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O*NET detailed work activityReview blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences
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Part of Read documents or materials to inform work processes, under the O*NET work activity group Getting Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 37 AI-assist, 0 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Study blueprints, drawings, and sketches to determine material dimensions, required equipment, and operations sequences.
- Read blueprints, illustrations, or specifications to determine layouts, sequences of operations, or identities or relationships of parts.
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
- Read and interpret assembly blueprints or specifications manuals, and plan assembly or building operations.
- Read and interpret blueprints or drawings of parts to be cast or patterns to be made, compute dimensions, and plan operational sequences.
- Examine sketches, diagrams, samples, blueprints, or photographs to decide how designs are to be etched, cut, or engraved onto workpieces.
- Establish the specifications of articles to be constructed or repaired, or plan the methods or operations for shaping or assembling parts, based on blueprints, drawings, diagrams, or oral or written instructions.
- Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.
- Study blueprints, layouts, sketches, or work orders to assess workpiece specifications and to determine tooling instructions, tools and materials needed, and sequences of operations.
- Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, or engineering information to determine methods or sequences of operations needed to fabricate products.
- Read blueprints and specifications to determine component parts and assembly sequences of electromechanical units.
- Study blueprints or layouts of metal workpieces to determine grinding procedures, and to plan machine setups and operational sequences.
- Study blueprints or layouts to determine how to lay out workpieces or saw out templates.
- Read job orders and inspect workpieces to determine work procedures and materials required.
- Study job specifications to determine appropriate construction methods.
- Review blueprints, sketches, or work orders to gather information about tasks to be completed.
- Study artistic objects or graphic materials, such as models, sketches, or blueprints, to plan carving or cutting techniques.
- Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and operations.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Examine job orders to determine quantities to be printed, stock specifications, colors, or special printing instructions.
- Study machining instructions, job orders, or blueprints to determine dimensional or finish specifications, sequences of operations, setups, or tooling requirements.
- Read rolling orders, blueprints, and mill schedules to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
- Read work orders, recipes, or formulas to determine cooking times and temperatures, and ingredient specifications.
- Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.
- Study work orders, instructions, formulas, and processing charts to determine specifications and sequence of operations.
- Study blueprints, layouts or charts, and job orders for information on specifications and tooling instructions, and to determine material requirements and operational sequences.
- Read blueprints, work orders, or production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
- Read blueprints or job orders to determine product specifications and tooling instructions and to plan operational sequences.
- Read blueprints, data, manuals, or other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, adjustment methods, certification processes, formulas, or measuring instruments required.
- Read work orders or production schedules to determine specifications, such as materials to be used, locations of cutting lines, or dimensions and tolerances.
- Read work orders to determine required processes, techniques, materials, or equipment.
- Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines.
- Study blueprints, work orders, or machining instructions to determine product specifications, tool requirements, and operational sequences.
- Read and interpret schematic drawings, diagrams, blueprints, specifications, work orders, or reports to determine materials requirements or assembly instructions.
- Read plant specifications to determine products, ingredients, or prescribed modifications of plant procedures.
- Read and interpret work orders and instructions to determine work assignments, process specifications, and production schedules.
- Read specifications, blueprints, and work orders to determine setups, temperatures, and time settings required to mold, form, or cast plastic materials, as well as to plan production sequences.
- Examine blueprints, drawings, work orders, or patterns to determine equipment set-up or selection details, procedures to be used, or dimensions of final products.