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O*NET detailed work activityOperate vehicles or material-moving equipment
Stays humanHands-on work
18 jobs22 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 Operate transportation equipment or vehicles, under the O*NET work activity group Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 22 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Drive loaded shuttle cars to ramps and move controls to discharge loads into mine cars or onto conveyors.
- Drive trucks to deliver such items as food, medical supplies, or newspapers.
- Walk or drive vehicles along established routes to take readings of meter dials.
- Maneuver trucks into loading or unloading positions, following signals from loading crew and checking that vehicle and loading equipment are properly positioned.
- Walk, ride bicycles, drive vehicles, or use public conveyances to reach destinations to deliver messages or materials.
- Drive trucks with capacities greater than 13 tons, including tractor-trailer combinations, to transport and deliver products, livestock, or other materials.
- Drive trucks, following established routes, through residential streets or alleys or through business or industrial areas.
- Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
- Crank trailer landing gear up or down to safely secure vehicles.
- Operate industrial trucks, tractors, loaders, and other equipment to transport materials to and from transportation vehicles and loading docks, and to store and retrieve materials in warehouses.
- Drive trucks to weigh stations before and after loading and along routes in compliance with state regulations.
- Drive vehicles with capacities under three tons to transport materials to and from specified destinations, such as railroad stations, plants, residences, offices, or within industrial yards.
- Drive vehicles or operate machines or equipment to complete work assignments or to assist workers.
- Open and close school bus doors for students.
- Operate and maintain mobile dispatch vehicles and equipment.
- Travel to post offices to pick up the mail for routes or pick up mail from postal relay boxes.
- Operate fork lifts, skid loaders, or trucks to move or store recyclable materials.
- Move containers of mail, using equipment, such as forklifts and automated "trains".
- Route received goods to first available flight or to appropriate storage areas or departments, using forklifts, hand trucks, or other equipment.
- Turn valves and open chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers.
- Operate, drive, or explain the use of mechanical equipment in amusement parks, cruise ships, or other recreational facilities.