Which jobs involve inspect motor vehicles?

13 occupations in the O*NET database perform this activity, including Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants, Bus Drivers, School, Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity, Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment, First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators.

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 motor vehicles

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	13 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 13 occupations that perform it.

Examine damaged vehicle to determine extent of structural, body, mechanical, electrical, or interior damage.
Inspect or test materials, stock, vehicles, equipment, or facilities to ensure that they are safe, free of defects, and consistent with specifications.
Check vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order.
Inspect and maintain vehicle supplies and equipment, such as gas, oil, water, tires, lights, or brakes, to ensure that vehicles are in proper working condition.
Check the condition of a vehicle's tires, brakes, windshield wipers, lights, oil, fuel, water, and safety equipment to ensure that everything is in working order.
Inspect vehicles and check gas, oil, and water levels prior to departure.
Test vehicle equipment, such as lights, brakes, horns, or windshield wipers, to ensure proper operation.
Inspect vehicles to detect any damage.
Test and charge batteries.
Inspect vehicles or other equipment for evidence of abuse, damage, or mechanical malfunction.
Inspect parts, equipment, or vehicles for cleanliness, damage, and compliance with standards or regulations.
Inspect trucks prior to beginning routes to ensure safe operating condition.
Inspect vehicles or equipment to ensure compliance with rules, standards, or regulations.
Inspect repairs to transportation vehicles or equipment to ensure that repair work was performed properly.
Conduct vehicle or transportation equipment tests, using diagnostic equipment.
Conduct remote inspections of motor vehicles, using handheld controllers and remotely directed vehicle inspection devices.
Conduct visual inspections of emission control equipment and smoke emitted from gasoline or diesel vehicles.
Identify modifications to engines, fuel systems, emissions control equipment, or other vehicle systems to determine the impact of modifications on inspection procedures or conclusions.

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

13 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 vehicles”. In practice they tend to be done by the same person, in the same sitting.

Related work activities
Activity	Jobs
Inspect mechanical components of vehicles to identify problems	12
Inspect vehicles to determine overall condition	4
Inspect locomotives or other railroad equipment	4
Inspect aircraft or aircraft components	4
Inspect structural components of vehicles to identify problems	4

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.