Fill glue and paraffin reservoirs, and position rollers to dispense glue onto paperboard.

“Fill glue and paraffin reservoirs, and position rollers to dispense glue onto paperboard.” is a supplemental task performed by Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Among the occupation's 15 rated tasks, workers place it 7th by importance (#9 most important). About 48% 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

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

• Examine completed work to detect defects and verify conformance to work orders, and adjust machinery as necessary to correct production problems. · importance 4.7
• Observe operation of various machines to detect and correct machine malfunctions such as improper forming, glue flow, or pasteboard tension. · importance 4.4
• Install attachments to machines for gluing, folding, printing, or cutting. · importance 4.4
• Cut products to specified dimensions, using hand or power cutters. · importance 4.3
• Place rolls of paper or cardboard on machine feed tracks, and thread paper through gluing, coating, and slitting rollers. · importance 4.3
• Monitor finished cartons as they drop from forming machines into rotating hoppers and into gravity feed chutes to prevent jamming. · importance 4.3
• Adjust guide assemblies, forming bars, and folding mechanisms according to specifications, using hand tools. · importance 4.2
• Start machines and move controls to regulate tension on pressure rolls, to synchronize speed of machine components, and to adjust temperatures of glue or paraffin. · importance 4.2
• Measure, space, and set saw blades, cutters, and perforators, according to product specifications. · importance 4.1
• Disassemble machines to maintain, repair, or replace broken or worn parts, using hand or power tools. · importance 4.0
• Stamp products with information such as dates, using hand stamps or automatic stamping devices. · importance 3.9
• Remove finished cores, and stack or place them on conveyors for transfer to other work areas. · importance 3.9
• Lift tote boxes of finished cartons, and dump cartons into feed hoppers. · importance 3.9
• Load automatic stapling mechanisms.

See all tasks on the Paper Goods 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  = {Fill glue and paraffin reservoirs, and position rollers to dispense glue onto paperboard.},
  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-12686}
}