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Repair templates, patterns, or molds

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 workpieces or products, 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, 0 AI-assist, 5 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Repair broken or damaged patterns.Stays human Patternmakers, Wood
• Repair and rework templates and patterns.Stays human Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
• Repair mold defects, such as cracks or broken edges, using patterns, mold boxes, or hand tools.Stays human Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Repair and maintain metal forms and equipment, using hand tools, sledges, and bars.Stays human Pourers and Casters, Metal
• Repair or replace damaged molds, pipes, belts, chains, or other equipment, using hand tools, hand-powered presses, or jib cranes.Stays human Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic