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INSPECTOR, ELEVATORS

Specialty Definition: INSPECTOR, ELEVATORS

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Occupations

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: 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. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: INSPECTOR, ELEVATORS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters ",-a-c-e-e-e-i-l-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-s-t-t-v"

-4 letters: cooperativeness.

-5 letters: conservatoires, conservatories, oversecretions, perseverations, protectiveness, retrospections, retrospectives, scleroproteins.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: INSPECTOR, ELEVATORS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4E 53 50 45 43 54 4F 52 2C      45 4C 45 56 41 54 4F 52 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001110 01010011 01010000 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010010 00101100 00100000 01000101 01001100 01000101 01010110 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#78 &#83 &#80 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#44 &#32 &#69 &#76 &#69 &#86 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004E 0053 0050 0045 0043 0054 004F 0052 002C      0045 004C 0045 0056 0041 0054 004F 0052 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

434853503937544952142394639563554495253

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