Pour materials into or on designated areas.

Pour materials into or on designated areas. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 13 occupations and seen in 14 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Perform general construction or extraction activities. in Performing General Physical Activities .

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.

• Insert, pack, and pour explosives, such as dynamite, ammonium nitrate, black powder, or slurries into blast holes; then shovel drill cuttings, admit water into boreholes, and tamp material to compact charges. · Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Pour water into wells, or pump water or slush into wells to cool drill bits and to remove drillings. · Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Fill water tanks and check tanks, pipes, and fittings for leaks. · Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Mix and pour concrete around bases of posts, or tamp soil into postholes to embed posts. · Fence Erectors · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Dump, spread, and tamp asphalt, using pneumatic tampers, to repair joints and patch broken pavement. · Highway Maintenance Workers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete, and move chute to direct concrete on forms. · Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Mix or pour concrete into forms to encase waste material for disposal. · Hazardous Materials Removal Workers · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Mop or pour hot asphalt or tar onto roof bases. · Roofers · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Dig holes, set forms, and mix and pour concrete into forms to make foundations for wood or steel derricks. · Roustabouts, Oil and Gas · importance 3.4 · no direct exposure
• Precast terrazzo blocks in wooden forms. · Terrazzo Workers and Finishers · importance 3.3 · no direct exposure
• Backfill piping trenches to protect pipes from damage. · Geothermal Technicians · importance 3.1 · no direct exposure
• Mix, pour, or spread concrete, using portable cement mixers. · Construction Laborers · importance 3.0 · no direct exposure
• Signal truck driver to position truck to facilitate pouring concrete and move chute to direct concrete on forms. · Terrazzo Workers and Finishers · importance 2.8 · no direct exposure
• Pour specified amounts of chemical solutions into stripping tanks. · Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons · importance 2.6 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters
• Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
• Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians
• Fence Erectors
• Highway Maintenance Workers
• Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
• Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
• Roofers
• Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
• Terrazzo Workers and Finishers
• Geothermal Technicians
• Construction Laborers
• Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons

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  = {Pour materials into or on designated areas.},
  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/pour-materials-into-or-on-designated-areas}
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