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O*NET detailed work activityShape metal workpieces with hammers or other small hand tools
Stays humanHands-on work
9 jobs9 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 Shape materials to create products, 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
- Cut, shape, and trim materials, such as textiles, food, glass, stone, and metal, using knives, scissors, and other hand tools, portable power tools, or bench-mounted tools.
- Cut, shape, and form metal parts, using lathes, power saws, snips, power brakes and shears, files, and mallets.
- Hammer, chip, and grind workpieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
- Soften metal to be used in designs by heating it with a gas torch and shape it, using hammers and dies.
- Cut, shape, and trim blanks or blocks to specified lengths or shapes, using power saws, power shears, rules, and hand tools.
- Hammer out bulges or bends in metal workpieces.
- Shape and solder wire and metal frames or bands for dental products, using soldering irons and hand tools.
- Straighten workpieces and remove dents, using straightening presses and hammers.
- Cut grooves, bevels, or miters, saw curved or irregular designs, and sever or shape metals, according to specifications or work orders.