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O*NET detailed work activityAlign equipment or machinery
Stays humanHands-on work
14 jobs16 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Position materials or components for assembly, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 16 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Align wheels.
- Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and align unit to centerline.
- Align machines or equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, lasers, or plumb bobs.
- Replace or straighten damaged poles.
- Align, level, and anchor machinery.
- Set starter locks and align and repair steering or throttle controls, using gauges, screwdrivers, or wrenches.
- Align wheels, axles, frames, torsion bars, and steering mechanisms of automobiles, using special alignment equipment and wheel-balancing machines.
- Align vehicles' front ends.
- Align pads and keys on reed or wind instruments.
- Assemble gear systems, and align frames and gears.
- Align and balance new equipment after installation.
- Align car sides for installation of car ends and crossties, using width gauges, turnbuckles, and wrenches.
- Align front ends and suspension systems.
- Align and secure pattern film on reference tables of optical programmers, and observe enlarger scope views of printed circuit boards.