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O*NET detailed work activityPatrol properties to maintain safety
Stays humanWatch & inspect
8 jobs10 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 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, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Patrol the premises to prevent or detect intrusion, protect property, or preserve order.
- Patrol industrial or commercial premises to prevent and detect signs of intrusion and ensure security of doors, windows, and gates.
- Drive vehicles or patrol specific areas to detect law violators, issue citations, and make arrests.
- Patrol an assigned area by vehicle or on foot to ensure public compliance with existing parking ordinance.
- Patrol railroad yards, cars, stations, or other facilities to protect company property or shipments and to maintain order.
- Patrol work areas to detect any suspicious items.
- Patrol and guard courthouses, grand jury rooms, or assigned areas to provide security, enforce laws, maintain order, and arrest violators.
- Patrol park or forest areas to protect resources and prevent damage.