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O*NET detailed work activityInvestigate system, equipment, or product failures
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Part of Investigate organizational or operational problems, 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, 5 AI-assist, 2 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Investigate customer or public complaints to determine the nature and extent of problems.
- Investigate mechanical failures or unexpected maintenance problems.
- Investigate equipment failures or difficulties to diagnose faulty operation and recommend remedial actions.
- Recommend adjudication of product complaints.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Diagnose performance problems by reviewing reports or documentation from customers or field engineers or by inspecting malfunctioning or damaged products.
- Investigate hazardous conditions or spills or outbreaks of disease or food poisoning, collecting samples for analysis.
- Maintain process parameters and evaluate process anomalies.