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Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance

Work activity · O*NET

Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Handling and Moving Objects. 148 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Adjust equipment to ensure optimal performance
  • Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment
  • Set equipment controls to meet cutting specifications
  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products
  • Calibrate scientific or technical equipment
  • Adjust vehicle components according to specifications
  • Adjust settings or positions of medical equipment
  • Adjust equipment controls to regulate coolant flow

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 97.3% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 23.2% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 69.6% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 70th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners 9
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 8
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders 6
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers 6
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 5
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders 5
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 5
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 4
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 4
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 4
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 4
Medical Dosimetrists 4
Pourers and Casters, Metal 4
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 4
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 4
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders 3
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 3
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 3
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 3
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 3
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers 3
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 3
Geothermal Technicians 3
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 3
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 3
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer 3
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 3
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 3
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers 2
Bakers 2
Bicycle Repairers 2
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers 2
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 2
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers 2
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 2
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 2
Etchers and Engravers 2
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 2
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders 2

Showing 40 of 148 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that perform Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Pourers and Casters, Metal Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers Bakers Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers Medical Dosimetrists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/adjust-equipment-to-ensure-adequate-performance

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/adjust-equipment-to-ensure-adequate-performance

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-adjust-equipment-to-ensure-adequate-performance,
  title  = {Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/adjust-equipment-to-ensure-adequate-performance}
}

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