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Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas

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, 19 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Transfer materials, supplies, or products between work areas, using moving equipment or hand tools.Stays human Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Transport materials, supplies, and finished products between storage and work areas, using forklifts.Stays human Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
• Move stock or scrap to and from machines manually, or by using carts, handtrucks, or lift trucks.Stays human Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Transfer finished products, raw materials, tools, or equipment between storage and work areas of plants and warehouses, by hand or using hand trucks or powered lift trucks.Stays human Helpers--Production Workers
• Place products on carts or conveyors to transfer them to the next stage of processing.Stays human Food Batchmakers
• Place products on conveyors or carts, and monitor product flow.Stays human Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
• Push racks or carts to transfer products to storage, cooling stations, or the next stage of processing.Stays human Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
• Transfer equipment, objects, or parts to specified work areas, using moving devices.Stays human Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
• Transport materials and products to and from work areas, manually or using carts, handtrucks, or hoists.Stays human Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
• Transfer components, metal products, or assemblies, using moving equipment.Stays human Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Move materials, supplies, components, and finished products between storage and work areas, using work aids such as racks, hoists, and handtrucks.Stays human Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Transfer materials, supplies, and products between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools.Stays human Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Transport metal ingots to storage areas, using forklifts.Stays human Pourers and Casters, Metal
• Obtain and move specified patterns to work stations, manually or using hoists, and secure patterns to machines, using wrenches.Stays human Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Transport items to work or storage areas, using carts.Stays human Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
• Remove articles such as cabinets, metal furniture, and paint containers from stripping tanks after prescribed periods of time.Stays human Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons
• Participate in nuclear fuel element handling activities, such as preparation, transfer, loading, or unloading.Stays human Nuclear Power Reactor Operators

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Load and unload equipment chambers and transport finished product to storage or to area for further processing.Stays human Semiconductor Processing Technicians
• Pack finished assemblies for shipment, and transport them to storage areas, using hoists or handtrucks.Stays human Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers