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O*NET detailed work activityInstall mechanical components in production equipment
Stays humanHands-on work
14 jobs14 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 Set up equipment, 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, 14 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Change press plates, blankets, or cylinders, as required.
- Install equipment such as guides, guards, gears, cooling equipment, and rolls, using hand tools.
- Install, level, and align components, such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, or needles, to set up machinery for operation.
- Install, level, and align machine components such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, or needles to set up machinery for operation.
- Select, install, and adjust machine components, including pressing forms, rollers, and guides, using hoists and hand tools.
- Install, level, and align machine components such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, or needles to set up machinery for operation.
- Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
- Install, level, and align components such as gears, chains, dies, cutters, and needles.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Mount, install, align, and secure tools, attachments, fixtures, and workpieces on machines, using hand tools and precision measuring instruments.
- Align, fit, assemble, connect, or install system components, using jigs, fixtures, measuring instruments, hand tools, or power tools.
- Install holding fixtures, cams, gears, and stops to control stock and tool movement, using hand tools, power tools, and measuring instruments.
- Install, maintain, or repair hoses, pumps, filters, or screens to maintain processing equipment, using hand tools.
- Assemble equipment, and attach pipes, fittings, or valves, using hand tools.
- Install or calibrate electrical or mechanical equipment, such as motors, engines, switchboards, relays, switch gears, meters, pumps, hydraulics, or flood channels.