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Apply materials to fill gaps or imperfections

Work activity · O*NET

Apply materials to fill gaps or imperfections is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Handling and Moving Objects. 30 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.

  • Apply material to fill gaps in surfaces
  • Apply mortar
  • Fill cracks, imperfections, or holes in products or workpieces
  • Seal gaps or cracks to prevent leakage or moisture intrusion

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 94.2% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 23.1% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 76.9% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 37th 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
Tile and Stone Setters 4
Weatherization Installers and Technicians 3
Brickmasons and Blockmasons 2
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 2
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles 2
Glaziers 2
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters 2
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 2
Stonemasons 2
Tapers 2
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers 2
Carpenters 1
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 1
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1
Dental Laboratory Technicians 1
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 1
Etchers and Engravers 1
Furniture Finishers 1
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons 1
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic 1
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 1
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers 1
Paperhangers 1
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 1
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers 1
Rail Car Repairers 1
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians 1
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons 1
Tire Builders 1
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 29 occupations in occupations that perform Apply materials to fill gaps or imperfections.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers Tapers Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Brickmasons and Blockmasons Furniture Finishers Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Apply materials to fill gaps or imperfections., 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. "Apply materials to fill gaps or imperfections." 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/apply-materials-to-fill-gaps-or-imperfections

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Apply materials to fill gaps or imperfections. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/apply-materials-to-fill-gaps-or-imperfections

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-apply-materials-to-fill-gaps-or-imperfections,
  title  = {Apply materials to fill gaps or imperfections},
  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/apply-materials-to-fill-gaps-or-imperfections}
}

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