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O*NET detailed work activityInspected printed materials or other images to verify quality
Stays humanWatch & inspect
6 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, 0 AI-assist, 12 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Start presses and pull proofs to check for ink coverage and density, alignment, and registration.
- Proofread and perform quality control of text and images.
- Review computer-processed digital images for quality.
- Examine stitched, collated, bound, or unbound product samples for defects, such as imperfect bindings, ink spots, torn pages, loose pages, or loose or uncut threads.
- Examine developed prints for defects, such as broken lines, spots, or blurs.
- Examine sketches, sample articles, and design specifications to determine quantities, shapes, and sizes of pattern parts, and to determine the amount of material or fabric required to make a product.
- Print proofs or examine designs to verify accuracy of engraving, and rework engraving as required.
- Examine drawings, negatives, or photographic prints to determine coloring, shading, accenting, or other changes required for retouching or restoration.
- Examine photographic images for obvious imperfections prior to plate making.
- Examine quality of film fades or dissolves for potential color corrections, using color analyzers.
- Analyze originals to evaluate color density, gradation highlights, middle tones, and shadows, using densitometers and knowledge of light and color.