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O*NET detailed work activityConnect cables or electrical lines
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 Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools, 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
- Handle high voltage sources and hang electrical cables.
- Couple or uncouple trailers by changing trailer jack positions, connecting or disconnecting air or electrical lines, or manipulating fifth-wheel locks.
- Attach, fasten, and disconnect cables or lines to loads, materials, and equipment, using hand tools.
- Connect ground cables to carry off static electricity when unloading tanker cars.
- Attach onboard diagnostics (OBD) scanner cables to vehicles to conduct emissions inspections.
- Swage fittings onto cables, using swaging machines.
- Join sections of conveyor frames at temporary working areas, and connect power units.
- Connect electrical equipment to power sources so that it can be tested before use.