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Cut materials according to specifications or needs.

Detailed work activity

Cut materials according to specifications or needs. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 16 occupations and seen in 21 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Cut materials. 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 20 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.

Occupations that perform this

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 16 occupations in occupations that perform Cut materials according to specifications or needs.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons Locksmiths and Safe Repairers Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers Sewers, Hand Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians Industrial Machinery Mechanics Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Cut materials according to specifications or needs., 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.

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Plain

Singulariki. "Cut materials according to specifications or needs.." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/cut-materials-according-to-specifications-or-needs

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Cut materials according to specifications or needs.. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/cut-materials-according-to-specifications-or-needs

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-cut-materials-according-to-specifications-or-needs,
  title  = {Cut materials according to specifications or needs.},
  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/cut-materials-according-to-specifications-or-needs}
}

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