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O*NET detailed work activityInstall fencing or other barriers
Stays humanHands-on work
3 jobs8 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 Build structures, 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, 8 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Space and fasten together rods in forms according to blueprints, using wire and pliers.
- Attach rails or tension wire along bottoms of posts to form fencing frames.
- Assemble gates, and fasten gates into position, using hand tools.
- Stretch wire, wire mesh, or chain link fencing between posts, and attach fencing to frames.
- Erect alternate panel, basket weave, and louvered fences.
- Construct and repair barriers, retaining walls, trellises, and other types of fences, walls, and gates.
- Erect, install, or repair guardrails, road shoulders, berms, highway markers, warning signals, and highway lighting, using hand tools and power tools.
- Place and remove snow fences used to prevent the accumulation of drifting snow on highways.