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Construct patterns, templates, or other work aids

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 products or work aids, 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, 1 AI-assist, 7 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Glue fillets along interior angles of patterns.Stays human Patternmakers, Wood
• Fabricate work aids such as scrapers or templates.Stays human Model Makers, Wood
• Trace outlines of paper onto cardboard patterns, and cut patterns into parts to make templates.Stays human Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
• Construct platforms, fixtures, and jigs for holding and placing patterns.Stays human Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
• Make templates or cutting tools.Stays human Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.Stays human Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Assemble pattern sections, using hand tools, bolts, screws, rivets, glue, or welding equipment.Stays human Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
• Design and prepare templates of wood, paper, or metal.AI-assist Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic