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43-4141.00 - New Accounts Clerks
43-4141.00 - New Accounts Clerks
Interview persons desiring to open accounts in financial institutions. Explain account services available to prospective customers and assist them in preparing applications.
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Bright Outlook
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Green Job
Career Details
Current Employment
52,900
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Forecasted Employment
48,600
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Change in Employment
-4,300
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Change in Employment %
-8.2%
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Tasks
Tasks
The tasks listed below can be performed to prepare you for a career in this field.
Core
- Answer customers' questions and explain available services, such as deposit accounts, bonds, and securities.
- Compile information about new accounts, enter account information into computers, and file related forms or other documents.
- Refer customers to appropriate bank personnel to meet their financial needs.
- Interview customers to obtain information needed for opening accounts or renting safe-deposit boxes.
- Inform customers of procedures for applying for services, such as ATM cards, direct deposit of checks, and certificates of deposit.
- Collect and record customer deposits and fees and issue receipts, using computers.
- Investigate and correct errors upon customers' request, according to customer and bank records.
- Perform teller duties as required.
- Execute wire transfers of funds.
- Issue initial and replacement safe-deposit keys to customers, and admit customers to vaults.
Supplemental
- Obtain credit records from reporting agencies.
- Duplicate records for distribution to branch offices.
- Perform foreign currency transactions and sell traveler's checks.
- Schedule repairs for locks on safe-deposit boxes.
- Process loan applications.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
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Technology
Technology
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