Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.

“Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.” is a core task performed by Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Among the occupation's 28 rated tasks, workers place it 26th by importance (#3 most important). About 90% 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.

• Inspect completed work or finished products. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment. in Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information

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: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients. · importance 4.5
• Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment. · importance 4.5
• Activate machines to shape or form products, such as candy bars, light bulbs, balloons, or insulation panels. · importance 4.5
• Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions. · importance 4.5
• Notify supervisors when extruded filaments fail to meet standards. · importance 4.4
• Clear jams, and remove defective or substandard materials or products. · importance 4.4
• Record and maintain production data, such as meter readings, and quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced. · importance 4.4
• Select and install machine components, such as dies, molds, and cutters, according to specifications, using hand tools and measuring devices. · importance 4.4
• Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines. · importance 4.4
• Turn controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure, creating vacuums, and adjusting coolant flow. · importance 4.3
• Clean dies, arbors, compression chambers, and molds, using swabs, sponges, or air hoses. · importance 4.3
• Send product samples to laboratories for analysis. · importance 4.3
• Synchronize speeds of sections of machines when producing products involving several steps or processes. · importance 4.2
• Couple air and gas lines to machines to maintain plasticity of material and to regulate solidification of final products. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 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  = {Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.},
  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-12445}
}