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Position safety or support equipment

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, 9 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Hang ventilation tubing and ventilation curtains to ensure that the mining face area is kept properly ventilated.Stays human Continuous Mining Machine Operators
• Place safety cones around blast areas to alert other workers of danger zones, and signal workers as necessary to ensure that they clear blast sites prior to explosions.Stays human Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
• Position safety jacks to support underground mine roofs until bolts can be installed.Stays human Roof Bolters, Mining
• Place blocks under rebar to hold the bars off the deck when reinforcing floors.Stays human Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
• Place blocks under reinforcing bars used to reinforce floors.Stays human Structural Iron and Steel Workers
• Distribute traffic control signs and markers at designated points.Stays human Crossing Guards and Flaggers

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Set up scaffolding or cranes to assist with setting up of lighting equipment.Stays human Lighting Technicians
• Dig or direct digging of post holes and set poles to support structures.Stays human Carpenters
• Position and fasten edges of tarpaulins over building, and tape vents to ensure air-tight environment and to check for leaks.Stays human Pest Control Workers