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Monitor work environment to ensure safety or adherence to specifications

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 safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties, 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, 6 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.Stays human Interpreters and Translators
• Check passenger and cargo distributions and fuel amounts to ensure that weight and balance specifications are met.Stays human Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
• Maintain a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment.Stays human First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
• Monitor field work to ensure proper performance and use of materials.Stays human First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
• Observe loading or unloading of cargo or equipment to ensure that handling and storage are performed according to specifications.Stays human Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Inspect facilities, machinery, or safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance.Stays human Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors