Home › Work activities › Position construction or extraction equipment
O*NET detailed work activityPosition construction or extraction equipment
Stays humanHands-on work
8 jobs13 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 Position tools or 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, 13 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Position bolting machines, and insert drill bits into chucks.
- Reposition machines to make additional holes or cuts.
- Take actions to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, or falling objects.
- Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
- Assemble and position machines, augers, casing pipes, and other equipment, using hand and power tools.
- Align machines, cutterheads, or depth gauge makers with reference stakes and guidelines or ground or position equipment, following hand signals of other workers.
- Position and align derrick elements, using harnesses and platform climbing devices.
- Place and install screens, casings, pumps, and other well fixtures to develop wells.
- Position and prepare truck-mounted derricks at drilling areas specified on field maps.
- Raise, lower, or position equipment, tools, and materials, using hoist, hand line, or block and tackle.
- Lower perforating guns into wells, using hoists; then use measuring devices and instrument panels to position guns in correct positions for taking samples.