Marking Clerks
Industry Areas
- Grocery Stores
- Department Stores
- Other General Merchandise Stores
Day-to-Day Tasks*
- Put price information on tickets, marking by hand or using ticket-printing machine.
- Compare printed price tickets with entries on purchase orders to verify accuracy and notify supervisor of discrepancies.
- Pin, paste, sew, tie, or staple tickets, tags, or labels to article.
Overall Kind of Work*
Stock clerks receive merchandise in stores, warehouses, stockrooms and other storage facilities; unpack it; mark items with identifying codes, such as price, stock or inventory control codes; stoc...
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Business Breakdown
The different sectors people in this career currently work in.
- 92.00% (Private For-Profit)
- 3.21% (Private Not For-Profit)
- 2.08% (State and Local Govt)
- 2.07% (Federal Government)
- 0.63% (Self-Employed)
This data also pertains to Stock Clerks And Order Fillers