Position patterns on equipment, materials, or workpieces.

Position patterns on equipment, materials, or workpieces. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 7 occupations and seen in 7 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Position tools or equipment. 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 7 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 2 (29%) 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.

• Position patterns inside mold sections, and clamp sections together. · Foundry Mold and Coremakers · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Position and cut out master or sample patterns, using scissors and knives, or print out copies of patterns, using computers. · Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Draw patterns, using measurements, designs, plaster casts, or customer specifications, and position or outline patterns on work pieces. · Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Position templates or measure materials to locate specified points of cuts or to obtain maximum yields, using rules, scales, or patterns. · Cutters and Trimmers, Hand · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Place patterns on top of layers of fabric and cut fabric following patterns, using electric or manual knives, cutters, or computer numerically controlled cutting devices. · Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Position patterns of garment parts on fabric, and cut fabric along outlines, using scissors. · Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Position and mark patterns on materials to prepare for sewing. · Sewing Machine Operators · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Foundry Mold and Coremakers
• Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
• Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
• Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
• Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
• Sewing Machine Operators

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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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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