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O*NET detailed work activityResolve operational performance problems
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Leading people runs on trust, presence and reading the situation: motivating, correcting, backing people up and taking responsibility. AI can't do that for you.
Part of Resolve personnel or operational problems, under the O*NET work activity group Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 8 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Identify and report problems in obtaining valid data.
- Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
- Solve problems in a number of engineering fields, such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil, nuclear, and aerospace.
- Assist engineering and other personnel to solve operating problems.
- Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, working with manufacturers or field representatives as necessary to procure replacement parts.
- Resolve testing problems by modifying testing methods or revising test objectives and standards.
- Initiate corrective actions or order plant shutdowns in emergency situations.
- Devise solutions to problems of land reclamation and water and air pollution, such as methods of storing excavated soil and returning exhausted mine sites to natural states.