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O*NET detailed work activityBreak up rock, asphalt, or concrete
Stays humanHands-on work
8 jobs10 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 Operate construction or excavation equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Controlling Machines and Processes. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Pull down loose rock that cannot be supported.
- Remove pieces of stone from larger masses, using jackhammers, wedges, and other tools.
- Insert wedges and feathers into holes, and drive wedges with sledgehammers to split stone sections from masses.
- Drill holes along outlines, using jackhammers.
- Cut or break up pavement and drive guardrail posts, using machines equipped with interchangeable hammers.
- Operate jackhammers or drills to break up concrete or pavement.
- Break up concrete, using airhammer, to facilitate installation, construction, or repair of equipment.
- Break asphalt and other pavement so that pipes can be accessed, using airhammers, picks, and shovels.