- Industry: Government; Labor
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A professional who inspects products manufactured or processed by private companies for government use to ensure compliance with contract specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Examines company's records to secure such information as size and weight of product and results of quality tests.
* Inspects product to determine compliance with order specifications, company's quality control system for compliance with legal requirements, and shipping and packing facilities for conformity to specified standards.
* Submits samples of product to government laboratory for testing as indicated by department procedures.
* Stamps mark of approval or rejection on product and writes report of examinations.
* May specialize in lumber, machinery, petroleum products, paper products, electronic equipment, furniture, or other specific product or group of related products.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines railroad equipment and systems to verify compliance with Federal safety regulations. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects railroad locomotives, engines, and cars to ensure adherence to safety standards governing condition of mechanical, structural, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic elements or systems, using blueprints, schematic diagrams, gauges, handtools, and test equipment.
* Tests railroad signals to determine warning light responses to commands from dispatcher or tripswitches, using simulator.
* Inspects roadbeds to detect damaged, worn, or defective equipment, such as rails, ties, bolts, fishplates, or switches.
* Inspects condition and movement of railroad cars containing flammable or explosive materials to ensure safe loading, switching, and transport.
* Reviews records, operating practices, and accident history to verify compliance with safety regulations.
* Issues citations to railroad employees of condition or equipment found in violation of standards.
* Investigates accidents and inspects wreckage to determine causes.
* Prepares inspection reports for use by administrative or judicial authorities.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who investigates continued absences of pupils from public schools to determine if such absences are lawful and known to parents.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who investigates continued absences of pupils from public schools to determine if such absences are lawful and known to parents.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects and evaluates travel and tourist accommodations in order to rate facilities to be listed in guidebook produced by employing organization, such as automobile club, tourism promoters, or travel guide publishers. Responsibilities include:
* Travels to and inspects travel accommodations and tourist facilities, such as hotels, motels, restaurants, campgrounds, vacation resorts, and other similar year-round or seasonal recreational establishments in order to observe conditions and gather data to be used in determining ratings.
* Rates or re-rates establishment according to predetermined standards concerning quantity and quality of such factors as convenience of location, variety of facilities available, degree of cleanliness maintained, efficiency of services offered, range of rates charged, and other matters of concern to travelers.
* Reports findings to employer by filling out forms containing ratings and reasons for conclusions and judgments.
* May sell to establishments concerned advertising space in publication (such as dining guide, tourist magazine, or recreational-area catalogs) in which ratings are to appear.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects existing residential buildings and dwelling units, visually, to determine compliance with city ordinance standards and explains ordinance requirements to concerned personnel. Responsibilities include:
* Obtains permission from owners and tenants to enter dwellings.
* Visually examines all areas to determine compliance with ordinance standards for heating, lighting, ventilating, and plumbing installations.
* Measures dwelling units and rooms to determine compliance with ordinance space requirements, using tape measure.
* Inspects premises for overall cleanliness, adequate disposal of garbage and rubbish, and for signs of vermin infestation.
* Prepares forms and letters advising property owners and tenants of possible violations and time allowed for correcting deficiencies.
* Consults file of violation reports and revisits dwellings at periodic intervals to verify correction of violations by property owners and tenants.
* Explains requirements of housing standards ordinance to property owners, building contractors, and other interested parties.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who audits work activities of processing production workers to verify conformance of activities to quality assurance standards, applying knowledge of job performance requirements, equipment operation standards, and product processing specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Obtains quality assurance personnel check list.
* Observes and asks worker questions pertaining to job functions.
* Reads processing information, such as worker logs, product processing sheets, and specification sheets, to verify that records adhere to quality assurance specifications.
* Observes worker using equipment to verify that equipment is being operated and maintained according to quality assurance standards, applying knowledge of equipment operation.
* Writes audit information on quality assurance form and keys information into computer, using keyboard.
* Submits audit report to supervisory personnel.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who unpacks, verifies, and repacks mail shipments of imported merchandise to assure compliance with federal revenue laws and U.S. Customs Service Regulations. Responsibilities include:
* Determines containers to open, according to nature of merchandise, country of origin, and shipper.
* Unpacks containers and visually verifies identity and quantity of merchandise against declaration or invoice.
* Weighs and measures commodities.
* May write descriptive verification as compared with declaration or invoice.
* Lists damaged goods.
* Records evidence of tampering, pilfering, shortages, excesses, or other unusual condition of merchandise.
* Inspects goods for violations of marking, trademark, or copyright regulations.
* Inspects containers for contraband and smuggled goods.
* May disassemble and drill into merchandise and containers suspected of containing contraband or undeclared items, using handtools and electric power drill.
* Records date, name, and address of importer or sender on mail entry form.
* Unpacks and lays out representative samples of merchandise for examination by customs import specialist.
* Repacks merchandise after examination, for release to postal service and subsequent delivery.
* Attaches envelope containing completed mail entry form to container.
* Hand stamps container to indicate examination completed and need to collect duty.
* May testify during court appeals by importers.
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A professional who arbitrates disputes between labor and management to bind both to specific terms and conditions of labor contract. Responsibilities include:
* Conducts hearing to evaluate contentions of parties regarding disputed contract provisions.
* Analyzes information obtained, using knowledge of facts in issue and industry practices.
* Renders binding decision to settle dispute, protect public interests, prevent employee wage loss, and minimize business interruptions.
* Issues report concerning results of arbitration.
* May serve exclusively for particular case for which selected by parties and be known as Ad Hoc Arbitrator.
* May serve for all disputes concerning specific agreements and be known as Umpire; Referee.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs activities of State Board of Nursing. Responsibilities include:
* Develops procedures relative to licensure by examination or endorsement, renewal of licenses, certification to other states, and discipline of licensees.
* Assumes responsibility for keeping board informed of relevant matter to aid in policy-making and decisions.
* Determines specific needs of program and provides for written plans and statement of policies.
* Ascertains number, scope, and responsibility of positions on board, selects staff, and delegates duties.
* Directs and supervises activities of staff and evaluates performance.
* Establishes system of record keeping and maintains up-to-date, comprehensive records of board activities and office procedures.
* Estimates and submits request for budget.
* Collects, analyzes, and prepares for publication data relating to nursing education and licensure.
* Initiates and cooperates in research projects.
* Participates in interpreting nursing laws, board rules and policies, and trends in nursing and nursing education.
* Issues licenses and recommends revocations and suspensions.
* Surveys schools of nursing to ensure compliance with legal requirements.
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