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O*NET detailed work activityReport vehicle or equipment malfunctions
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Part of Notify others of emergencies or problems, under the O*NET work activity group Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (1 AI-ready, 11 AI-assist, 3 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Report delays, mechanical problems, and emergencies to supervisors or dispatchers, using radios.
- Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, or damage to the vehicles.
- Report any vehicle malfunctions or needed repairs.
- Notify dispatchers or company mechanics of vehicle problems.
- Communicate with dispatchers concerning delays, unsafe sites, accidents, equipment breakdowns, or other maintenance problems.
- Report any mechanical problems encountered with vehicles.
- Report any bus malfunctions or needed repairs.
- Inform supervisors of equipment malfunctions that need to be addressed.
- Inspect canal and bridge equipment, and areas, such as roadbeds, for damage or defects, reporting problems to supervisors as necessary.
- Respond to and report in-flight emergencies and malfunctions.
- Notify dispatchers or company mechanics of vehicle problems.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Monitor engine, machinery, or equipment indicators when vessels are underway, and report abnormalities to appropriate shipboard staff.
- Monitor gauges and flowmeters and inspect equipment to ensure that tank levels, temperatures, chemical amounts, and pressures are at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary.
- Write and submit maintenance work requisitions.
- Monitor operation of cleaning machines and stop machines or notify supervisors when malfunctions occur.