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Install production equipment or systems

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 Install commercial or production 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, 1 AI-assist, 5 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• 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
• Lay gas and oil pipelines.Stays human Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
• Design, install, or troubleshoot manufacturing equipment.Stays human Manufacturing Engineers
• Install new robotic systems in stationary positions or on tracks.Stays human Robotics Technicians

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Install, calibrate, operate, or maintain robots.Stays human Robotics Engineers
• Select or install combined heat units, power units, cogeneration equipment, or trigeneration equipment that reduces energy use or pollution.AI-assist Mechanical Engineers