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A professional who inspects buildings to determine fire insurance rates. Responsibilities include:
* Examines building for type of construction, condition of roof, and fireproofing.
* Determines risk represented by adjoining buildings, by nature of business, and building contents.
* Determines availability of fireplugs and firefighting equipment.
* Completes inspection report.
* May compute insurance rate.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects electrical installations to verify conformance with safety laws and ordinances. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects electrical installations during construction or remodeling to enforce laws and ordinances establishing and maintaining minimum standards for residential, commercial, and industrial electrical installation and appliances.
* Reviews electrical plans and materials list to interpret specifications and methods of installation.
* Verifies loads, demand factors, and number of circuits to ensure that circuits are capable of operating without overloads.
* Inspects electric wiring, fixtures, and equipment, and issues notices to repair, remove, or refrain from using items found to be unsafe.
* Interprets legal requirements and recommends compliance procedures to contractors, craftworkers, and owners.
* Keeps records of inspections and prepares reports for use by administrative or judicial authorities.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects lifting and conveying devices, such as elevators, escalators, moving sidewalks, and other similar mechanisms to verify conformance to laws and ordinances regulating design, installation, and safe operation. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects mechanical and electrical features of elevator installations, including elevator cars, beams, safety devices, control circuits, cables, guide rails, governors, switch boxes, counterweights, and buffers for conformance to governmental safety orders and regulations concerning standards of design, installation, maintenance, and operation.
* Conducts time tests of elevator's speed.
* Computes allowable loads for elevators and other devices.
* Observes running and drop test of elevators to determine if brakes and safety devices work properly.
* Inspects escalators, dumbwaiters, personnel lifts and hoists, platform hoists, inclined railways, aerial tramways, ski lifts, and various amusement rides to determine if safety precautions are observed.
* Recommends corrections for unsafe conditions.
* Seals operating device of unsafe elevators and other equipment.
* Investigates accidents involving elevators and similar lifting devices to determine causes and to develop means of preventing recurrence.
* Inspects equipment damaged by fire and recommends repair.
* Consults with engineers, installers, and owners regarding solution to problems connected with installation, maintenance, and repair of elevating equipment.
* Keeps records and prepares reports of inspections and investigations for use by administrative and legal authorities.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects lifting and conveying devices, such as elevators, escalators, moving sidewalks, and other similar mechanisms to verify conformance to laws and ordinances regulating design, installation, and safe operation. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects mechanical and electrical features of elevator installations, including elevator cars, beams, safety devices, control circuits, cables, guide rails, governors, switch boxes, counterweights, and buffers for conformance to governmental safety orders and regulations concerning standards of design, installation, maintenance, and operation.
* Conducts time tests of elevator's speed.
* Computes allowable loads for elevators and other devices.
* Observes running and drop test of elevators to determine if brakes and safety devices work properly.
* Inspects escalators, dumbwaiters, personnel lifts and hoists, platform hoists, inclined railways, aerial tramways, ski lifts, and various amusement rides to determine if safety precautions are observed.
* Recommends corrections for unsafe conditions.
* Seals operating device of unsafe elevators and other equipment.
* Investigates accidents involving elevators and similar lifting devices to determine causes and to develop means of preventing recurrence.
* Inspects equipment damaged by fire and recommends repair.
* Consults with engineers, installers, and owners regarding solution to problems connected with installation, maintenance, and repair of elevating equipment.
* Keeps records and prepares reports of inspections and investigations for use by administrative and legal authorities.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects health care facilities, such as hospitals, nursing homes, sheltered care homes, maternity homes, and day care centers, to enforce public health laws and to investigate complaints. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects physical facilities, equipment, accommodations, and operating procedures to ensure compliance with laws governing standards of sanitation, acceptability of facilities, record keeping, staff competence qualifications, and ethical practices.
* Reviews reports concerning staffing, personal references, floor plans, fire inspections, and sanitation.
* Recommends changes in facilities, standards, and administrative methods in order to improve services and efficiency, utilizing knowledge of good practices and legal requirements.
* Advises applicants for approval of health care facilities on license application and rules governing operation of such facilities.
* May testify at hearings or in court.
* May compile data on conditions of health care facilities, for use in determining construction needs in community or region.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration installations for conformance to safety laws and regulations and approved plans and specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment and installations in residential, commercial, and industrial buildings and facilities for conformance to safety laws and ordinances designed to prevent use of faulty equipment.
* Issues notices for correction of defective installations and issues citations to violators of safety code.
