Direct other workers to move stakes, place blocks, position anchors or cables, or move materials.

“Direct other workers to move stakes, place blocks, position anchors or cables, or move materials.” is a supplemental task performed by Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining. Among the occupation's 28 rated tasks, workers place it 7th by importance (#22 most important). About 54% 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.

• Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

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

• Handle high voltage sources and hang electrical cables. · importance 4.6
• Drive loaded shuttle cars to ramps and move controls to discharge loads into mine cars or onto conveyors. · importance 4.5
• Pry off loose material from roofs and move it into the paths of machines, using crowbars. · importance 4.4
• Move trailing electrical cables clear of obstructions, using rubber safety gloves. · importance 4.4
• Stop gathering arms when cars are full. · importance 4.4
• Control conveyors that run the entire length of shuttle cars to distribute loads as loading progresses. · importance 4.3
• Examine roadway and clear obstructions from the path of travel. · importance 4.3
• Observe hand signals, grade stakes, or other markings when operating machines. · importance 4.3
• Drive machines into piles of material blasted from working faces. · importance 4.3
• Operate levers to move conveyor booms or shovels so that mine contents such as coal, rock, and ore can be placed into cars or onto conveyors. · importance 4.2
• Move mine cars into position for loading and unloading, using pinchbars inserted under car wheels to position cars under loading spouts. · importance 4.2
• Advance machines to gather material and convey it into cars. · importance 4.2
• Clean, fuel, service, and perform safety checks on all equipment, and repair and replace parts as necessary. · importance 4.2
• Clean hoppers, and clean spillage from tracks, walks, driveways, and conveyor decking. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining 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  = {Direct other workers to move stakes, place blocks, position anchors or cables, or move materials.},
  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-23497}
}