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Monitor cargo area conditions

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 facilities or equipment, 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, 5 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Maintain equipment storage areas to ensure that inventory is protected.Stays human Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
• Check temperatures and humidities of shipping and storage areas to ensure that they are at appropriate levels to protect cargo.Stays human Transportation Inspectors
• Follow special cargo-related procedures, such as checking refrigeration systems for frozen foods or providing food or water for livestock.Stays human Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
• Accompany aircraft as a member of the flight crew to monitor and handle cargo in flight.Stays human Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Tend vessels that store substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials, checking levels of substances by using calibrated rods or by reading mercury gauges and tank charts.Stays human Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers