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Prepare excavation or extraction sites for commissioning or decommissioning

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 Prepare industrial materials for processing or use, 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, 5 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Clean and prepare sites for excavation or boring.Stays human Helpers--Extraction Workers
• Disinfect, reconstruct, and redevelop contaminated wells and water pumping systems, and clean and disinfect new wells in preparation for use.Stays human Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
• Close and seal wells no longer in use.Stays human Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas
• Plug observation wells, and restore sites.Stays human Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Lower and explode charges in boreholes to start flow of oil from wells.Stays human Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas