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O*NET detailed work activityDirect operational or production activities
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Part of Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures, under the O*NET work activity group Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 3 AI-assist, 33 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Load articles into washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to perform loading.
- Direct personnel engaged in controlling or operating distribution equipment or machinery, such as instructing control room operators to start boilers or generators.
- Operate extractors and driers, or direct their operation.
- Direct and coordinate the activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods, such as inspectors, machine setters, or fabricators.
- Give directions to other workers who are assisting in the batchmaking process.
- Direct and coordinate plant workers engaged in routine operations and maintenance activities.
- Direct workers engaged in operating machinery that regulates the flow of materials and products.
- Give directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
- Supervise other butchers or meat cutters.
- Coordinate raw product sourcing or collection.
- Synchronize activities with other pumphouses to ensure a continuous flow of products and a minimum of contamination between products.
- Stop production if serious product defects are present.
- Supervise the work of assistant stationary engineers, turbine operators, boiler tenders, or air conditioning and refrigeration operators and mechanics.
- Direct or coordinate bakery deliveries.
- Direct activities of workers assisting in control or verification of processes or in unloading of materials.
- Direct or monitor work of press crews.
- Authorize maintenance activities on units or changes in equipment or system operational status.
- Supervise technicians' work activities to ensure that equipment is operated in accordance with policies and procedures that protect workers from radiation and ensure environmental safety.
- Direct work crews in the cleaning and repair of furnace walls and flooring.
- Direct welders to build up low spots or short pieces with weld.
- Supervise the cleaning of towers, strainers, or spray tips.
- Authorize actions to correct identified operational inefficiencies or hazards so that operating efficiency is maximized and potential environmental issues are minimized.
- Develop or enforce procedures for normal operation of manufacturing systems.
- Control workflow scheduling or job tracking, using computer database software.
- Implement appropriate industrial emergency response procedures.
- Direct measurement of the intensity or types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials.
- Direct workers on cutting teams.
- Direct crane operators and crew members to load vessels with materials to be processed.
- Direct reactor operators in emergency situations, in accordance with emergency operating procedures.
- Coordinate shutdowns and major projects.
- Direct the collection and testing of air, water, gas, or solid samples to determine radioactivity levels or to ensure appropriate radioactive containment.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Remove items from washers or dry-cleaning machines, or direct other workers to do so.
- Direct and train other workers to change rolls, operate mill equipment, remove coils and cobbles, and band and load material.
- Train or supervise other dental technicians or dental laboratory bench workers.
- Signal or direct workers who tend auxiliary equipment.
- Supervise assemblers and train employees on job procedures.