Construct patterns, templates, or other work aids.

Construct patterns, templates, or other work aids. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 7 occupations and seen in 8 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Assemble products or work aids. 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 8 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).

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.

• Glue fillets along interior angles of patterns. · Patternmakers, Wood · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Trace outlines of paper onto cardboard patterns, and cut patterns into parts to make templates. · Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Make templates or cutting tools. · Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Assemble pattern sections, using hand tools, bolts, screws, rivets, glue, or welding equipment. · Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Design and prepare templates of wood, paper, or metal. · Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools. · Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Construct platforms, fixtures, and jigs for holding and placing patterns. · Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Fabricate work aids such as scrapers or templates. · Model Makers, Wood · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Patternmakers, Wood
• Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
• Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
• Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
• Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
• Model Makers, Wood

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
• “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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  title  = {Construct patterns, templates, or other work aids.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/construct-patterns-templates-or-other-work-aids}
}