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Career Details :: Tellers

Description

Receive and pay out money. Keep records of money and negotiable instruments involved in a financial institution's various transactions.

Experience

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.

Education

These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.

Training

Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.

Tasks

• Enters customers' transactions into computer to record transactions and issues computer-generated receipts.
• Cashes checks and pays out money after verification of signatures and customer balances.
• Examines coupons and bills presented for payment to verify issue, payment date, and amount due.
• Issues checks to bond owners in settlement of transactions.
• Quotes unit exchange rate, following daily international rate sheet or computer display.
• Removes deposits from automated teller machines and night depository and counts and balances cash in them.
• Receives checks and cash for deposit, verifies amount, and examines checks for endorsements.
• Counts currency, coins, and checks received for deposit, shipment to branch banks, or Federal Reserve Bank by hand or currency-counting machine.
• Explains, promotes, or sells products or services, such as travelers checks, savings bonds, money orders, and cashier's checks.
• Prepares daily inventory of currency, drafts, and travelers' checks.
• Composes, types, and mails correspondence relating to discrepancies, errors, and outstanding unpaid items.
• Gives information to customer about foreign currency regulations and computes exchange value and transaction fee for currency exchange.
• Balances currency, coin, and checks in cash drawer at end of shift and calculates daily transactions.

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Important Abilities

• Number Facility
• Near Vision
• Oral Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Perceptual Speed

General Work Activities

• Communicating With Persons Outside Organization
• Processing Information
• Performing for/Working With Public
• Documenting/Recording Information
• Establishing & Maintaining Relationships

Important Skills

• Mathematics
  
• Speaking
  
• Active Listening
  
• Service Orientation
  
• Reading Comprehension
  

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Provide a Service to Others
• Deal With External Customers
• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
• Importance of Being Sure All Is Done

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