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Career Details :: Production Inspectors, Testers, Graders, Sorters, Samplers, Weighers
Description
Inspect, test, grade, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products. Work may be performed before, during, or after processing.
Experience
No previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a general office clerk even if he/she has never worked in an office before.
Education
These occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some may require a formal training course to obtain a license.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
Tasks
- Compares color, shape, texture, or grade of product or material with color chart, template, or sample to verify conformance to standards.
- Cleans, trims, makes adjustments, or repairs product or processing equipment to correct defects found during inspection.
- Grades, classifies, and sorts products according to size, weight, color, or other specifications.
- Computes percentages or averages, using formulas and calculator, and prepares reports of inspection or test findings.
- Sets controls, starts machine, and observes machine, which automatically sorts or inspects products.
- Measures dimensions of product, using measuring instruments, such as rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers, to verify conformance to specifications.
- Marks, affixes, or stamps product or container to identify defects, or denote grade or size information.
- Uses or operates product to test functional performance.
- Weighs materials, products, containers, or samples to verify packaging weight, to determine percentage of each ingredient, or to determine sorting.
- Counts number of product tested or inspected, and stacks or arranges for further processing, shipping, or packing.
- Transports inspected or tested products to other work stations, using hand truck or lift truck.
- Reads work order to determine inspection criteria and to verify identification numbers and product type.
- Notifies supervisor or specified personnel of deviations from specifications, machine malfunctions, or need for equipment maintenance.
- Examines product or monitors processing of product, using any or all of five senses, to determine defects or grade.
- Records inspection or test data, such as weight, temperature, grade, or moisture content, and number inspected or graded.
- Discards or routes defective products or contaminants for rework or reuse.
- Collects or selects samples for testing or for use as model.
- Tests samples, materials, or products, using test equipment, such as thermometer, voltmeter, moisture meter, or tensiometer, for conformance to specifications.
- Wraps and packages product for shipment or delivery.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Handling and Moving Objects
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Indoors
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
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