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O*NET detailed work activityInspect food products
Stays humanWatch & inspect
7 jobs10 tasks
Inspecting and monitoring in person means noticing what's off with your own eyes, ears and hands, and being accountable for calling it.
Part of Inspect completed work or finished products, under the O*NET work activity group Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing to ensure conformance to standards.
- Inspect meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and remove them along with any excess fat.
- Receive, inspect, and store meat upon delivery to ensure meat quality.
- Test food product samples for moisture content, acidity level, specific gravity, or butter-fat content, and continue processing until desired levels are reached.
- Inspect and pack the final product.
- Test products for moisture content, using moisture meters.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Examine trays to ensure that they contain required items.
- Observe color of products being baked, and adjust oven temperatures, humidity, or conveyor speeds accordingly.
- Collect and examine product samples during production to test them for quality, color, content, consistency, viscosity, acidity, or specific gravity.
- Examine, feel, and taste product samples during production to evaluate quality, color, texture, flavor, and bouquet, and document the results.