Fill cracks, imperfections, or holes in products or workpieces.

Fill cracks, imperfections, or holes in products or workpieces. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 8 occupations and seen in 8 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Apply materials to fill gaps or imperfections. 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.

• Fill cuts and holes in tires, using hot rubber. · Tire Builders · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Fill and smooth cracks or depressions, remove marks and imperfections, and repair broken parts, using plastic or wood putty, glue, nails, or screws. · Furniture Finishers · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Conceal blemishes in workpieces, such as nicks and dents, using fillers such as putty. · Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Fill chipped or low spots in surfaces of devices, using acrylic resins. · Dental Laboratory Technicians · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Patch broken edges or fractures, using clay or plaster. · Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Smooth and clean inner surfaces of molds, using brushes, scrapers, air hoses, or grinding wheels, and fill imperfections with refractory material. · Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
• Fill etched characters with opaque paste to improve readability. · Etchers and Engravers · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Fill small dents or scratches with body fillers and smooth surfaces to prepare for painting. · Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Tire Builders
• Furniture Finishers
• Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers
• Dental Laboratory Technicians
• Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
• Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Etchers and Engravers
• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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  = {Fill cracks, imperfections, or holes in products or workpieces.},
  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/fill-cracks-imperfections-or-holes-in-products-or-workpieces}
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