Position raw materials on processing or production equipment.

Position raw materials on processing or production equipment. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 6 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Position workpieces or materials on 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 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 1 (17%) 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 balls of clay in centers of potters' wheels, and start motors or pump treadles with feet to revolve wheels. · Potters, Manufacturing · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Position and clamp stock on tables, conveyors, or carriages, using hoists, guides, stops, dogs, wedges, or wrenches. · Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Position stock along cutting lines, or against stops on beds of scoring or cutting machines. · Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Position stock in furnaces, using tongs, chain hoists, or pry bars. · Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Smooth out products in bins, pans, trays, or conveyors, using rakes or shovels. · Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Place sensitized paper in frames of projection printers, photostats, or other reproduction machines. · Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Potters, Manufacturing
• Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
• Photographic Process Workers and Processing 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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  title  = {Position raw materials on processing or production equipment.},
  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/position-raw-materials-on-processing-or-production-equipment}
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