- 업종: Government; Labor
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A professional who coordinates activities of workers engaged in testing and evaluating ethical and proprietary pharmaceuticals in order to control quality of manufacture and to ensure compliance with legal standards. Responsibilities include:
* Participates with management personnel in establishing procedures for testing drugs and related products, applying knowledge of controlled production, sampling techniques, testing procedures, and statistical analysis.
* Assigns subordinates to specific testing functions.
* Reviews laboratory reports of test batches.
* Recommends full-scale production of batches meeting company or consumer specifications and complying with federal purity standards.
* Orders destruction of substandard batches, as authorized by supervisor.
* Directs and coordinates investigation of complaints concerning defective products.
* Recommends response to complaints, considering test reports, production records, legal standards, and complaint validity.
* Reviews legislative developments to determine changes in legal requirements and probable effects on company's manufacturing activities.
* Directs retention of data and preparation of documents for use by self or other company personnel during inquiries concerning suspect products.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in investigating and responding to complaints from telephone subscribers or regulatory agencies concerning rates and services. Responsibilities include:
* Directs investigations of telephone company rates and services to ensure that subscribers' complaints are answered and requirements of governmental utility-regulation agencies are met.
* Analyzes reports of resulting data and recommends response to complaint, considering nature of complaint and company interests and policies.
* Directs preparation of documents for use by company witnesses summoned to testify at governmental hearings.
* Reviews governmental rulings to determine changes in legal stipulations and probable effects on company activities.
* May provide advice and source data to management personnel concerned with preparing applications to regulatory bodies for changes in rates or service.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who evaluates traffic record and other aspects of driver's attitude and behavior to recommend suspension, revocation, or reinstatement of state operator's license. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews written record of driver, considering applicable laws and factors, such as number and nature of accidents, interval between accidents or convictions, driver's occupation, and number and gravity of traffic convictions, to evaluate driver's attitude and determine probability of repeated offenses.
* Recommends probation, suspension, or revocation of license, following rules, regulations, and policies of agency.
* Conducts hearings at request of persons whose licenses have been suspended or revoked to receive testimony and facts bearing on action.
* Receives petitions for reinstatement of licenses and approves or disapproves petitions according to evaluation of all pertinent facts.
* Confers with police and court officials to compile information, facilitate location or punishment of violators, and promote traffic safety.
* May allocate points for accidents or convictions and mail warnings to violators facing automatic penalties.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects machinery, equipment, and working conditions in industrial or other setting to ensure compliance with occupational safety and health regulations. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects machines and equipment for accident prevention devices.
* Observes workers to determine use of prescribed safety equipment, such as glasses, helmets, goggles, respirators, and clothing.
* Inspects specified areas for fire-prevention equipment and other safety and first-aid supplies.
* Tests working areas for noise, toxic, and other hazards, using decibel meter, gas detector, and light meter.
* Prepares report of findings with recommendations for corrective action.
* Investigates accidents to ascertain causes for use in recommending preventive safety measures and developing safety program.
* May demonstrate use of safety equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who compiles information concerning activities and conduct of employees on railroads, streetcars, and buses and submits written reports of findings. Responsibilities include:
* Observes employees performing assigned duties, assuming role of passenger to note their deportment, treatment of passengers, and adherence to company regulations and schedules.
* Observes and records time required to load and unload passengers or freight, volume of traffic at different stops or stations, and on streetcars and buses, at different times of day.
* Inspects company vehicles and other property for damage and evidence of abuse.
* Submits written reports to management with recommendations for improving service.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of departmental personnel engaged in investigating regulated activities to ensure compliance with federal, state, or municipal laws, utilizing knowledge of agency's purposes, rules, regulations, procedures, and practices. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews agency's current work load status, schedules, and individual personnel assignments and expertise to establish priorities and to determine ability to accept and complete future commitments.
* Assigns specific duties to inspectors or investigator either directly or through subordinate supervisors.
* Reviews work reports, papers, rulings, and other records prepared by subordinate personnel for clarity, completeness, accuracy, and conformance with agency policies.
* Routes approved reports and records to designated individuals, such as director, regulatory agency for action or for information.
* May participate in or make initial or advanced level investigations, tests, or rulings.
* May testify in court or before control or review board.
* May be required to be certified in designated speciality area.
