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O*NET detailed work activityRepair production equipment or tools
Stays humanHands-on work
29 jobs32 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 Repair tools or equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 31 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Maintain and repair equipment, or report malfunctioning equipment to supervisors so that repairs can be scheduled.
- Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment.
- Repair and maintain equipment, objects, or parts, using hand tools.
- Perform or arrange for repairs, such as complete overhauls, replacement of defective valves, gaskets, or bearings, or fabrication of new parts.
- Make adjustments or minor repairs, such as tightening leaking gland or pipe joints.
- Provide assistance to plumbers in repairing or replacing water, sewer, or waste lines, and in daily maintenance activities.
- Perform machine maintenance, such as cleaning and oiling equipment, and repair or replace worn or defective parts.
- Service or repair machinery used in the fabrication of appliances.
- Defrost frozen valves, using steam hoses.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Clean, oil, and make minor adjustments or repairs to machinery and equipment, such as opening valves or setting guides.
- Lubricate, clean, or make minor repairs to machine parts to keep machines in working condition.
- Install, maintain, or repair hoses, pumps, filters, or screens to maintain processing equipment, using hand tools.
- Repair or replace machine parts, using hand tools, or notify engineering personnel when corrective action is required.
- Repair or replace damaged equipment.
- Repair or replace worn or defective needles and other components, using hand tools.
- Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, using hand tools, or request that repair and maintenance work be performed.
- Make minor electrical and mechanical repairs and adjustments to machines and notify supervisors when major service is required.
- Maintain, repair, and lubricate equipment, using hand tools and power tools.
- Clean, maintain, calibrate, or repair measuring instruments or test equipment, such as dial indicators, fixed gauges, or height gauges.
- Maintain, adjust, and clean equipment, and perform minor repairs.
- Clean, inspect, or lubricate recyclable collection equipment or perform routine maintenance or minor repairs on recycling equipment, such as star gears, finger sorters, destoners, belts, and grinders.
- Make minor repairs, lubricate, and maintain equipment, using hand tools.
- Repair or replace worn or defective parts or components, using hand tools.
- Adjust, clean, or repair products or processing equipment to correct defects found during inspections.
- Test and repair or replace electrical equipment, such as circuit breakers, station batteries, cable trays, conduits, or control devices.
- Repair or replace worn or defective parts or components, using hand tools.
- Repair, maintain, and replace parts on dies.
- Repair, replace, and maintain furnace equipment as needed, using hand tools.
- Disassemble and assemble motors, and repair and maintain electrical components and machinery parts, using hand tools.
- Perform minor repairs to machines, such as replacing damaged or worn parts.
- Repair broken scrolls by replacing them with new sections of tubing.
- Perform offshore oil or gas exploration or extraction duties, such as conducting underwater surveys or repairing and maintaining drilling rigs or platforms.