QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR

Looking at Loss Prevention position.  The position requires working with machinery, like Coordinate-measuring machines seen here as well as 3D scanners.    

Tools that I will need to learn are:
1)  Micrometers.  These measures wear on movable, operating parts.  
2)  Calipers.
3)  Gauges.

ANATOMY OF A MICROMETER
Frame or anvil, spindle, sleeve, thimble, ratchet stop.

Briefly, here is the job:

Quality control inspectors monitor quality standards for nearly all manufactured products, including foods, textiles, clothing, glassware, motor vehicles, electronic components, computers, and structural steel. Specific job duties vary across the wide range of industries in which these inspectors work.

Quality control workers rely on many tools to do their jobs. Although some still use hand-held measurement devices, such as calipers and alignment gauges, workers more commonly operate electronic inspection equipment, such as coordinate-measuring machines (CMMs) and three-dimensional (3D) scanners. Inspectors testing electrical devices may use voltmeters, ammeters, and ohmmeters to test the potential difference, current flow, and resistance, respectively.

Quality control workers record the results of their inspections through test reports. When they find defects, inspectors notify supervisors and help to analyze and correct production problems.

In some firms, the inspection process is completely automated, with advanced vision inspection systems installed at one or several points in the production process. Inspectors in these firms monitor the equipment, review output, and conduct random product checks. 

However, through to 2026, the job outlook for quality control inspectors is expected to decline by 11% due to automation.  Huh, all that one needs to do is scan a file, write a Twitter-sized report, and submit it.  

Keep this video on "The Basics of Reading Engineering Drawings" handy.