Operate auxiliary machines such as collators, pad and tablet making machines, staplers, and paper punching, folding, cutting, and perforating machines.

“Operate auxiliary machines such as collators, pad and tablet making machines, staplers, and paper punching, folding, cutting, and perforating machines.” is a core task performed by Office Machine Operators, Except Computer. Among the occupation's 18 rated tasks, workers place it 6th by importance (#13 most important). About 94% 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.

• Operate office equipment. in Controlling Machines and Processes

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

• Read job orders to determine the type of work to be done, the quantities to be produced, and the materials needed. · importance 4.5
• Place original copies in feed trays, feed originals into feed rolls, or position originals on tables beneath camera lenses. · importance 4.3
• Deliver completed work. · importance 4.3
• Sort, assemble, and proof completed work. · importance 4.3
• Operate office machines such as high speed business photocopiers, readers, scanners, addressing machines, stencil-cutting machines, microfilm readers or printers, folding and inserting machines, bursters, and binder machines. · importance 4.3
• Compute prices for services and receive payment, or provide supervisors with billing information. · importance 4.2
• Complete records of production, including work volumes and outputs, materials used, and any backlogs. · importance 4.2
• Set up and adjust machines, regulating factors such as speed, ink flow, focus, and number of copies. · importance 4.2
• Monitor machine operation, and make adjustments as necessary to ensure proper operation. · importance 4.1
• Load machines with materials such as blank paper or film. · importance 4.1
• Clean machines, perform minor repairs, and report major repair needs. · importance 4.0
• File and store completed documents. · importance 3.9
• Maintain stock of supplies, and requisition any needed items. · importance 3.9
• Prepare and process papers for use in scanning, microfilming, and microfiche. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Office Machine Operators, Except Computer 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-13299,
  title  = {Operate auxiliary machines such as collators, pad and tablet making machines, staplers, and paper punching, folding, cutting, and perforating 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-13299}
}