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O*NET detailed work activityMonitor surroundings to detect potential hazards
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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 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, 0 AI-assist, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Monitor lights indicating obstructions or other trains ahead and watch for car and truck traffic at crossings to stay alert to potential hazards.
- Observe tracks to detect obstructions.
- Check conditions and traffic at different altitudes in response to pilots' requests for altitude changes.
- Stand watches on vessels during specified periods while vessels are under way.
- Observe tracks from left sides of locomotives to detect obstructions on tracks.
- Check that bridges are clear of vehicles and pedestrians prior to opening.
- Perform various marine duties, such as checking for oil spills or other pollutants around ports or harbors or patrolling beaches.
- Stand watch in ships' bows or bridge wings to look for obstructions in a ship's path or to locate navigational aids, such as buoys or lighthouses.
- Patrol parking areas to prevent vehicle damage and vehicle or property thefts.
- Monitor street or utility projects for compliance to traffic control permit conditions.