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O*NET detailed work activityPosition patterns on equipment, materials, or workpieces
Stays humanHands-on work
7 jobs7 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, 7 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Position and cut out master or sample patterns, using scissors and knives, or print out copies of patterns, using computers.
- Position patterns inside mold sections, and clamp sections together.
- Draw patterns, using measurements, designs, plaster casts, or customer specifications, and position or outline patterns on work pieces.
- Position and mark patterns on materials to prepare for sewing.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Position templates or measure materials to locate specified points of cuts or to obtain maximum yields, using rules, scales, or patterns.
- Place patterns on top of layers of fabric and cut fabric following patterns, using electric or manual knives, cutters, or computer numerically controlled cutting devices.
- Position patterns of garment parts on fabric, and cut fabric along outlines, using scissors.