Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.

Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 25 occupations and seen in 31 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance. in Handling and Moving Objects .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 31 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 0 (0%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.002% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Set oven temperatures, and place items into hot ovens for baking. · Bakers · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Read temperature gauges and observe color changes, adjusting furnace flames, torches, or electrical heating units as necessary to melt metal to specifications. · Pourers and Casters, Metal · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Adjust controls to maintain temperatures and heating times, using thermal instruments and charts, dials and gauges of furnaces, and color of stock in furnaces to make setting determinations. · Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Adjust controls to regulate temperature, pressure, feed, or flow of liquids or gases and times of prescribed reactions, according to knowledge of equipment and processes. · Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Set temperature and time controls, light ovens, burners, driers, or roasters, and start equipment, such as conveyors, cylinders, blowers, driers, or pumps. · Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients. · Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Start machines, and turn valves or move controls to feed, admit, apply, or transfer materials and adhesives, and to adjust temperature, pressure, and time settings. · Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Observe air and temperature gauges or metal color and fluidity, and turn fuel valves or adjust controls to maintain required temperatures. · Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Observe color of products being baked, and adjust oven temperatures, humidity, or conveyor speeds accordingly. · Bakers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Observe gauges and thermometers to determine if the mixing chamber temperature is within specified limits, and turn valves to control the temperature. · Food Batchmakers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Adjust equipment controls to maintain specified heat, tension, and speed. · Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Set temperature, pressure, and time controls, and start conveyers, machines, or pumps. · Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Set, adjust, and readjust computerized or mechanical equipment controls to regulate power level, temperature, vacuum, and rotation speed of furnace, according to crystal growing specifications. · Semiconductor Processing Technicians · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Regulate machine flow, speed, or temperature. · Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion. · Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Set up or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, or pressure. · Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Press and adjust controls to activate, set, and regulate equipment according to specifications. · Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Set up and adjust machine press stroke lengths and pressures and regulate oven temperatures, according to glass types to be processed. · Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Turn valves and dials of machines to regulate pressure, temperature, and speed and feed rates, and to set cycle times. · Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Start machinery, such as pumps, feeders, or conveyors, and turn valves to heat, admit, or transfer products, refrigerants, or mixes. · Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Start machines and move controls to regulate tension on pressure rolls, to synchronize speed of machine components, and to adjust temperatures of glue or paraffin. · Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Reduce heat when processing is complete to allow parts to cool in furnaces or machinery. · Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Set controls to regulate temperature and length of cycles, and start conveyors, pumps, agitators, and machines. · Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Activate and adjust machine controls to regulate temperature and pressure of rollers, ironing shoes, or plates, according to specifications. · Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Turn dials, handwheels, valves, or switches to regulate conveyor speeds, machine temperature, air pressure and circulation, and the flow or spray of coatings or paints. · Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Melt or refine metal before casting, calculating required temperatures, and observe metal color, adjusting controls as necessary to maintain required temperatures. · Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Set the proper operating temperature for each casting. · Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Operate and adjust controls of heating equipment to melt material or to cure, dry, or bake filled molds. · Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Set pyrometer controls of heat-treating furnaces and feed or place parts, tools, or assemblies into furnaces to harden. · Tool and Die Makers · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
• Adjust controls on infrared ovens, heat lamps, portable ventilators, or exhaust units to speed the drying of surfaces between coats. · Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · no direct exposure
• Place corpses into crematory machines to reduce remains to bone fragments using flame, heat, or alkaline hydrolysis. · Crematory Operators · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Bakers
• Pourers and Casters, Metal
• Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
• Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
• Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
• Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
• Food Batchmakers
• Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
• Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
• Semiconductor Processing Technicians
• Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
• Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
• Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
• Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
• Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
• Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Tool and Die Makers
• Crematory Operators

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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