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O*NET detailed work activityMonitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning
Stays humanWatch & inspect
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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 (0 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 39 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Monitor all systems for normal running conditions, performing activities such as checking gauges to assess output or the effects of generator loading on other equipment.
- Monitor or operate boilers, turbines, wells, or auxiliary power plant equipment.
- Observe operation of equipment to ensure continuity of flow, safety, and efficient operation, and to detect malfunctions.
- Observe production or monitor equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation.
- Monitor equipment functioning, observe temperature, level, and flow gauges, and perform regular unit checks to ensure that all equipment is operating as it should.
- Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions.
- Monitor equipment operation, gauges, and panel lights to detect deviations from standards.
- Monitor process indicators, instruments, gauges, and meters to detect and report any possible problems.
- Monitor the feed and speed of machines during the machining process.
- Check equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations, and perform maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.
- Inspect vessels to ensure efficient and safe operation of vessels and equipment and conformance to regulations.
- Observe gauges to ensure that machines are operating properly, making adjustments or stopping machines when problems occur.
- Observe and interpret readings on gauges, meters, and charts registering various aspects of boiler operation to ensure that boilers are operating properly.
- Monitor automated press operation systems and respond to fault, error, or alert messages.
- Monitor and record switchboard or control board readings to ensure that electrical or steam distribution equipment is operating properly.
- Monitor machine operation and control panel displays, and compare readings to specifications to detect malfunctions.
- Manipulate controls and observe dial indicators to monitor, adjust, and regulate speeds of machine mechanisms.
- Observe machine operations, control boards, and gauges to detect malfunctions such as clogged bushings and defective binder applicators.
- Monitor machine operation, and make adjustments as necessary to ensure proper operation.
- Read dials or meters to verify that equipment is functioning at specified levels.
- Monitor sawing machines, adjusting speed and tension and clearing jams to ensure proper operation.
- Observe work and monitor gauges, dials, and other indicators to ensure that operators conform to production or processing standards.
- Observe display screens, control panels, equipment, and cloth entering or exiting processes to determine if equipment is operating correctly.
- Read automatic gauges at specified intervals to determine the flow rate of oil into or from tanks, and the amount of oil in tanks.
- Inspect meters for unauthorized connections, defects, and damage, such as broken seals.
- Observe machine gauges and equipment operation to detect defects or deviations from standards, and make adjustments as necessary.
- Monitor transportation and storage of flammable and other potentially dangerous products to ensure that safety guidelines are followed.
- Observe meters, gauges, or machine operations to ensure that soldering or brazing processes meet specifications.
- Start machines that automatically feed plates, stencils, or tapes through mechanisms, and observe machine operations to detect any malfunctions.
- Check the air quality of ventilation systems and make adjustments to ensure compliance with mandated safety codes.
- Monitor machines that automatically measure, sort, or inspect products.
- Tend auxiliary equipment such as water treatment and refrigeration units, and heat exchangers.
- Monitor equipment to ensure proper operation.
- Start machine units and conveyors and observe lights and gauges on panel board to verify operational efficiency.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Monitor pumps and flow lines for gas and fluid leaks.
- Read dials and gauges on panel control boards to ascertain temperatures, alkalinities, and densities of mixtures, and turn valves to obtain specified mixtures.
- Observe bobbins as they are winding and cut threads to remove loaded bobbins, using knives.
- Test and adjust communication and alarm systems, and report malfunctions to maintenance units.
- Monitor and operate communications systems, such as mobile radios.
- Place standby emergency electrical generators on line in emergencies and monitor the temperature, output, and lubrication of the system.