Install parts, assemblies, or attachments in transportation or material handling equipment.

Install parts, assemblies, or attachments in transportation or material handling equipment. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 10 occupations and seen in 14 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Assemble equipment or components. 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 14 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.

• Seal outlet valves on tank cars, barges, and trucks. · Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Inspect cables or grappling devices for wear and install or replace cables, as needed. · Crane and Tower Operators · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Raise levers to couple and uncouple cars for makeup and breakup of trains. · Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Remove and replace tank car dome caps, or direct other workers in their removal and replacement. · Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Install motorcycle accessories. · Motorcycle Mechanics · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Install engine controls, propeller shafts, or propellers. · Ship Engineers · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Move, assemble, and connect hoses or nozzles to material hoppers, storage tanks, conveyor sections or chutes, and pumps. · Conveyor Operators and Tenders · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Install or remove special equipment, such as tire chains, grader blades, plow blades, or sanders. · Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Change water filters. · Wellhead Pumpers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Sell and install accessories, such as batteries, windshield wiper blades, fan belts, bulbs, or headlamps. · Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Join sections of conveyor frames at temporary working areas, and connect power units. · Conveyor Operators and Tenders · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Unload and assemble pipes and pumping equipment, using hand tools. · Wellhead Pumpers · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Disassemble and reassemble machines or equipment or remove and reattach vehicle parts or trim, using hand tools. · Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Fit boot spoilers, side skirts, or mud flaps to cars. · Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment · importance 2.8 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders
• Crane and Tower Operators
• Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers
• Motorcycle Mechanics
• Ship Engineers
• Conveyor Operators and Tenders
• Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
• Wellhead Pumpers
• Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
• Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment

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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