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O*NET detailed work activityDraw guide lines or markings on materials or workpieces using patterns or other references
Stays humanHands-on work
26 jobs35 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, 35 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Establish zero reference points on workpieces, such as at the intersections of two edges or over hole locations.
- Mark curves, lines, holes, dimensions, and welding symbols onto workpieces, using scribes, soapstones, punches, and hand drills.
- Lay out patterns on wood stock and draw outlines of units, sectional patterns, or full-scale mock-ups of products, based on blueprint specifications and sketches, and using marking and measuring devices.
- Mark cutting lines around patterns or templates, or follow layout points, using squares, rules, and straightedges, and chalk, pencils, or scribes.
- Draw outlines of pattern parts by adapting or copying existing patterns, or by drafting new patterns.
- Compute layout dimensions, and determine and mark reference points on metal stock or workpieces for further processing, such as welding and assembly.
- Draw details on outlined parts to indicate where parts are to be joined, as well as the positions of pleats, pockets, buttonholes, and other features, using computers or drafting instruments.
- Lay out and mark dimensions of parts, using templates and precision measuring instruments.
- Mark weld points and positions of components on workpieces, using rules, squares, templates, or scribes.
- Lay out designs or dimensions from sketches or blueprints on stone surfaces, freehand or by transferring them from tracing paper, using scribes or chalk and measuring instruments.
- Determine the best layout of pattern pieces to minimize waste of material, and mark fabric accordingly.
- Plan, lay out, and draw outlines of units, sectional patterns, or full-scale mock-ups of products.
- Draw cutting lines on material following patterns, templates, sketches, or blueprints, using chalk, pencils, paint, or other methods.
- Lay out and draw or scribe patterns onto material, using compasses, protractors, rulers, scribes, or other instruments.
- Layout and mark reference points and locations for installation of parts or components, using jigs, templates, or measuring and marking instruments.
- Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
- Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
- Lay out reference lines and machining locations on work, using layout tools, and applying knowledge of shop math and layout techniques.
- Lay out lenses and trace lens outlines on glass, using templates.
- Select materials and patterns, and trace patterns onto materials to be cut out.
- Lay out and mark reference points and dimensions on materials, using measuring instruments and drawing or scribing tools.
- Draw markings or pin appliques on fabric to obtain variations in design.
- Scribe reference lines on workpieces as guides for cutting operations, according to blueprints, templates, sample parts, or specifications.
- Sketch, trace, or scribe layout lines and designs on workpieces, plates, dies, or rollers, using compasses, scribers, gravers, or pencils.
- Lay out pavement markings for striping crews.
- Superimpose bent tubing on asbestos patterns to ensure accuracy.
- Duplicate workpiece contours, using tracer attachments.
- Operate tracing attachments to duplicate contours from templates or models.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Lay out, measure, and mark metal stock to display placement of cuts.
- Trace outlines of specified patterns onto material, and cut fabric, using scissors.
- Trace outlines of paper onto cardboard patterns, and cut patterns into parts to make templates.
- Mark cutting lines or identifying information on stock, using marking pencils, rulers, or scribes.
- Lay out designs on metal stock, and cut along markings to fabricate pieces used to cast metal molds.
- Position and mark patterns on materials to prepare for sewing.
- Lay out and mark areas of parts to be shot peened and fill hoppers with shot.