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"TRANSPORTATION AGENT"
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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.

 

 

 


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Job Number: 11415