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O*NET detailed work activityPosition equipment using hand tools, power tools, or heavy equipment
Stays humanHands-on work
9 jobs10 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 Position tools or equipment, 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, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Set doors into place or stack hardware sections into openings after rail or track installation.
- Mount motors to boats, and operate boats at various speeds on waterways to conduct operational tests.
- Position vehicles, machinery, equipment, physical structures, and other objects for assembly or installation, using hand tools, power tools, and moving equipment.
- Locate and mark drilling or cutting positions on stones or dies, using diamond chips and power hand tools.
- Position steel beams to support bedplates of machines and equipment, using blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures.
- Mount equipment on transmission towers and in vehicles such as ships or ambulances.
- Install and set up medical equipment, using hand tools.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Insert shims, adjust tension on nuts and bolts, or position parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.
- Mount and fasten control panels, door and window contacts, sensors, or video cameras, and attach electrical and telephone wiring to connect components.
- Remove engines from equipment, and position and bolt engines to repair stands.