Position safety or support equipment.

Position safety or support equipment. 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 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 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.

• Hang ventilation tubing and ventilation curtains to ensure that the mining face area is kept properly ventilated. · Continuous Mining Machine Operators · importance 4.8 · no direct exposure
• Position safety jacks to support underground mine roofs until bolts can be installed. · Roof Bolters, Mining · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Place safety cones around blast areas to alert other workers of danger zones, and signal workers as necessary to ensure that they clear blast sites prior to explosions. · Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Distribute traffic control signs and markers at designated points. · Crossing Guards and Flaggers · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Place blocks under rebar to hold the bars off the deck when reinforcing floors. · Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Dig or direct digging of post holes and set poles to support structures. · Carpenters · importance 3.1 · no direct exposure
• Place blocks under reinforcing bars used to reinforce floors. · Structural Iron and Steel Workers · importance 3.0 · no direct exposure
• Set up scaffolding or cranes to assist with setting up of lighting equipment. · Lighting Technicians · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Continuous Mining Machine Operators
• Roof Bolters, Mining
• Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
• Crossing Guards and Flaggers
• Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
• Carpenters
• Structural Iron and Steel Workers
• Lighting Technicians

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.

@misc{singulariki-position-safety-or-support-equipment,
  title  = {Position safety or support 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-safety-or-support-equipment}
}