Job Description:

• 1) Expedites movement of freight, mail, baggage, and passengers through airline terminal by performing following tasks: Prepares airway bill of lading on freight from consignors and routes freight on first available flight.

• 2) Telephones consignees to report arrival of air freight.

• 3) Obtains flight number, airplane number, and names of crewmembers from teletyped message of DISPATCHER, and records data on airplane's flight papers.

• 4) Records baggage, mail, and freight weights, and number of passengers on airplane's papers and teletypes data to flight's destination.

• 5) Positions ramp for loading of airplane.

• 6) Verifies passengers' tickets as they board plane.

• 7) Oversees or participates in loading cargo to ensure completeness of load and even distribution of weight.

• 8) Removes ramp, and signals pilot that personnel and equipment are clear of plane.

• 9) May load and unload freight and baggage by operating forklift truck.