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O*NET detailed work activityMonitor extraction operations
Stays humanWatch & inspect
7 jobs8 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 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, 8 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Listen to mud pumps and check regularly for vibration and other problems to ensure that rig pumps and drilling mud systems are working properly.
- Observe and listen to equipment operation to detect binding or stoppage of tools or other equipment malfunctions.
- Observe and monitor equipment operation during the extraction process to detect any problems.
- Monitor progress of drilling operations, and select and change drill bits according to the nature of strata, using hand tools.
- Verify detonation of charges by observing control panels, or by listening for the sounds of blasts.
- Listen to engines, rotary chains, or other equipment to detect faulty operations or unusual well conditions.
- Monitor drilling operations, by checking gauges and listening to equipment to assess drilling conditions and to determine the need to adjust drilling or alter equipment.
- Monitor sound wave-generating or detecting mechanisms to determine well fluid levels.