Rub cement sticks on drum edges to provide adhesive surfaces for plies.

“Rub cement sticks on drum edges to provide adhesive surfaces for plies.” is a supplemental task performed by Tire Builders. Among the occupation's 23 rated tasks, workers place it 7th by importance (#17 most important). About 26% 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.

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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

• Place tires into molds for new tread. · importance 4.8
• Fit inner tubes and final layers of rubber onto tires. · importance 4.8
• Buff tires according to specifications for width and undertread depth. · importance 4.7
• Build semi-raw rubber treads onto buffed tire casings to prepare tires for vulcanization in recapping or retreading processes. · importance 4.6
• Brush or spray solvents onto plies to ensure adhesion, and repeat process as specified, alternating direction of each ply to strengthen tires. · importance 4.6
• Start rollers that bond tread and plies as drums revolve. · importance 4.6
• Align treads with guides, start drums to wind treads onto plies, and slice ends. · importance 4.6
• Inspect worn tires for faults, cracks, cuts, and nail holes, and to determine if tires are suitable for retreading. · importance 4.5
• Measure tires to determine mold size requirements. · importance 4.5
• Trim excess rubber and imperfections during retreading processes. · importance 4.5
• Roll hand rollers over rebuilt casings, exerting pressure to ensure adhesion between camelbacks and casings. · importance 4.4
• Fill cuts and holes in tires, using hot rubber. · importance 4.4
• Position ply stitcher rollers and drums according to width of stock, using hand tools and gauges. · importance 4.4
• Cut plies at splice points, and press ends together to form continuous bands. · importance 4.4

See all tasks on the Tire Builders 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-14424,
  title  = {Rub cement sticks on drum edges to provide adhesive surfaces for plies.},
  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-14424}
}