Weigh, measure, and check materials, supplies, and equipment for the purpose of keeping relevant records. Duties are primarily clerical by nature.

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• Collect or prepare measurement, weight, or identification labels; and attach them to products.
• Document quantity, quality, type, weight, test result data, and value of materials or products, in order to maintain shipping, receiving, and production records and files.
• Compare product labels, tags, or tickets, shipping manifests, purchase orders, and bills of lading to verify accuracy of shipment contents, quality specifications, and/or weights.
• Count or estimate quantities of materials, parts, or products received or shipped.
• Weigh or measure materials, equipment, or products to maintain relevant records, using volume meters, scales, rules, and/or calipers.
• Communicate with customers and vendors to exchange information regarding products, materials, and services.
• Compute product totals and charges for shipments.
• Collect product samples and prepare them for laboratory analysis or testing.
• Unload or unpack incoming shipments.
• Operate scalehouse computers to obtain weight information about incoming shipments such as those from waste haulers.
• Fill orders for products and samples, following order tickets, and forward or mail items.
• Sort products or materials into predetermined sequences or groupings for display, packing, shipping, or storage.
• Signal or instruct other workers to weigh, move, or check products.
• Maintain financial records, such as accounts of daily collections and billings, and records of receipts issued.
• Store samples of finished products in labeled cartons and record their location.
• Remove from stock products or loads not meeting quality standards, and notify supervisors or appropriate departments of discrepancies or shortages.
• Maintain, monitor, and clean work areas, such as recycling collection sites, drop boxes, counters and windows, and areas around scale houses.
• Inspect incoming loads of waste to identify contents and to screen for the presence of specific regulated or hazardous wastes.
• Examine products or materials, parts, subassemblies, and packaging for damage, defects, or shortages, using specification sheets, gauges, and standards charts.
• Transport materials, products, or samples to processing, shipping, or storage areas, manually or using conveyors, pumps, or hand trucks.
• Prepare measurement tables and conversion charts, using standard formulas.
• Inspect products and examination records to determine the number of defects per worker and the reasons for examiners' rejections.