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O*NET detailed work activityDrill holes in construction materials
Stays humanHands-on work
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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 Drill holes in earth or materials, 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, 13 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Drill holes and pull or push wiring through openings, using hand and power tools.
- Countersink nails or screws below surfaces of walls before applying sealing compounds, using hammers or screwdrivers.
- Cut or drill holes in walls or floors to accommodate the passage of pipes.
- Tap and drill holes into pipes to introduce auxiliary lines or devices.
- Drill holes through rails, tie plates, or fishplates for insertion of bolts or spikes, using power drills.
- Bore boltholes in timber, masonry or concrete walls, using power drill.
- Drill holes in timbers or lumber.
- Drill holes in marble or ornamental stone and anchor brackets in holes.
- Punch holes in slate, tile, terra cotta, or wooden shingles, using punches and hammers.
- Cut out damaged areas, drill holes for reinforcing rods, and position reinforcing rods to repair concrete, using power saw and drill.
- Repair concrete by cutting out damaged areas, drilling holes for reinforcing rods, and positioning reinforcing rods, using power saw and drill.
- Catch hot rivets in buckets and insert rivets in holes, using tongs.
- Tap mainline sewers to install sewer saddles.