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O*NET detailed work activityReview blueprints or specifications to determine work requirements
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Part of Read documents or materials to inform work processes, under the O*NET work activity group Getting Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 22 AI-assist, 1 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Review and interpret plans, blueprints, site layouts, specifications, or construction methods to ensure compliance to legal requirements and safety regulations.
- Read specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of materials required.
- Determine quantities, sizes, shapes, and locations of reinforcing rods from blueprints, sketches, or oral instructions.
- Read blueprints or other specifications to determine methods of installation, work procedures, or material or tool requirements.
- Read work orders or receive instructions from supervisors or homeowners to determine work requirements.
- Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.
- Read blueprints, schematics, diagrams, or technical orders.
- Examine designs to determine current requirements for all parts of the photovoltaic (PV) system electrical circuit.
- Read and interpret blueprints or specifications to determine size, shape, color, type, or thickness of glass, location of framing, installation procedures, or staging or scaffolding materials required.
- Interpret blueprints and drawings to determine specifications and to calculate the materials required.
- Review blueprints, building codes, or specifications to determine work details or procedures.
- Read blueprints and specifications to determine job requirements.
- Determine project requirements, such as scope, assembly sequences, or required methods or materials, using blueprints, drawings, or written or verbal instructions.
- Study blueprints and examine surface to be covered to determine amount of material needed.
- Read and interpret blueprints to determine the layout of system components, frameworks, and foundations, and to select installation equipment.
- Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
- Read plans, instructions, or specifications to determine work activities.
- Study specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required.
- Talk to clients and study instructions, plans, or diagrams to establish work requirements.
- Read blueprints, and select appropriate insulation, based on space characteristics and the heat retaining or excluding characteristics of the material.
- Measure surfaces or review work orders to estimate the quantities of materials needed.
- Review client requirements and proposed locations for drilling operations to determine feasibility, and to determine cost estimates.