(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Job Description
Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
95
|
Discuss inspection results with those responsible for products, and recommend necessary corrective actions. |
93
|
Inspect, test, or measure materials, products, installations, and work for conformance to specifications. |
93
|
Notify supervisors and other personnel of production problems, and assist in identifying and correcting these problems. |
87
|
Discard or reject products, materials, and equipment not meeting specifications. |
86
|
Mark items with details such as grade and acceptance or rejection status. |
81
|
Record inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades, or moisture content, and quantities inspected or graded. |
71
|
Analyze and interpret blueprints, data, manuals, and other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, adjustment and certification methods, formulas, and measuring instruments required. |
70
|
Observe and monitor production operations and equipment to ensure conformance to specifications and make or order necessary process or assembly adjustments. |
67
|
Collect or select samples for testing or for use as models. |
67
|
Write test and inspection reports describing results, recommendations, and needed repairs. |
66
|
Grade, classify, and sort products according to sizes, weights, colors, or other specifications. |
65
|
Measure dimensions of products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers. |
64
|
Check arriving materials to ensure that they match purchase orders and submit discrepancy reports when problems are found. |
64
|
Compare colors, shapes, textures, or grades of products or materials with color charts, templates, or samples to verify conformance to standards. |
64
|
Read dials and meters to verify that equipment is functioning at specified levels. |
56
|
Position products, components, or parts for testing, or direct other workers to position them. |
50
|
Clean, maintain, repair, and calibrate measuring instruments and test equipment such as dial indicators, fixed gauges, and height gauges. |
50
|
Stack and arrange tested products for further processing, shipping, or packaging and transport products to other work stations as necessary. |
50
|
Weigh materials, products, containers, or samples to verify packaging weights and ingredient quantities, or to determine sorting. |
48
|
Analyze test data and make computations as necessary to determine test results. |
46
|
Set controls, start and monitor machines that automatically measure, sort, or inspect products. |
43
|
Compute defect percentages or averages, using formulas and calculators, and prepare reports of inspection or test findings. |
42
|
Remove defects, such as chips and burrs, and lap corroded or pitted surfaces. |
40
|
Adjust, clean, or repair products or processing equipment to correct defects found during inspections. |
40
|
Make minor adjustments to equipment, such as turning setscrews to calibrate instruments to required tolerances. |
32
|
Supervise testing or drilling activities. |
26
|
Fabricate, install, position, or connect components, parts, finished products, or instruments for testing or operational purposes. |
23
|
Disassemble defective parts and components, such as inaccurate or worn gauges and measuring instruments, using hand tools. |
19
|
Compute usable amounts of items in shipments and determine prices, based on quantities and grade assessments. |
14
|
Interpret legal requirements, provide safety information, and recommend compliance procedures to contractors, craft workers, engineers, and property owners. |
13
|
Administer tests to engineers and operators to assess whether they are qualified to use equipment. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
67
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
64
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
61
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
60
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
57
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
54
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
53
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
53
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
53
|
Processing Information
|
52
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
52
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
51
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
49
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
49
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
46
|
Getting Information
|
46
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
44
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
43
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
43
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
42
|
Thinking Creatively
|
41
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
40
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
37
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
36
|
Interacting With Computers
|
33
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
33
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
32
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
31
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
31
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
30
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
30
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
28
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
28
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
27
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
25
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
25
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
24
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
20
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
20
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
11
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
9
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|