Secure woodstock against a guide or in a holding device, place woodstock on a conveyor, or dump woodstock in a hopper to feed woodstock into machines.

“Secure woodstock against a guide or in a holding device, place woodstock on a conveyor, or dump woodstock in a hopper to feed woodstock into machines.” is a core task performed by Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing. Among the occupation's 26 rated tasks, workers place it 13th by importance (#14 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.

• Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing. in Performing General Physical Activities
• Position workpieces or materials on equipment. 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

• Set up, program, operate, or tend computerized or manual woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, or wood-nailing machines. · importance 4.4
• Examine finished workpieces for smoothness, shape, angle, depth-of-cut, or conformity to specifications and verify dimensions, visually and using hands, rules, calipers, templates, or gauges. · importance 4.4
• Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly. · importance 4.4
• Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications. · importance 4.3
• Examine raw woodstock for defects and to ensure conformity to size and other specification standards. · importance 4.3
• Adjust machine tables or cutting devices and set controls on machines to produce specified cuts or operations. · importance 4.3
• Install and adjust blades, cutterheads, boring-bits, or sanding-belts, using hand tools and rules. · importance 4.3
• Change alignment and adjustment of sanding, cutting, or boring machine guides to prevent defects in finished products, using hand tools. · importance 4.2
• Determine product specifications and materials, work methods, and machine setup requirements, according to blueprints, oral or written instructions, drawings, or work orders. · importance 4.2
• Feed stock through feed mechanisms or conveyors into planing, shaping, boring, mortising, or sanding machines to produce desired components. · importance 4.2
• Select knives, saws, blades, cutter heads, cams, bits, or belts, according to workpiece, machine functions, or product specifications. · importance 4.2
• Push or hold workpieces against, under, or through cutting, boring, or shaping mechanisms. · importance 4.2
• Remove and replace worn parts, bits, belts, sandpaper, or shaping tools. · importance 4.2
• Inspect and mark completed workpieces and stack them on pallets, in boxes, or on conveyors so that they can be moved to the next workstation. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 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.

@misc{singulariki-task-12288,
  title  = {Secure woodstock against a guide or in a holding device, place woodstock on a conveyor, or dump woodstock in a hopper to feed woodstock into machines.},
  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/tasks/task-12288}
}