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Adjust office equipment to ensure proper operation

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 Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance, 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, 1 AI-assist, 4 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Set up and adjust machines, regulating factors such as speed, ink flow, focus, and number of copies.Stays human Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
• Adjust guides, rollers, loose card inserters, weighing machines, and tying arms, using rules and hand tools.Stays human Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
• Move heat units and clamping frames over screen beds to form Braille impressions on pages, raising frames to release individual copies.Stays human Office Machine Operators, Except Computer

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Monitor machine operation, and make adjustments as necessary to ensure proper operation.Stays human Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
• Test and adjust communication and alarm systems, and report malfunctions to maintenance units.AI-assist Public Safety Telecommunicators