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Set equipment guides, stops, spacers, or other fixtures

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 Set up 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, 16 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Set and verify parts clearances.Stays human Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
• Set distance points between rolls, guides, meters, and stops, according to specifications.Stays human Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Position guides, stops, holding blocks, or other fixtures to secure and direct workpieces, using hand tools and measuring devices.Stays human Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Set up and maintain master key systems.Stays human Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
• Adjust bolts, clamps, stops, guides, or table angles or heights, using hand tools.Stays human Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
• Adjust guide assemblies, forming bars, and folding mechanisms according to specifications, using hand tools.Stays human Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Set machine stops or guides to specified lengths as indicated by scales, rules, or templates.Stays human Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Set stops on machine beds, change dies, and adjust components, such as rams or power presses, when making multiple or successive passes.Stays human Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Select, align, and bolt positioning fixtures, stops, and specified dies to rams and anvils, forging rolls, or presses and hammers.Stays human Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Slide spacers between buffs on spindles to set spacing.Stays human Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Adjust air cylinders and setting stops to set traverse lengths and feed arm strokes.Stays human Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Adjust equipment and workpiece holding fixtures, such as mold frames, tubs, and cutting tables, to ensure proper functioning.Stays human Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Measure and set stops, rolls, brushes, and guides on automatic feeders and conveying equipment or coating machines, using micrometers, rules, and hand tools.Stays human Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Position materials such as cloth garments, felt, or straw on tables, dies, or feeding mechanisms of pressing machines, or on ironing boards or work tables.Stays human Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
• Attach and adjust guides, stops, clamps, chucks, or feed mechanisms, using hand tools.Stays human Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
• Position width gauge blocks between blades, and level blades and insert wedges into frames to secure blades to frames.Stays human Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders