and equipment.
* May be designated according to type of equipment rented as Construction-Machinery-And-Equipment-Rental Clerk; Farm-Machinery-And-Equipment-Rental Clerk; Truck Rental Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who rents automobiles to customers. Respnsibilities include:
* Talks with customer to determine type of automobile and accessories desired, such as power steering and air-conditioning, location for pick up and return of automobile, and number of days needed for rental.
* Quotes cost of rental, based on type of automobile, daily rates, estimated mileage, insurance coverages requested, and amount of deposit required.
* Examines customer's driver's license and credit card, to determine validity of identification and eligibility for rental.
* Completes rental contract, explains rental policies and procedures, verifies credit, and obtains customer signature and deposit.
* Calls storage or service area to determine automobile availability and request delivery, and to check automobile upon return for damage and to record mileage and fuel level reading.
* Accepts automobiles returned by customer and computes rental charges based on type of automobile, length of time, distance traveled, taxes, and other expenses, such as late charges or damage fees incurred during rental.
* May reconcile cash or credit card slips with rental agreements and send to management.
* May inspect automobile fluid levels and add fluids, such as fuel, oil, and engine coolant to maintain automobile.
* May deliver automobile to customer.
* May keep log to track location of rented automobiles.
* May be designated according to type of automobile rented as Limousine Rental Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who selects and purchases merchandise for department store customers, according to mail or telephone requests.
* Visits wholesale establishments or other department stores to purchase merchandise which is out-of-stock or which store does not carry.
* Records and processes mail orders and merchandise returned for exchange.
* May escort customer through store.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who phones other new or used automobile dealers to locate type of automobile desired by customer.
* Prepares papers for transfer of automobile.
* Keeps records of automobiles traded.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compares prices, packaging, physical characteristics, and styles of merchandise in competing stores. Respnsibilities include:
* Visits stores to observe details of merchandise and gather information that will be valuable to employer in setting prices and determining buying policies.
* Verifies complaints of customers on price of merchandise by shopping at designated store to ascertain same quality and style for specified price.
* Prepares reports of findings.
* May check with buyer to verify that advertised merchandise will be available for customer purchase, and that merchandise, price, and sales dates are accurately described in advertising copy and illustration.
* May purchase merchandise in various locations for quality comparison tests.
Industry:Professional careers
