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O*NET detailed work activityLubricate production equipment
Stays humanHands-on work
26 jobs26 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 Maintain tools or equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 26 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Perform basic maintenance, such as cleaning and lubricating machine parts.
- Clean, lubricate, maintain, and adjust equipment to maintain efficient operation, using air hoses, cleaning fluids, and hand tools.
- Clean, lubricate, or maintain equipment, such as generators, turbines, pumps, or compressors, to prevent failure or deterioration.
- Maintain, repair, and lubricate equipment, using hand tools and power tools.
- Make minor repairs, lubricate, and maintain equipment, using hand tools.
- Change oil, hydraulic fluid, or other lubricants to maintain condition of hydroelectric plant equipment.
- Grease or oil woodworking machines.
- Perform equipment maintenance, such as cleaning tanks and lubricating moving parts of conveyors.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Clean, oil, and make minor adjustments or repairs to machinery and equipment, such as opening valves or setting guides.
- Perform minor machine maintenance, such as oiling or cleaning machines, dies, or workpieces, or adding coolant to machine reservoirs.
- Lubricate, clean, or make minor repairs to machine parts to keep machines in working condition.
- Clean or oil presses or make minor repairs, using hand tools.
- Clean and lubricate boilers and auxiliary equipment and make minor adjustments as needed, using hand tools.
- Clean and lubricate machines.
- Inspect pipelines, tightening connections and lubricating valves as necessary.
- Clean, oil, and lubricate machines, using air hoses, cleaning solutions, rags, oil cans, or grease guns.
- Clean machine filters, and lubricate equipment.
- Perform maintenance work such as cleaning and oiling machines.
- Clean and lubricate cutting machines, conveyors, blades, saws, or knives, using steam hoses, scrapers, brushes, or oil cans.
- Clean, oil, and lubricate machines, using air hoses, cleaning solutions, rags, oilcans, and grease guns.
- Clean, inspect, or lubricate recyclable collection equipment or perform routine maintenance or minor repairs on recycling equipment, such as star gears, finger sorters, destoners, belts, and grinders.
- Lubricate or clean machines, using wrenches, grease guns, or solvents.
- Adjust, clean, and lubricate mechanical parts of machines, using hand tools and grease guns.
- Clean, lubricate, and adjust equipment, using scrapers, solvents, air hoses, oil, and hand tools.
- Clean and lubricate equipment.
- Clean, oil, and lubricate machines, using air hoses, cleaning solutions, rags, oilcans, and grease guns.