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Position raw materials on processing or production equipment

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 workpieces or materials on 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 balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels.Stays human Potters, Manufacturing
• Position stock along cutting lines, or against stops on beds of scoring or cutting machines.Stays human Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Place sensitized paper in frames of projection printers, photostats, or other reproduction machines.Stays human Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
• Smooth out products in bins, pans, trays, or conveyors, using rakes or shovels.Stays human Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
• Position stock in furnaces, using tongs, chain hoists, or pry bars.Stays human Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Place stones in clamps on polishing machines and polish facets of stones, using felt-covered or canvas-covered polishing wheels and polishing compounds such as tripoli and rouge.Stays human Gem and Diamond Workers
• Position and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, or wrenches.Stays human Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood