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O*NET detailed work activityPackage products for storage or shipment
Stays humanHands-on work
11 jobs17 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 Package objects, 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, 17 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.
- Start machine by engaging controls.
- Package the product in the form in which it will be sent out, for example, filling bags with flour from a chute or spout.
- Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.
- Pack and store materials and products.
- Pack finished assemblies for shipment, and transport them to storage areas, using hoists or handtrucks.
- Adjust machine components and machine tension and pressure according to size or processing angle of product.
- Secure finished packaged items by hand tying, sewing, gluing, stapling, or attaching fastener.
- Tend or operate machine that packages product.
- Tie products in bundles for further processing or shipment, following prescribed procedures.
- Package finished products and prepare them for shipment.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Stack finished packaged items, or wrap protective material around each item, and pack the items in cartons or containers.
- Remove finished workpieces from machines and place them in boxes or on racks, setting aside pieces that are defective.
- Prepare finished books for shipping by wrapping or packing books and stacking boxes on pallets.
- Inspect and pack the final product.
- Unload finished products from conveyor belts, pack them in containers, and place containers in warehouses.
- Prepare hazardous, radioactive, or mixed waste samples for transportation or storage by treating, compacting, packaging, and labeling them.