Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

• Discard or reject products, materials, or equipment not meeting specifications.
• Mark items with details, such as grade or acceptance-rejection status.
• Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.
• Inspect, test, or measure materials, products, installations, or work for conformance to specifications.
• Measure dimensions of products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers.
• Write test or inspection reports describing results, recommendations, or needed repairs.
• Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.
• Read blueprints, data, manuals, or other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, adjustment methods, certification processes, formulas, or measuring instruments required.
• Read dials or meters to verify that equipment is functioning at specified levels.
• Make minor adjustments to equipment, such as turning setscrews to calibrate instruments to required tolerances.
• Monitor production operations or equipment to ensure conformance to specifications, making necessary process or assembly adjustments.
• Record inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades, or moisture content, and quantities inspected or graded.
• Position products, components, or parts for testing.
• Remove defects, such as chips, burrs, or lap corroded or pitted surfaces.
• Collect or select samples for testing or for use as models.
• Stack or arrange tested products for further processing, shipping, or packaging.

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry- or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education. They are essential in many industries and occupations.