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O*NET detailed work activityMeasure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications
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Part of Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 59 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Verify conformance of machined work to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, micrometers, or fixed or telescoping gauges.
- Measure dimensions of finished workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments, templates, and fixtures.
- Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.
- Inspect workpieces for defects, and measure workpieces to determine accuracy of machine operation, using rules, templates, or other measuring instruments.
- Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, or dial indicators.
- Inspect materials, components, or products for surface defects and measure circuitry, using electronic test equipment, precision measuring instruments, microscope, and standard procedures.
- Measure, examine, or test completed units to check for defects and ensure conformance to specifications, using precision instruments, such as micrometers.
- Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules.
- Examine finished workpieces for smoothness, shape, angle, depth-of-cut, or conformity to specifications and verify dimensions, visually and using hands, rules, calipers, templates, or gauges.
- Verify quality of finished workpieces by inspecting them, comparing them to templates, measuring their dimensions, or testing them in working machinery.
- Verify conformance of workpieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
- Inspect, test, or measure materials, products, installations, or work for conformance to specifications.
- Verify depths and dimensions of cuts or carvings to ensure adherence to specifications, blueprints, or models, using measuring instruments.
- Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
- Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.
- Examine assembled or finished products to ensure conformance to specifications, using magnifying glasses or precision measuring instruments.
- Verify conformance of patterns or template dimensions to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, scales, and micrometers.
- Inspect or measure finished workpieces to determine conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as gauges or micrometers.
- Inspect sample workpieces to verify conformance with specifications, using instruments such as gauges, micrometers, and dial indicators.
- Inspect, weigh, and measure mounted or unmounted lenses after completion to verify alignment and conformance to specifications, using precision instruments.
- Inspect, feel, and measure workpieces to ensure that surfaces and dimensions meet specifications.
- Verify dimensions or check the quality or fit of pieces to ensure adherence to specifications.
- Inspect, weigh, and measure products to verify conformance to specifications, using instruments such as micrometers, calipers, magnifiers, or rulers.
- Measure dimensions of products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers.
- Sort, grade, weigh, and inspect products, verifying and adjusting product weight or measurement to meet specifications.
- Measure workpieces and lay out work, using precision measuring devices.
- Measure completed workpieces to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers, gauges, calipers, templates, or rulers.
- Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices, such as rulers, micrometers, or scales.
- Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers.
- Inspect, measure, or test completed metal workpieces to ensure conformance to specifications, using measuring and testing devices.
- Measure and visually inspect products for surface and dimension defects to ensure conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
- Check completed products for conformance to specifications and for defects by measuring with rulers or micrometers, by checking them visually, or by tapping them to detect bubbles or dead spots.
- Verify dimensions and contours of models during hand-forming processes, using templates and measuring devices.
- Verify dimensions of completed patterns, using templates, straightedges, calipers, or protractors.
- Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
- Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products at specified intervals to ensure conformance to requirements.
- Verify conformance of parts to stock lists or blueprints, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauges, or micrometers.
- Verify accuracy of shapes and sizes of objects, using calipers and templates.
- Examine, measure, weigh, or test sample products to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Examine and measure finished articles to verify conformance to standards, using rulers.
- Examine completed objects to determine thicknesses of metal deposits, or measure thicknesses by using instruments such as micrometers.
- Measure and inspect machined parts to ensure conformance to product specifications.
- Measure parts to determine tolerances, using precision measuring instruments such as micrometers, calipers, and verniers.
- Measure sizes of stones' bore holes and cuts to ensure adherence to specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
- Inspect dies to detect defects, assess wear, and verify specifications, using micrometers, steel gauge pins, and loupes.
- Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometers, calipers, and precision measuring instruments.
- Verify dimensions of cable assemblies or positions of fittings, using measuring instruments.
- Examine and measure finished articles to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as tape measures and micrometers.
- Examine finished ware for defects and measure dimensions, using rule and thickness gauge.
- Monitor and measure thicknesses of electroplating on component parts to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers.
- Measure bobbins periodically, using gauges, and turn screws to adjust tension if bobbins are not of specified size.
- Examine finished plates to detect flaws, verify conformity with master plates, and measure dot sizes and centers, using light boxes and microscopes.
- Measure arbors and dies to verify sizes specified on work tickets.
- Verify dimensions of products, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, vernier gauges, or protractors.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Calculate dimensions or tolerances, using instruments, such as micrometers or vernier calipers.
- Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements.
- Measure and align parts, fasteners, or trimmings, following seams, edges, or markings on parts.
- Weigh or measure products, using scale hoppers or scale conveyors.
- Measure dimensions of bundles, using rulers, and cut battens to required sizes, using power saws.