Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.

“Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.” is a core task performed by Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 18th by importance (#13 most important). About 73% 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.

• Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance. in Handling and Moving Objects

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

• Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits. · importance 4.6
• Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications. · importance 4.3
• Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. · importance 4.2
• Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometers, calipers, and precision measuring instruments. · importance 4.2
• Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors. · importance 4.1
• Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment. · importance 4.1
• Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals. · importance 4.1
• Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required. · importance 4.1
• Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques. · importance 4.1
• Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter. · importance 4.1
• Align and clamp workpieces together, using rules, squares, or hand tools, or position items in fixtures, jigs, or vises. · importance 4.0
• Melt and apply solder to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products, using soldering equipment. · importance 4.0
• Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools. · importance 4.0
• Melt and apply solder along adjoining edges of workpieces to solder joints, using soldering irons, gas torches, or electric-ultrasonic equipment. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 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  = {Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.},
  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-23589}
}