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O*NET detailed work activityAssemble mechanical components or machine parts
Stays humanHands-on work
15 jobs19 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 Assemble equipment or components, 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, 19 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels.
- Assemble and install equipment, using hand tools and power tools.
- Wind large springs with upward motion of arm.
- Fasten angle iron back-hangers to ceilings and tracks, using fasteners or welding equipment.
- Attach cross-arms, insulators, and auxiliary equipment to poles prior to installing them.
- Assemble new bicycles.
- Attach moving parts and subassemblies to basic assembly unit, using hand tools and power tools.
- Assemble machines according to specifications, using hand or power tools and measuring devices.
- Assemble and embed cores in casting frames, using hand tools and equipment.
- Assemble aircraft cameras, still or motion picture cameras, photographic equipment, or frames, using diagrams, blueprints, bench machines, hand tools, or power tools.
- Devise, fabricate, or assemble new or modified mechanical components for products such as industrial machinery or equipment, and measuring instruments.
- Build wheels by cutting and threading new spokes.
- Disassemble and assemble machines, according to specifications and using hand and power tools.
- Assemble new or reconditioned appliances.
- Assemble boilers at installation sites, using tools such as levels, plumb bobs, hammers, torches, or other hand tools.