Position and adjust cutting tools to specified curvature, dimensions, and depth of cut.

“Position and adjust cutting tools to specified curvature, dimensions, and depth of cut.” is a core task performed by Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians. Among the occupation's 18 rated tasks, workers place it 8th by importance (#11 most important). About 75% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Position workpieces or materials on equipment. in Handling and Moving Objects
• Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance. in Handling and Moving Objects

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Mount and secure lens blanks or optical lenses in holding tools or chucks of cutting, polishing, grinding, or coating machines. · importance 4.8
• Inspect lens blanks to detect flaws, verify smoothness of surface, and ensure thickness of coating on lenses. · importance 4.7
• Set up machines to polish, bevel, edge, or grind lenses, flats, blanks, or other precision optical elements. · importance 4.7
• Inspect, weigh, and measure mounted or unmounted lenses after completion to verify alignment and conformance to specifications, using precision instruments. · importance 4.7
• Shape lenses appropriately so that they can be inserted into frames. · importance 4.7
• Clean finished lenses and eyeglasses, using cloths and solvents. · importance 4.6
• Mount, secure, and align finished lenses in frames or optical assemblies, using precision hand tools. · importance 4.6
• Examine prescriptions, work orders, or broken or used eyeglasses to determine specifications for lenses, contact lenses, or other optical elements. · importance 4.6
• Adjust lenses and frames to correct alignment. · importance 4.5
• Select lens blanks, molds, tools, and polishing or grinding wheels, according to production specifications. · importance 4.5
• Assemble eyeglass frames and attach shields, nose pads, and temple pieces, using pliers, screwdrivers, and drills. · importance 4.4
• Immerse eyeglass frames in solutions to harden, soften, or dye frames. · importance 4.3
• Set dials and start machines to polish lenses or hold lenses against rotating wheels to polish them manually. · importance 4.3
• Lay out lenses and trace lens outlines on glass, using templates. · importance 4.3

See all tasks on the Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians page.

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 and adjust cutting tools to specified curvature, dimensions, and depth of cut.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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