* May be designated according to function or agency as Business Regulation Investigator; Child Day Care Program Supervisor; Feed Inspection Supervisor; Insurance Licensing Supervisor; Meat And Poultry Specialist Supervisor; Petroleum Products District Supervisor; Poultry Specialist Supervisor; Public Utilities Complaint Analyst Supervisor; Supervisor, Weights And Measures, Gas And Oil Inspection.
* Workers involved in these activities may be identified by different titles according to classification used by various agencies.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tests x-ray equipment, inspects areas where equipment is used, and evaluates operating procedures to detect and control radiation hazards. Responsibilities include:
* Visits hospitals, medical offices, and other establishments to test x-ray machines and fluoroscopes and to inspect premises.
* Tests equipment to determine that kilovolt potential, alignment of components, and other elements of equipment meet standards for safe operation, using specialized instruments and procedures.
* Operates equipment to determine need for calibration, repair, or replacement of tubes or other parts.
* Measures density of lead shielding in walls, using radiometric equipment.
* Computes cumulative radiation levels and refers to regulations to determine if amount of shielding is sufficient to absorb radiation emissions.
* Examines license of equipment operator for authenticity and observes operating practices to determine competence of operator to use equipment.
* Confers with physicians, dentists, and x-ray personnel to explain procedures and legal requirements pertaining to use of equipment.
* Demonstrates exposure techniques to improve procedures and minimize amount of radiation delivered to patient and operator.
* Reviews plans and specifications for proposed x-ray installations for conformance to legal requirements and radiation safety practices.
* Contacts organizations submitting inadequate specifications to explain changes in shielding or layout needed to conform to regulations.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects aircraft and maintenance base facilities to assure conformance with federal safety and qualifications standards. Responsibilities include:
* Examines aircraft maintenance record and flight log to determine if service checks, maintenance checks, and overhauls were performed at intervals prescribed.
* Inspects landing gear, tires, and exterior of fuselage, wings, and engine for evidence of damage or corrosion and recommends repair.
* Examines access plates and doors for security.
* Inspects new, repaired, or modified aircraft, according to checklist, to determine structural and mechanical airworthiness, using handtools and test instruments.
* Starts aircraft and observes gauges, meters, and other instruments to detect evidence of malfunction.
* Examines electrical systems and accompanies flight crew on proving flight to test instruments.
* Inventories spare parts to determine whether stock meets requirements.
* Analyzes training programs to assure competency of persons operating, installing, and repairing equipment.
* Informs airline officials of deficiencies.
* Prepares report of inspection to document findings.
* Approves or disapproves issuance of certificate of airworthiness.
* Conducts examinations to test theoretical and practical knowledge of construction, maintenance, repair, and trouble diagnosis for aircraft mechanics license candidates.
* Investigates air accidents to determine whether cause was due to structural or mechanical malfunction.
* Required to have federal aviation rating for type of aircraft inspected and pass federal aviation medical certification.
* May be designated according to specialty as Air-Carrier Electronics Inspector; Air-Carrier Maintenance Inspector.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects machinery, equipment, and working conditions in industrial or other setting to ensure compliance with occupational safety and health regulations. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects machines and equipment for accident prevention devices.
* Observes workers to determine use of prescribed safety equipment, such as glasses, helmets, goggles, respirators, and clothing.
* Inspects specified areas for fire-prevention equipment and other safety and first-aid supplies.
* Tests working areas for noise, toxic, and other hazards, using decibel meter, gas detector, and light meter.
* Prepares report of findings with recommendations for corrective action.
* Investigates accidents to ascertain causes for use in recommending preventive safety measures and developing safety program.
* May demonstrate use of safety equipment.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects equipment and facilities used to store, transport, distribute, and measure liquefied petroleum or compressed or natural gas. Responsibilities include:
* Examines establishment inspection records to determine that establishment inspection schedule and remedial actions conform with procedures and regulations.
* Examines containers, piping, tubing, and fittings for leaks and for adherence to government specifications for pressure level, design, construction, and installation.
* Examines and tests components and support systems, such as relief valves, steam vaporizers, safety devices, electrical equipment, exhaust systems, and vehicles, for conformance to standards and regulations.
* Connects test equipment, using handtools, and tests calibration of meters and gauges.
* Inspects above and below ground gas mains to determine that rate of flow, pressure, location, construction, or installation conform to establishment or regulated standards.
* Maintains records and prepares reports of results of inspections.
* Discusses and explains procedures and regulations or need for corrective action with establishment or regulatory agency personnel.
* May be designated according to function, agency, or establishment where employed as Division Field Inspector; Gas Inspector, Liquefied.
Industry:Professional careers
