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Remove debris or damaged materials

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 Dispose of waste or debris, 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, 7 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Stop equipment or machinery and clear jams, using poles, bars, and hand tools, or remove damaged materials from conveyors.Stays human Conveyor Operators and Tenders
• Dispose of damaged or defective items, or return them to vendors.Stays human Stockers and Order Fillers
• Remove completed or defective products or materials, placing them on moving equipment, such as conveyors, or in specified areas, such as loading docks.Stays human Packers and Packagers, Hand
• Remove debris from loaded trailers.Stays human Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Pry off loose material from roofs and move it into the paths of machines, using crowbars.Stays human Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
• Sweep, shovel, or vacuum loose debris or salvageable scrap into containers and remove containers from work areas.Stays human Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
• Catch hot rivets in buckets and insert rivets in holes, using tongs.Stays human Structural Iron and Steel Workers