Which jobs involve inspect equipment to ensure proper functioning?

15 occupations in the O*NET database perform this activity, including Amusement and Recreation Attendants, Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health, First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services, First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants, First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers.

What kind of work is this?

It is physical, manual and inspection work. O*NET files it under the work activity "Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials" (element 4.A.1.b.2).

Inspect equipment to ensure proper functioning

Little of this can be handed to software today.

This happens in the physical world, so software agents do not touch it. Automation here means robotics and machinery, which is a different market from the one mapped on this site, on a much slower clock.

Key facts about this work activity
How automatable	Barely automatable
Kind of work	Physical, manual and inspection work
Jobs that do it	15 occupations
Tool categories that apply	None
O*NET activity	Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials (4.A.1.b.2)

What this looks like on the job

Not our paraphrase. These are real task statements recorded against this activity, spread across the 15 occupations that perform it.

Check spa equipment to ensure proper functioning.
Evaluate new supplies and equipment to ensure operability in specific laboratory settings.
Verify that cytogenetic, molecular genetic, and related equipment and instrumentation is maintained in working condition to ensure accuracy and quality of experimental results.
Monitor emission control devices to ensure they are operating properly and comply with state and federal regulations.
Inspect engines for wear or defective parts, using equipment or measuring devices.
Perform testing, maintenance, repair, or upgrading of accelerator systems.
Inspect work areas or operating equipment to ensure conformance to established standards in areas such as cleanliness or maintenance.
Inspect cards and equipment to be used in games to ensure that they are in good condition.
Inspect cards or equipment to be used in games to ensure they are in proper condition.
Inspect projection equipment prior to operation to ensure proper working order.
Inspect equipment to detect wear and damage and perform minor repairs, adjustments, or maintenance tasks, such as oiling parts.
Determine amount of air leakage in buildings, using a blower door machine.
Examine machinery to verify specified pressures or lubricant flows.
Set up and inspect curtain and screen controls.
Inspect movie films to ensure that they are complete and in good condition.

What we would actually use

Nothing in our landscape addresses this work. That is the honest answer rather than a padded list: this activity needs a person present, or a machine rather than a software agent.

Our pickBuy nothing

Nothing on this site applies. Automation here is robotics and machinery, a different market on a much slower clock, and no software subscription moves it.

Chosen for the cheapest thing that does the job, not the best funded. Nothing on this site is sponsored, and the full landscape is there when you want to disagree with us.

How people actually do it

No workflow names this activity yet, but these automate the same kind of work, with the prompts to paste and what to keep for yourself.

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Who does this work

15 occupations in the O*NET database perform this activity. Each one has a full breakdown of its other tasks.

Work that goes with it

O*NET groups these under “Inspect commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment”. In practice they tend to be done by the same person, in the same sitting.

Related work activities
Activity	Jobs
Inspect production equipment	22
Inspect mechanical equipment to locate damage, defects, or wear	16
Inspect equipment to ensure safety or proper functioning	12
Examine medical instruments or equipment to ensure proper operation	12
Inspect electrical or electronic systems for defects	11
Inspect equipment or systems	9
Inspect equipment or tools to be used in construction or excavation	8
Locate equipment or materials in need of repair or replacement	7

Method. The activity, its taxonomy placement and the occupations that perform it come straight from the public-domain O*NET 30.3 database. The automatability band is ours: we map each of O*NET’s 41 generalized work activities to how much of its output current software can produce, assuming a person still reviews and owns the result. It is a coarse three-way judgment on purpose. A precise-looking percentage here would be invented.