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O*NET detailed work activityMove large objects using heavy equipment
Stays humanHands-on work
8 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 Move materials, equipment, or supplies, under the O*NET work activity group Performing General Physical Activities. 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
- Move and set up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks.
- Operate lifts, winches, or chain falls to move heavy curtain doors.
- Drive trucks to haul tools and equipment for on-site repair of large machinery.
- Transport equipment to work sites, using utility trucks and equipment trailers.
- Remove or install aircraft engines, using hoists or forklift trucks.
- Use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, trenchers, or cable plows.
- Transfer clay structures to curing ovens, melting tanks, and drawing kilns, using forklifts.
- Operate equipment, such as excavators, backhoes, rock hammers, trench compactors, pavement saws, grout mixers or pumps, geothermal loop reels, and coil tubing units (CTU).