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Career: Telephone Operators
Job Description
Provide information by accessing alphabetical and geographical directories. Assist customers with special billing requests, such as charges to a third party and credits or refunds for incorrectly dialed numbers or bad connections. May handle emergency calls and assist children or people with physical disabilities to make telephone calls.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
96
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Listen to customer requests, referring to alphabetical or geographical directories to answer questions and provide telephone information. |
82
|
Suggest and check alternate spellings, locations, and/or listing formats to customers lacking details or complete information. |
74
|
Offer special assistance to persons such as those who are unable to dial or who are in emergency situations. |
63
|
Operate telephone switchboards and systems to advance and complete connections, including those for local, long distance, pay telephone, mobile, person-to-person, and emergency calls. |
51
|
Perform clerical duties such as typing, proofreading, and sorting mail. |
50
|
Promote company products, services, and savings plans when appropriate. |
45
|
Provide assistance for customers with special billing requests. |
44
|
Observe signal lights on switchboards, and dial or press buttons to make connections. |
36
|
Update directory information. |
35
|
Calculate and quote charges for services such as long-distance connections. |
33
|
Provide relay service for hearing-impaired users. |
28
|
Consult charts to determine charges for pay-telephone calls, requesting coin deposits for calls as necessary. |
26
|
Monitor automated systems for placing collect calls and intervene for a callers needing assistance. |
25
|
Interrupt busy lines if an emergency warrants. |
11
|
Operate paging systems or other systems of bells or buzzers to notify recipients of incoming calls. |
10
|
Keep records of calls placed and received, and of related toll charges. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
76
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
59
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
58
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
54
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
52
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
47
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
46
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
46
|
Getting Information
|
45
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
42
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
40
|
Processing Information
|
39
|
Interacting With Computers
|
38
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
38
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
37
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
37
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
37
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
36
|
Thinking Creatively
|
34
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
33
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
32
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
30
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
28
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
28
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
26
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
26
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
26
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
25
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
24
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
22
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
16
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
15
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
14
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
14
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
12
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
12
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
9
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
9
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
9
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
5
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
2
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|