Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.

“Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.” is a core task performed by Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Among the occupation's 18 rated tasks, workers place it 6th by importance (#13 most important). About 74% 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 commercial, industrial, or production systems or equipment. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials

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

• Thread yarn, thread, or fabric through guides, needles, and rollers of machines. · importance 4.5
• Operate machines to cut multiple layers of fabric into parts for articles such as canvas goods, house furnishings, garments, hats, or stuffed toys. · importance 4.4
• Adjust cutting techniques to types of fabrics and styles of garments. · importance 4.4
• Inspect products to ensure that the quality standards and specifications are met. · importance 4.4
• Place patterns on top of layers of fabric and cut fabric following patterns, using electric or manual knives, cutters, or computer numerically controlled cutting devices. · importance 4.3
• Program electronic equipment. · importance 4.2
• Study guides, samples, charts, and specification sheets or confer with supervisors or engineering staff to determine set-up requirements. · importance 4.2
• Start machines, monitor operations, and make adjustments as needed. · importance 4.2
• Stop machines when specified amounts of product have been produced. · importance 4.1
• Adjust machine controls, such as heating mechanisms, tensions, or speeds, to produce specified products. · importance 4.1
• Record information about work completed and machine settings. · importance 4.1
• Notify supervisors of mechanical malfunctions. · importance 4.1
• Operate machines for test runs to verify adjustments and to obtain product samples. · importance 4.0
• Confer with coworkers to obtain information about orders, processes, or problems. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Textile Cutting 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.

@misc{singulariki-task-14149,
  title  = {Inspect machinery to determine whether repairs are needed.},
  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-14149}
}