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O*NET detailed work activityInspect operational processes
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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 Monitor operations to ensure adequate performance, under the O*NET work activity group Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 7 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Review and monitor foreign product inspection systems in countries of origin to ensure equivalence to the U.S. system.
- Verify that equipment is being operated and maintained according to quality assurance standards by observing worker performance.
- Conduct audits of validation or performance qualification processes to ensure compliance with internal or regulatory requirements.
- Inspect completed installations and observe operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational, safety, or environmental standards.
- Review operating practices and procedures to determine whether improvements can be made in areas such as workflow, reporting procedures, or expenditures.
- Validate fabrication processes for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), using statistical process control implementation, virtual process simulations, data mining, or life testing.
- Inspect commercial operations relating to fish or wildlife, recreation, or protected areas.