Construct puppets and ventriloquist dummies, and sew accessory clothing, using hand tools and machines.

“Construct puppets and ventriloquist dummies, and sew accessory clothing, using hand tools and machines.” is a supplemental task performed by Actors. Among the occupation's 19 rated tasks, workers place it 3rd by importance (#17 most important). About 32% 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.

• Create decorative objects or parts of objects. 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

• Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble. · importance 4.8
• Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences. · importance 4.7
• Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role. · importance 4.7
• Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures. · importance 4.7
• Study and rehearse roles from scripts to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed. · importance 4.7
• Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other to develop role interpretations. · importance 4.4
• Attend auditions and casting calls to audition for roles. · importance 4.4
• Sing or dance during dramatic or comedic performances. · importance 4.4
• Work with other crew members responsible for lighting, costumes, make-up, and props. · importance 4.0
• Tell jokes, perform comic dances, songs and skits, impersonate mannerisms and voices of others, contort face, and use other devices to amuse audiences. · importance 4.0
• Read from scripts or books to narrate action or to inform or entertain audiences, utilizing few or no stage props. · importance 3.9
• Promote productions using means such as interviews about plays or movies. · importance 3.8
• Prepare and perform action stunts for motion picture, television, or stage productions. · importance 3.4
• Write original or adapted material for dramas, comedies, puppet shows, narration, or other performances. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Actors 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-7661,
  title  = {Construct puppets and ventriloquist dummies, and sew accessory clothing, using hand tools and 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-7661}
}