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O*NET detailed work activityTest performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment
Stays humanWatch & inspect
31 jobs47 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 Test performance of equipment or systems, under the O*NET work activity group Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (2 AI-ready, 3 AI-assist, 42 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Conduct liquid penetrant tests to locate surface cracks by coating objects with fluorescent dyes, cleaning excess penetrant, and applying developer.
- Test performance of electromechanical assemblies, using test instruments such as oscilloscopes, electronic voltmeters, or bridges.
- Conduct sound checks to ensure equipment is working and appropriate for the venue.
- Conduct calibration tests to determine performance or reliability of mechanical, structural, or electromechanical equipment.
- Perform or execute manual or automated tests of automotive system or component performance, efficiency, or durability.
- Conduct or direct system-level automotive testing.
- Design, integrate, or test photonics systems or components.
- Design or conduct tests of new nanotechnology products, processes, or systems.
- Test aircraft systems under simulated operational conditions, performing systems readiness tests and pre- and post-operational checkouts, to establish design or fabrication parameters.
- Test radio frequency identification device (RFID) software to ensure proper functioning.
- Build, configure, or test robots or robotic applications.
- Test tags or labels to ensure readability.
- Test agricultural machinery and equipment to ensure adequate performance.
- Plan or conduct experimental, environmental, operational, or stress tests on models or prototypes of aircraft or aerospace systems or equipment.
- Decontaminate or test field equipment used to clean or test pollutants from soil, air, or water.
- Test performance of robotic assemblies, using instruments such as oscilloscopes, electronic voltmeters, or bridges.
- Conduct testing to determine functionality or optimization or to establish limits of photonics systems or components.
- Install, test, or maintain radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems.
- Set up and operate specialized or standard test equipment to diagnose, test, or analyze the performance of electronic components, assemblies, or systems.
- Receive, set up, test, or decontaminate equipment.
- Operate testing equipment, such as heat stress meters, octave band analyzers, motion analysis equipment, inclinometers, light meters, thermoanemometers, sling psychrometers, or colorimetric detection tubes.
- Test lighting equipment function and desired lighting effects.
- Monitor, inspect, or test mechanical equipment.
- Select and use laboratory, operational, or diagnostic techniques or test equipment to assess electromechanical circuits, equipment, processes, systems, or subsystems.
- Set up and conduct tests of complete units and components under operational conditions to investigate proposals for improving equipment performance.
- Check, test, and maintain automatic controls and alarm systems.
- Conduct research that tests or analyzes the feasibility, design, operation, or performance of equipment, components, or systems.
- Analyze, fabricate, or test fiber-optic links.
- Conduct harsh environmental testing, accelerated aging, device characterization, or field trials to validate devices, using inspection tools, testing protocols, peripheral instrumentation, or modeling and simulation software.
- Develop, test, or program new robots.
- Terminate, cure, polish, or test fiber cables with mechanical connectors.
- Conduct environmental, operational, or performance tests on marine machinery and equipment.
- Conduct tests of nuclear fuel behavior and cycles or performance of nuclear machinery and equipment to optimize performance of existing plants.
- Perform functional tests of nano-enhanced assemblies, components, or systems, using equipment such as torque gauges or conductivity meters.
- Test machinery and equipment to ensure that it is safe and conforms to performance specifications.
- Operate, test, or maintain robotic equipment used for green production applications, such as waste-to-energy conversion systems, minimization of material waste, or replacement of human operators in dangerous work environments.
- Perform low-pressure fuel evaluative tests (LPFET) to test for harmful emissions from vehicles without onboard diagnostics (OBD) equipment.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Inspect or test parts to determine nature or cause of defects or malfunctions.
- Develop and execute tests that simulate the techniques of known cyber threat actors.
- Assemble, test, or maintain circuitry or electronic components, according to engineering instructions, technical manuals, or knowledge of electronics, using hand or power tools.
- Develop or test photonic prototypes or models.
- Build, test, and modify product prototypes, using working models or theoretical models constructed with computer simulation.
- Implement or test design solutions.
- Participate in research or testing of computerized automotive applications, such as telemetrics, intelligent transportation systems, artificial intelligence, or automatic control.
- Conduct pressure tests on vessels, such as boilers.
- Develop or test models of alternate designs or processing methods to assess feasibility, sustainability, operating condition effects, potential new applications, or necessity of modification.
- Assist engineers to design, develop, test, or manufacture industrial machinery, consumer products, or other equipment.