Job Descriptions

Aeronautical Test Engineer Job

1. Conducts testing activities on aerospace and aircraft products, performing duties as described under TEST ENGINEER Master Title.





Aerodynamicist Job

1. Plans and conducts analysis of aerodynamic, thermodynamic, aerothermodynamic, and aerophysics concepts, systems, and designs to resolve problems and determine suitability and application to aircraft and aerospace products: Establishes computational methods and computer input data for analyzing problems. 2. Analyzes designs and develops configurations to ensure satisfactory static and dynamic …

Aerial-Photograph Interpreter Job

1. Analyzes aerial photographs to detect significant military, industrial, resource, or topographical data: Studies photographs to locate enemy positions, camouflaged military installations and equipment, roads, industrial centers, rivers, wooded areas, and to determine nature of terrain. 2. Interprets photographs to evaluate enemy strength and to predict military intentions. 3. May …

Advertising-Space Clerk Job

1. Measures and draws outlines of advertising space on dummy newspaper copy and compiles and records identifying data on dummy copy and other worksheets used as guides for production workers: Computes total inches of advertising and news copy for next day’s edition, using adding machine, and reads chart to determine …

Advertising-Dispatch Clerk Job

1. Compiles and dispatches advertising schedule and material to composing room of daily or weekly publication: Reviews advertising order and prepares advertising schedule, listing size of ad, date(s. to appear, and page and position of ad. 2. Searches advertising files and selects mat that corresponds to advertising layout. 3. Dispatches …

Admitting Officer Job

1. Coordinates activities related to admission of patients in hospital or other medical facility: Confers with physicians, and nursing, housekeeping, transport, and other staff members to coordinate and schedule admission of patient. 2. Assigns accommodations based on physician’s admittance orders, patient’s preference, nature of illness, availability of space, and other …

Administrative Clerk Job

1. Compiles and maintains records of business transactions and office activities of establishment, performing variety of following or similar clerical duties and utilizing knowledge of systems or procedures: Copies data and compiles records and reports. 2. Tabulates and posts data in record books. 3. Computes wages, taxes, premiums, commissions, and …

Adjuster, Electrical Contacts Job

1. Adjusts contacts and springs of electrical apparatus, such as relays and switches, to permit opening and closing of circuits and flow of current: Examines apparatus for defects, such as damaged coil cover, bent springs and contacts, misaligned armatures and contacts, and missing parts. 2. Verifies clearance and tension of …

Adjuster Job

1. Bends or shapes doors and drawers so that they fit snugly and work smoothly in assembled metal furniture without binding, using handtools.

Adjudicator Job

1. Adjudicates claims filed by government against individuals or organizations: Determines existence and amount of liability, according to law, administrative and judicial precedents and other evidence. 2. Recommends acceptance or rejection of compromise settlement offers.

Adhesive-Bandage-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends machine that automatically makes adhesive bandages from cloth and plastic material: Positions specified rolls of materials on machine spindles and locks them in place with plates and setscrews to prevent unrolling. 2. Threads materials through rollers in prescribed sequence. 3. Starts machine that cuts materials to required length, …

Addresser Job

1. Addresses by hand or typewriter, envelopes, cards, advertising literature, packages, and similar items for mailing. 2. May sort mail.

Acid Supervisor Job

1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operation of equipment to process, store, and mix acids for use in making explosives, such as nitroglycerin, TNT, and dynamite: Trains workers in operation of equipment. 2. Inspects equipment and observes workers to ensure safe work practices. 3. May supervise production …

Acid Filler Job

1. Fills storage battery cells with sulfuric acid solutions of specified concentration preparatory to forming and charging: Arranges batteries in groups on tables or trucks according to specified acid concentration. 2. Holds spouts of hoses on gravity flow or siphon-type fillers over battery vents. 3. Adjusts valves manually or pushes …

Acid Dumper Job

1. Starts conveyors and pushes incoming storage batteries onto conveyor leading to machine which inverts batteries over receiving tank to drain used forming acid or manually unloads batteries from forming trucks, inverts batteries, and places batteries on rack to drain. 2. Places drained batteries on conveyor leading to refilling station …

Acid Adjuster Job

1. Adjusts specific gravity of electrolyte in battery cells or in plate-forming tanks to concentration specified: Ascertains temperature and specific gravity of solutions, using thermometer and hydrometer. 2. Turns valves or lever to drain acid or water into cells or tanks to adjust specific gravity of solutions. 3. Connects batteries …

Acetylene-Cylinder-Packing Mixer Job

1. Tends mixing machine, autoclave, and drier to mix, pack, solidify, and dry asbestos, dirt, charcoal, lime, water, and other ingredients to form absorbent packing for compressed acetylene gas: Meters out water and powdered ingredients, and dumps them into mixer. 2. Starts agitator to mix ingredients for specified period of …

Accounts-Adjustable Clerk Job

1. Computes corrected freight charges from waybill data, using comptometer, and posts corrections on freight bills. 2. Corresponds with other railroads to determine accuracy of billing and to arrange for settlement of adjusted accounts.

Account-Information Clerk Job

1. Keeps accounting records and compiles information requested by customer and others pertaining to customer accounts: Keeps records and prepares report of meters registering use of gas- or electric-power, showing results of investigations and amounts recovered or lost. 2. Prepares lists and enters charges and payments to customers’ accounts for …

Accountant, Systems Job

1. Devises and installs special accounting systems and related procedures in establishment which cannot use standardized system: Conducts survey of operations to ascertain needs of establishment. 2. Sets up classification of accounts and organizes accounting procedures and machine methods support. 3. Devises forms and prepares manuals required to guide activities …

Accountant, Property Job

1. Identifies and keeps record of company owned or leased equipment, buildings, and other property: Records description, value, location, and other pertinent information of each item. 2. Conducts periodic inventories to keep records current and ensure that equipment is properly maintained. 3. Distributes cost of maintenance to proper accounts. 4. …

Accountant, Cost Job

1. Applies principles of cost accounting to conduct studies which provide detailed cost information not supplied by general accounting systems: Plans study and collects data to determine costs of business activity, such as raw material purchases, inventory, and labor. 2. Analyzes data obtained and records results, using computer. 3. Analyzes …

Accountant, Budget Job

1. Applies principles of accounting to analyze past and present financial operations and estimates future revenues and expenditures to prepare budget: Analyzes records of present and past operations, trends and costs, estimated and realized revenues, administrative commitments, and obligations incurred to project future revenues and expenses, using computer. 2. Documents …

Accountant Job

1. Applies principles of accounting to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports: Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions. 2. Analyzes financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital, and prepares balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other …

Account Executive Job

1. Plans, coordinates, and directs advertising campaign for clients of advertising agency: Confers with client to determine advertising requirements and budgetary limitations, utilizing knowledge of product or service to be advertised, media capabilities, and audience characteristics. 2. Confers with agency artists, copywriters, photographers, and other media-production specialists to select media …