0 someone whose job is to officially inspect something: --
1 someone whose job is to officially inspect something: --
a safety inspector
2 someone whose job is to officially inspect something, for example, a factory or building, in order to check that everything is correct and legal: --
3 → surveyor : --
With only a few inspectors to protect wildlife, biosecurity has become very fragile.
On the strength of their authority, medical inspectors were asked by the state to expand the scope of their responsibilities beyond the medical sphere.
Where inspectors once displayed a tacit ignorance of local-level problems, their factional energy now wrought new economies.
The inspectors then traced every shipment to its final destination.
While 73% of inspectors favor the conduct of external testing, less than 10% want test results published.
Hence, to make judgements about the quality of care that a resident has received, the inspectors rely on documentation and on retrospective and prospective accounts.
Retrospective discussions of particular cases were used by the inspectors to assess the knowledge and skills of the home's staff.
Of teachers, pupils and inspectors, only inspectors have views of statutory signi®cance about a school's music provision.
