Description
Operate telephone business systems equipment or switchboards to relay incoming, outgoing, and interoffice calls. May supply information to callers and record messages.
- • Operate communication systems, such as telephone, switchboard, intercom, two-way radio, or public address.
- • Answer incoming calls, greeting callers, providing information, transferring calls or taking messages as necessary.
- • Page individuals to inform them of telephone calls, using paging or interoffice communication equipment.
- • Relay or route written or verbal messages.
- • Place telephone calls or arrange conference calls as instructed.
- • Monitor alarm systems to ensure that secure conditions are maintained.
- • Contact security staff members when necessary, using radio-telephones.
- • Keep records of calls placed and charges incurred.
- • Record messages, suggesting rewording for clarity or conciseness.
- • Stamp messages with time and date and file them appropriately.
- • Answer simple questions about clients' businesses, using reference files.
- • Complete forms for sales orders.
- • Perform various data entry or word processing tasks, such as updating phone directories, typing or proofreading documents, or creating schedules.
- • Process incoming or outgoing mail, packages, or deliveries.
- • Perform administrative tasks, such as accepting orders, scheduling appointments or meeting rooms, or sending and receiving faxes.
- • Monitor emergency and code alarms, make emergency announcements, or route emergency calls to the appropriate location.
- • Greet visitors, log them in and out of the facility, assign them security badges, and contact employee escorts.
- • Perform various cash handling tasks, such as collecting payments, making bank deposits, or managing petty cash.
- • Place orders, such as for equipment, supplies, or catering for meetings.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
