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O*NET detailed work activityMonitor equipment gauges or displays to ensure proper operation
Stays humanWatch & inspect
11 jobs12 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 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 (1 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 11 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Monitor gauges or meters that measure speed, amperage, battery charge, or air pressure in brake lines or in main reservoirs.
- Monitor gauges, warning devices, and control panels to verify aircraft performance and to regulate engine speed.
- Monitor meters and pressure gauges to determine consumption rate variations, temperatures, and pressures.
- Observe equipment gauges and indicators and hand signals of other workers to verify load positions or depths.
- Read gauges to verify sufficient levels of hydraulic fluid, air pressure, or oxygen.
- Monitor control panels during pumping operations to ensure that materials are being pumped at the correct pressure, density, rate, and concentration.
- Monitor gauges and flowmeters and inspect equipment to ensure that tank levels, temperatures, chemical amounts, and pressures are at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary.
- Observe conveyor operations and monitor lights, dials, and gauges to maintain specified operating levels and to detect equipment malfunctions.
- Read pressure and temperature gauges or displays and record data in engineering logs.
- Start aircraft and observe gauges, meters, and other instruments to detect evidence of malfunctions.