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O*NET detailed work activityWatch operating equipment to detect malfunctions
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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 equipment operation, 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, 27 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems.
- Listen to machines during operation to detect sounds such as those made by dull cutting tools or excessive vibration, and adjust machines to compensate for problems.
- Monitor power plant equipment and indicators to detect evidence of operating problems.
- Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
- Patrol work areas to detect leaks or equipment malfunctions or to monitor operating conditions.
- Monitor machine operations to determine whether adjustments are necessary, stopping machines when problems occur.
- Monitor machine operation to detect problems such as defective stitching, breaks in thread, or machine malfunctions.
- Observe flow of materials and listen for machine malfunctions, such as jamming or spillage, and notify supervisors if corrective actions fail.
- Observe and listen to equipment to detect possible malfunctions, such as leaks or plugging, and report malfunctions or undesirable tastes to supervisors.
- Observe machine operation to detect workpiece defects or machine malfunctions, adjusting machines as necessary.
- Observe drilling or boring machine operations to detect any problems.
- Note malfunctions of equipment, instruments, or controls and report these conditions to supervisors.
- Observe machine operations to detect any problems, making necessary adjustments to correct problems.
- Observe operation of various machines to detect and correct machine malfunctions such as improper forming, glue flow, or pasteboard tension.
- Monitor and inspect equipment, computer terminals, switches, valves, gauges, alarms, safety devices, and meters to detect leaks or malfunctions and to ensure that equipment is operating efficiently and safely.
- Verify that incoming and outgoing products are moving through the correct meters, and that meters are working properly.
- Monitor the production line, watching for problems such as pile-ups, jams, or glue that isn't sticking properly.
- Listen for malfunction alarms, and shut down equipment and notify supervisors when necessary.
- Monitor operation of cutting or slicing machines to detect malfunctions or to determine whether supplies need replenishment.
- Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions or to determine whether adjustments are needed.
- Observe equipment operations so that malfunctions can be detected, and notify operators of any malfunctions.
- Monitor equipment operation to detect malfunctions.
- Observe operations to detect defects, malfunctions, or supply shortages.
- Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
- Monitor finished cartons as they drop from forming machines into rotating hoppers and into gravity feed chutes to prevent jamming.
- Start metering pumps and observe operation of machines and equipment to ensure continuous flow of filaments extruded through spinnerettes and to detect processing defects.
- Observe operations inside furnaces, using television screens, to ensure that problems do not occur.