Home / Tasks / Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment
In 4 of the 36 jobs that do this, AI or robots already show up on it, most often as robots doing it. In the other 32, there's no evidence yet. Jobs spend a median of 24m of an 8-hour shift on it, and about 2.8 million U.S. workers hold these jobs.
32No evidence yet
4Robots
Every job that does this
Each job words the task its own way. Minutes are that job's estimate for a typical shift; the label is the evidence for that job's version.
| Job and its version of the task | Per shift | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| UpholsterersFit, install, and secure material on frames, using hand tools, power tools, glue, cement, or staples. | 1h 34m | No evidence yet |
| Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticPosition and secure workpieces on machines, using holding devices, measuring instruments, hand tools, and hoists. | 1h 6m | No evidence yet |
| Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticPosition, adjust, and secure stock material or workpieces against stops, on arbors, or in chucks, fixtures, or automatic feeding mechanisms, manually or using hoists. | 1h 4m | No evidence yet |
| Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticPosition and secure workpieces on tables, using bolts, jigs, clamps, shims, or other holding devices. | 56m | No evidence yet |
| Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticLift metal stock or workpieces manually or using hoists, and position and secure them in machines, using fasteners and hand tools. | 47m | No evidence yet |
| Ophthalmic Laboratory TechniciansMount and secure lens blanks or optical lenses in holding tools or chucks of cutting, polishing, grinding, or coating machines. | 47m | No evidence yet |
| Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and TendersMount or load material such as paper, plastic, wood, or rubber in feeding mechanisms of cementing or gluing machines. | 43m | No evidence yet |
| Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticLift and position workpieces, manually or with hoists, and secure them in hoppers or on machine tables, faceplates, or chucks, using clamps. | 42m | No evidence yet |
| Computer Numerically Controlled Tool OperatorsMount, install, align, and secure tools, attachments, fixtures, and workpieces on machines, using hand tools and precision measuring instruments. | 41m | No evidence yet |
| Gem and Diamond WorkersSecure gems or diamonds in holders, chucks, dops, lapidary sticks, or blocks for cutting, polishing, grinding, drilling, or shaping. | 40m | No evidence yet |
| Sewing Machine OperatorsPosition items under needles, using marks on machines, clamps, templates, or cloth as guides. | 39m | No evidence yet |
| Hand Cutters and TrimmersUnroll, lay out, attach, or mount materials or items on cutting tables or machines. | 37m | No evidence yet |
| Shoe Machine Operators and TendersCollect shoe parts from conveyer belts or racks and place them in machinery such as ovens or on molds for dressing, returning them to conveyers or racks to send them to the next work station. | 31m | Robots |
| Grinding and Polishing Workers, HandLoad and adjust workpieces onto equipment or work tables, using hand tools. | 30m | No evidence yet |
| Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticPosition, align, and secure workpieces against fixtures or stops on machine beds or on dies. | 30m | No evidence yet |
| Structural Metal Fabricators and FittersPosition or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting. | 29m | No evidence yet |
| Etchers and EngraversPosition and clamp workpieces, plates, or rollers in holding fixtures. | 28m | No evidence yet |
| Automotive Body and Related RepairersChain or clamp frames and sections to alignment machines that use hydraulic pressure to align damaged components. | 24m | No evidence yet |
| Printing Press OperatorsSecure printing plates to printing units and adjust tolerances. | 24m | No evidence yet |
| Semiconductor Processing TechniciansPlace semiconductor wafers in processing containers or equipment holders, using vacuum wand or tweezers. | 24m | No evidence yet |
| Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, WoodPosition and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, or wrenches. | 23m | No evidence yet |
| Tire BuildersPlace tires into molds for new tread. | 19m | No evidence yet |
| Tool and Die MakersLift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates. | 18m | No evidence yet |
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersPosition and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools. | 18m | No evidence yet |
| Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersPlace bobbins on spindles and insert spindles into bobbin-winding machines. | 18m | Robots |
| Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersSecure woodstock against a guide or in a holding device, place woodstock on a conveyor, or dump woodstock in a hopper to feed woodstock into machines. | 18m | No evidence yet |
| Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticPosition objects to be plated in frames, or suspend them from positive or negative terminals of power supplies. | 17m | No evidence yet |
| Shoe and Leather Workers and RepairersPlace shoes on lasts to remove soles and heels, using knives or pliers. | 13m | No evidence yet |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersPosition products, components, or parts for testing. | 12m | Robots |
| Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticPosition and secure workpieces on machines, and start feeding mechanisms. | 12m | No evidence yet |
| Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticMount workpieces in fixtures, on arbors, or between centers of machines. | 12m | Robots |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersSpread soiled articles on work tables, and position stained portions over vacuum heads or on marble slabs. | 7m | No evidence yet |
| Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and FinishersPlace rubber hoses on ends of tubing and charge tubing with gas. | 6m | No evidence yet |
| Tool Grinders, Filers, and SharpenersAttach workpieces to grinding machines and form specified sections and repair cracks, using welding or brazing equipment. | 6m | No evidence yet |
| Print Binding and Finishing WorkersInsert book bodies in devices that form back edges of books into convex shapes and produce grooves that facilitate cover attachment. | 6m | No evidence yet |
| Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine OperatorsSplice broken or separated film and mount film on reels. | under 1m | No evidence yet |
How to read this
This task type comes from O*NET's detailed work activities, which link similar tasks across jobs. A label applies to one job's version of the task: AI use comes from real AI conversations (Anthropic Economic Index) and robot evidence from deployments in real workplaces. "No evidence yet" may just mean the task is rare in the data. How we keep time.
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