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O*NET detailed work activityConduct test runs of production equipment
Stays humanWatch & inspect
16 jobs17 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 (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 17 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments.
- Crank machines through cycles, stopping to adjust tool positions and machine controls to ensure specified timing, clearances, and tolerances.
- Test machinery to ensure proper functioning before beginning production.
- Observe machines on trial runs or conduct computer simulations to ensure that programs and machinery will function properly and produce items that meet specifications.
- Perform test production runs and make adjustments as necessary to ensure that completed products meet standards and specifications.
- Conduct trial runs before welding, soldering, or brazing, and make necessary adjustments to equipment.
- Prepare dyeing machines for production runs, and conduct test runs of machines to ensure their proper operation.
- Test machinery to ensure that it is operating properly.
- Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as necessary.
- Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
- Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
- Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples.
- Perform test-fires of pottery to determine how to achieve specific colors and textures.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.
- Operate equipment to verify operational efficiency.
- Start machines to produce sample workpieces, and observe operations to detect machine malfunctions and to verify that machine setups conform to specifications.
- Test experimental models under simulated operating conditions, for purposes such as development, standardization, or feasibility of design.