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Position tools or equipment

Work activity · O*NET

Position tools or equipment is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Handling and Moving Objects. 48 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.

  • Position construction or extraction equipment
  • Position material handling equipment
  • Position equipment using hand tools, power tools, or heavy equipment
  • Position safety or support equipment
  • Position construction forms or molds
  • Position patterns on equipment, materials, or workpieces
  • Position containers to receive materials or workpieces
  • Level machines or equipment

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 97.8% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 13.2% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 74.5% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 47th 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
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters 3
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining 3
Millwrights 3
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 3
Carpenters 2
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 2
Continuous Mining Machine Operators 2
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas 2
Fishing and Hunting Workers 2
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 2
Home Appliance Repairers 2
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers 2
Roof Bolters, Mining 2
Construction Laborers 1
Conveyor Operators and Tenders 1
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders 1
Crossing Guards and Flaggers 1
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand 1
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas 1
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers 1
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers 1
Foundry Mold and Coremakers 1
Helpers--Carpenters 1
Helpers--Electricians 1
Hoist and Winch Operators 1
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 1
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers 1
Lighting Technicians 1
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 1
Mechanical Door Repairers 1
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic 1
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians 1
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 1
Pipelayers 1
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers 1
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers 1
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas 1
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 1
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1

Showing 40 of 48 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 39 occupations in occupations that perform Position tools or equipment.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Foundry Mold and Coremakers Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers Helpers--Carpenters Roof Bolters, Mining Continuous Mining Machine Operators Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining Pipelayers Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers Crossing Guards and Flaggers Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Position tools or equipment., 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. "Position tools or equipment." 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/position-tools-or-equipment

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Position tools or equipment. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/position-tools-or-equipment

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-position-tools-or-equipment,
  title  = {Position tools or equipment},
  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/position-tools-or-equipment}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.