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Enter commands, instructions, or specifications into equipment

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 Program computer systems or production equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Working with Computers. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 14 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Enter, store, and retrieve information on computer-aided equipment.Stays human Prepress Technicians and Workers
• Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced.Stays human Prepress Technicians and Workers
• Type instructions on computer keyboards, push buttons to activate computer programs, or manually set cutting guides, clamps, and knives.Stays human Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Implement changes to machine programs, and enter new specifications, using computers.Stays human Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
• Enter computer commands to store or retrieve parts patterns, graphic displays, or programs that transfer data to other media.Stays human Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
• Transfer commands from servers to computer numerical control (CNC) modules, using computer network links.Stays human Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
• Insert control instructions into machine control units to start operation.Stays human Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
• Input production job settings into workstation terminals that control automated printing systems.Stays human Printing Press Operators
• Manipulate valves, switches, and buttons, or key commands into control panels to start semiconductor processing cycles.Stays human Semiconductor Processing Technicians
• Turn and press knobs and buttons or enter operating instructions into computers to adjust and start welding machines.Stays human Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Input initial part dimensions into machine control panels.Stays human Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
• Key in processing instructions to program electronic equipment.Stays human Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
• Enter commands or load control media, such as tapes, cards, or disks, into machine controllers to retrieve programmed instructions.Stays human Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
• Enter coordinates of hole locations into program memories by depressing pedals or buttons of programmers.Stays human Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers