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O*NET detailed work activityMaintain surveillance of individuals or establishments
Stays humanWatch & inspect
10 jobs11 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 Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties, 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, 1 AI-assist, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Monitor conduct of prisoners in housing unit, or during work or recreational activities, according to established policies, regulations, and procedures, to prevent escape or violence.
- Act as oversight or security agents for management or customers.
- Monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees.
- Perform covert surveillance of areas susceptible to loss, such loading docks, distribution centers, or warehouses.
- Monitor closed-circuit television cameras.
- Identify, investigate, or resolve security breaches.
- Maintain surveillance of establishments to obtain identifying information on suspects.
- Watch for potentially dangerous persons whose pictures are posted at checkpoints.
- Perform undercover assignments and maintain surveillance, including monitoring authorized wiretaps.