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O*NET detailed work activityTrim excess material from installations
Stays humanHands-on work
4 jobs5 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 Cut materials, 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, 5 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Trim excess covering materials, tack edges, and join sections of covering material to form tight joint.
- Trim rough edges from wallboard to maintain even joints, using knives.
- Pack spaces between moldings and glass with glazing compounds and trim excess material with glazing knives.
- Trim excess material at ceilings or baseboards, using knives.
- Trim rough edges from strips, using straightedges and trimming knives.