Occupation Atlasproduct grader
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cc8f929a-75fa-404d-aa17-3301fb494b4f
product grader
Product graders perform preventive and operational quality control on products and rescources. They inspect, grade and evaluate the materials at various stages to make sure it conforms to the desired standard, and send the product back for repair or improvement if necessary. They work in companies and industrial facilities to ensure the produced commodities achieve quality standards.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CRIConventional · Realistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.37
- R Realistic5.31
- I Investigative2.37
- E Enterprising1.76
- A Artistic1.00
- S Social1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping (43-5111.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (15)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply safety management
- create solutions to problems
- define data quality criteria
- define quality standards
- ensure public safety and security
- inspect quality of products
- lead inspections
- maintain test equipment
- monitor manufacturing quality standards
- operate precision measuring equipment
- perform sample testing
- prepare samples for testing
- prepare scientific reports
- quality standards
- record survey data
Optional (28)
- analyse production processes for improvement
- apply health and safety standards
- check quality of products on the production line
- check quality of raw materials
- conduct performance tests
- database quality standards
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- grade engineered wood
- grade pulp
- grading systems
- identify preventive actions
- identify process improvements
- manufacturing processes
- non-destructive testing
- oversee quality control
- quality assurance methodologies
- read engineering drawings
- read standard blueprints
- recommend product improvements
- report defective manufacturing materials
- revise quality control systems documentation
- types of wood
- use non-destructive testing equipment
- use technical documentation
- use testing equipment
- work safely with machines
- write technical reports
O*NET equivalents
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