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Licensing Examiners and Inspectors

Examine, evaluate, and investigate eligibility for, conformity with, or liability under licenses or permits.

Other names for Licensing Examiners and Inspectors: Certified Driver Examiner (CDE), Certified Driver License Test Administrator, Certified License Examiner, Cosmetology Examiner, Cosmetology Inspector, Customer Service Representative, Department of Motor Vehicles Clerk (DMV Clerk), Deportation Examiner, Driver Examiner, Driver License Agent, Driver License Clerk, Driver License Examiner, Driver License Technician, Driver's License Examiner, Driver's License Reviewing Officer, Examiner, Flight Operations Inspector, Forms Examiner, Immigration Investigator, Immigration Officer, Inspector, License Examiner, License Inspector, License Registration Examiner, Licensing Examiner, Methods Examiner, Mortician Investigator, Motor Vehicle Clerk, Motor Vehicle Compliance Analyst, Motor Vehicle Examiner, Naturalization Examiner, Passport Application Examiner, Public Service Representative (PSR), Qualifications Examiner, Scales Inspector, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Transportation Services Representative (TSR), Weights and Measures Inspector,

What do Licensing Examiners and Inspectors do?

  • Issue licenses to individuals meeting standards.
  • Evaluate applications, records, and documents in order to gather information about eligibility or liability issues.
  • Administer oral, written, road, or flight tests to license applicants.
  • Score tests and observe equipment operation and control in order to rate ability of applicants.
  • Advise licensees and other individuals or groups concerning licensing, permit, or passport regulations.
  • Warn violators of infractions or penalties.
  • Prepare reports of activities, evaluations, recommendations, and decisions.
  • Prepare correspondence to inform concerned parties of licensing decisions and of appeals processes.
  • Confer with and interview officials, technical or professional specialists, and applicants, in order to obtain information or to clarify facts relevant to licensing decisions.
  • Report law or regulation violations to appropriate boards and agencies.
  • Visit establishments to verify that valid licenses and permits are displayed, and that licensing standards are being upheld.

Do you enjoy these?

  • Bar code reader equipment
  • Desktop computers
  • Digital cameras
  • Scanners
  • Typewriters
  • Biometric identification equipment
  • Biometric identification equipment
  • Biometric identification equipment
  • Biometric identification equipment
  • Multi function printers
  • Magnetic card readers
  • Magnifiers
  • Point of sale POS receipt printers
  • Eye charts or vision cards
  • Mainframe console or dumb terminals
  • Ultraviolet UV lamps
  • Vision testing stereoscopes

Technology used

  • Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
  • Data base user interface and query software