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O*NET detailed work activityLift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment
Stays humanHands-on work
13 jobs16 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 Operate lifting or moving equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Controlling Machines and Processes. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 16 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Lift workpieces to machines manually or with hoists or cranes.
- Move and position workpieces, such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signal others to move workpieces.
- Lift raw materials, finished products, and packed items, manually or using hoists.
- Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
- Lift workpieces onto work tables either manually or with hoists or direct crane operators to lift and position workpieces.
- Lift and position workpieces in relation to surface plates, manually or with hoists, and using parallel blocks and angle plates.
- Lift metal stock or workpieces manually or using hoists, and position and secure them in machines, using fasteners and hand tools.
- Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates.
- Lift and position workpieces, manually or with hoists, and secure them in hoppers or on machine tables, faceplates, or chucks, using clamps.
- Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes.
- Lift and move loads, using cranes, hoists, and rigging, to install or repair hydroelectric system equipment or infrastructure.
- Mount rolls of cloth on machines, using hoists, or place textile goods in machines or pieces of equipment.
- Attach slings, ropes, or cables to objects such as pipes, hoses, or bundles.
- Unclamp and hoist full reels from braiding, winding, or other fabricating machines, using power hoists.