Lift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment.

Lift materials or workpieces using cranes or other lifting equipment. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 12 occupations and seen in 15 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Operate lifting or moving equipment. in Controlling Machines and Processes .

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 15 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.

• Move and position workpieces, such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signal others to move workpieces. · Foundry Mold and Coremakers · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Pour, dump, or load prescribed quantities of ingredients or products into cooking equipment, manually or using a hoist. · Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Lift workpieces onto work tables either manually or with hoists or direct crane operators to lift and position workpieces. · Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes. · Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Lift workpieces to machines manually or with hoists or cranes. · Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Lift and position workpieces in relation to surface plates, manually or with hoists, and using parallel blocks and angle plates. · Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Lift and move loads, using cranes, hoists, and rigging, to install or repair hydroelectric system equipment or infrastructure. · Hydroelectric Plant Technicians · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes. · Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Lift, position, and secure machined parts on surface plates or worktables, using hoists, vises, v-blocks, or angle plates. · Tool and Die Makers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Lift and position workpieces, manually or with hoists, and secure them in hoppers or on machine tables, faceplates, or chucks, using clamps. · Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Mount rolls of cloth on machines, using hoists, or place textile goods in machines or pieces of equipment. · Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Lift raw materials, finished products, and packed items, manually or using hoists. · Helpers--Production Workers · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Lift metal stock or workpieces manually or using hoists, and position and secure them in machines, using fasteners and hand tools. · Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Unclamp and hoist full reels from braiding, winding, or other fabricating machines, using power hoists. · Helpers--Production Workers · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Attach slings, ropes, or cables to objects such as pipes, hoses, or bundles. · Helpers--Production Workers · importance 3.4 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Foundry Mold and Coremakers
• Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
• Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
• Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
• Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
• Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
• Tool and Die Makers
• Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
• Helpers--Production Workers
• Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

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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