- Establishing quality standards for products a company produces - Reading blueprints and specifications to ensure that operations meet production standards - Recommending any necessary adjustments and changes to production processes - Inspecting and testing the materials and equipment produced by a company - Using gadgets such as micrometer screw gauges to measure products - Removing products that don’t meet production standards and recommending strategies to improve product quality - Accepting or rejecting finished products and discussing inspection results with the production team - Performing inspections at random to assess product quality