* Inspects gas heating appliances in retail stores and notifies dealers to remove unapproved appliances.
* Confers with property owners or agents to discuss and approve alteration plans to heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment that comply with safety regulations.
* Investigates complaints regarding installation of heating and refrigeration equipment by unlicensed contractors.
* Keeps records and prepares reports of inspections and investigations for use by administrative or judicial authorities.
* May investigate installations where fire or death has occurred.
* May determine percentage and acceptability of contract work completed for purposes of progress payments.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects plumbing installations for conformance to governmental codes, sanitation standards, and construction specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects commercial and industrial plumbing systems for conformance to plumbing laws and codes and approved plans and specifications.
* Inspects water-supply systems, drainage and sewer systems, water heater installations, fire sprinkler systems, and air and gas piping systems for approved materials, specified pipe sizes and connections, required grade and fitting, approved back-flow prevention devices, required bracing, ventilation, and air- and- water-tightness.
* Inspects building sites for soil type to determine fill conditions, water table level, site layout, seepage rate, and other conditions.
* Advises owners and contractors on acceptable locations for septic tanks, cesspools, and seepage pits.
* Interviews plumber working in jurisdiction to determine possession of valid occupational licenses.
* Reviews plumbing permit applications and verifies payment of fees.
* Reviews complaints concerning alleged violations of plumbing code, gathers evidence, and appears in court as witness.
* Keeps records of inspections performed, actions taken, and corrections recommended and secured.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans, directs, and coordinates activities of workers engaged in receiving, investigating, evaluating, and settling complaints and claims of telegraph customers. Responsibilities include:
* Directs workers to investigate complaints, such as those concerning rates or service in connection with domestic, international, or special-gift telegrams.
* Analyzes reports of findings and recommends response to complaint, considering nature and complexity of complaint, requirements of governmental utility-regulation agencies, and policies of company.
* Reviews actions of subordinates to ensure settlements are made correctly.
* Authorizes retention of data and preparation of documents for use during governmental or customer inquiries.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects places of employment to detect unsafe or unhealthy working conditions. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects work environment, machinery, and equipment in establishments and other work sites for conformance with governmental standards according to procedure or in response to complaint or accident.
* Interviews supervisors and employees to obtain facts about work practice or accident.
* Rates unsafe condition according to factors, such as severity of potential injury, likelihood of recurrence, employers' accident record, and evidence of voluntary compliance.
* Observes employees at work to determine compliance with safety precautions and safety equipment used.
* Orders suspension of activity posing threat to workers.
* Writes new safety order proposal designed to protect workers from work methods, processes, or other hazard not previously covered, using knowledge of safety-engineering practices, available protective devices, safety testing, and occupational safety and health standards.
* Discusses reason for inspection and penalty rating system with employer.
* Reviews log of reportable accidents and preventive actions taken to determine employers' attitude toward compliance with regulations.
* Documents findings and code sections violated.
* Interprets applicable laws and regulations to advise employer on legal requirements.
* May specialize in inspection of specific machine, apparatus, or device.
* May specialize in inspection of specific industry, such as construction, manufacturing, mining, petroleum, or transportation.
* May testify in legal proceedings.
* May photograph work environment suspected of endangering workers to provide evidence in legal proceedings.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects places of employment to detect unsafe or unhealthy working conditions. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects work environment, machinery, and equipment in establishments and other work sites for conformance with governmental standards according to procedure or in response to complaint or accident.
* Interviews supervisors and employees to obtain facts about work practice or accident.
* Rates unsafe condition according to factors, such as severity of potential injury, likelihood of recurrence, employers' accident record, and evidence of voluntary compliance.
* Observes employees at work to determine compliance with safety precautions and safety equipment used.
* Orders suspension of activity posing threat to workers.
* Writes new safety order proposal designed to protect workers from work methods, processes, or other hazard not previously covered, using knowledge of safety-engineering practices, available protective devices, safety testing, and occupational safety and health standards.
* Discusses reason for inspection and penalty rating system with employer.
* Reviews log of reportable accidents and preventive actions taken to determine employers' attitude toward compliance with regulations.
* Documents findings and code sections violated.
* Interprets applicable laws and regulations to advise employer on legal requirements.
* May specialize in inspection of specific machine, apparatus, or device.
* May specialize in inspection of specific industry, such as construction, manufacturing, mining, petroleum, or transportation.
* May testify in legal proceedings.
* May photograph work environment suspected of endangering workers to provide evidence in legal proceedings.
Industry:Professional careers
