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O*NET detailed work activityInspect items for damage or defects
Stays humanWatch & inspect
11 jobs12 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, 1 AI-assist, 11 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Inspect returned books for condition and due-date status and compute any applicable fines.
- Examine products or materials, parts, subassemblies, and packaging for damage, defects, or shortages, using specification sheets, gauges, and standards charts.
- Inspect personal or business property.
- Inspect worn tires for faults, cracks, cuts, and nail holes, and to determine if tires are suitable for retreading.
- Examine and inspect stock items for wear or defects, reporting any damage to supervisors.
- Inspect outgoing work for compliance with customers' specifications.
- Inspect products and examination records to determine the number of defects per worker and the reasons for examiners' rejections.
- Inspect mail machine output for defects and determine how to eliminate causes of any defects.
- Inspect and count items received and check them against invoices or other documents, recording shortages and rejecting damaged goods.
- Compute defect percentages or averages, using formulas and calculators.