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O*NET detailed work activityMonitor equipment operation to ensure that products are not flawed
Stays humanWatch & inspect
13 jobs13 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 Monitor equipment operation, 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 (1 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 12 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Observe machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of filled or packaged products to standards.
- Observe continuous operation of automatic machines to ensure that products meet specifications and to detect jams or malfunctions, making adjustments as necessary.
- Observe milling or planing machine operation, and adjust controls to ensure conformance with specified tolerances.
- Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications.
- Start lathe or turning machines and observe operations to ensure that specifications are met.
- Monitor factors such as temperatures and dye flow rates to ensure that they are within specified ranges.
- Monitor painting operations to identify flaws, such as blisters or streaks, and correct their causes.
- Monitor production operations or equipment to ensure conformance to specifications, making necessary process or assembly adjustments.
- Monitor hydroelectric power plant equipment operation and performance, adjusting to performance specifications, as necessary.
- Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
- Monitor operation and adjust controls of processing machines and equipment to produce compositions with specific electronic properties, using computer terminals.
- Operate presses to print proofs of plates, monitoring printing quality to ensure that it is adequate.