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Fabricate devices or components

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 Fabricate devices or components, 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, 5 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Fabricate devices, such as optoelectronic or semiconductor devices.Stays human Photonics Technicians

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Fabricate and install parts and systems to be tested in test equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and test instruments.Stays human Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
• Fabricate or assemble mechanical, electrical, or electronic components or assemblies.Stays human Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
• Devise, fabricate, or assemble new or modified mechanical components for products such as industrial machinery or equipment, and measuring instruments.Stays human Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Analyze, fabricate, or test fiber-optic links.Stays human Photonics Engineers
• Design and build safety equipment.AI-assist Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors