A. Job Summary

Usher - assist patrons at entertainment events by performing duties, such as collecting admission tickets and passes from patrons, assisting in finding seats, searching for lost articles, and locating such facilities as rest rooms and telephones.

B. Duties and Responsibilities

• Biggest jobs are to direct and seat guests at the ceremony. At a more formal celebration, they will escort guests to their seats, offering an arm to female guests (especially those that are arriving alone) and leading male guests or couples to the next available seat.

• An usher's main job is to guide the common public to seats according to the seat numbers

• They have to memorize the numbering system in the theatre so they can quickly guide the people to their correct seats

• They have to check the authenticity of the tickets and have to also check that none of the audience is carrying banned items with them

• They have to politely ask people who are sitting in the wrong seats to vacate them and point them towards their correct places

• During emergency situations, they firs have to guide women and children towards the exits

• In case of a small fire, they can put out fire with extinguishers and inform the fire department