Skills & competences

Description

Pawnbrokers and money-lenders lend money against articles deposited as pledges, or against property or other security.
Tasks include -
(a) evaluating articles offered as pledges, calculating interest, and lending money;
(b) returning articles when the loan is paid or, in the event of non-payment, selling pledged articles;
(c) lending money as personal loans against success of future harvest and other similar undertakings;
(d) collecting loans when the pledge involved the success of future harvest and other similar undertakings;
(e) keeping a record of items received and money distributed and received.;
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Money-lender
- Pawnbroker