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O*NET detailed work activityCalculate costs of goods or services
AI-assistCrunch the numbers
25 jobs30 tasks
AI can do the arithmetic, build the spreadsheet formula and suggest what to look at. Deciding what the numbers mean for your situation is still you.
Part of Determine values or prices of goods or services, under the O*NET work activity group Making Decisions and Solving Problems. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (3 AI-ready, 24 AI-assist, 3 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Compute charges for merchandise or services and receive payments.
- Compute cost of travel and accommodations, using calculator, computer, carrier tariff books, and hotel rate books, or quote package tour's costs.
- Calculate amount of claim.
- Establish or identify prices of goods, services, or admission, and tabulate bills, using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.
- Calculate costs of orders, and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts.
- Compute prices for services and receive payment, or provide supervisors with billing information.
- Calculate premiums and establish payment method.
- Calculate costs for billings or commissions.
- Compute prices of items or groups of items.
- Compute and compare costs of services.
- Calculate bills according to record of repairs made, labor time, and parts used.
- Calculate and quote rates for tours, stocks, insurance policies, or other products or services.
- Calculate premiums, refunds, commissions, adjustments, or new reserve requirements, using insurance rate standards.
- Turn the taximeter on when passengers enter the cab, and turn it off when they reach the final destination.
- Calculate figures, such as required amounts of labor or materials, manufacturing costs, or wages, using pricing schedules, adding machines, calculators, or computers.
- Prepare calculations for receipts and deliveries of oil and oil products.
- Review documents, such as purchase orders, sales tickets, charge slips, or hospital records, to compute fees or charges due.
- Calculate costs of materials, overhead, and other expenses, based on estimates, quotations and price lists.
- Compute costs of records furnished to requesters, and write letters to obtain payment.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Compute bills, collect payments, and make change for guests.
- Compute sales prices, total purchases, and receive and process cash or credit payment.
- Compute and record totals of transactions.
- Determine charges for services requested, collect deposits or payments, or arrange for billing.
- Compute total charges for merchandise or services and shipping charges.
- Calculate total payments received during a time period, and reconcile this with total sales.
- Itemize and total customer merchandise selection at checkout counter, using cash register, and accept cash or charge card for purchases.
- Compute credit terms, discounts, shipment charges, or rates for goods or services to complete billing documents.
- Plan routes, itineraries, and accommodation details, and compute fares and fees, using schedules, rate books, and computers.
- Determine prices for styles.
- Inform customers about foreign currency regulations and compute transaction fees for currency exchanges.