Which jobs involve install mechanical components in production equipment?

14 occupations in the O*NET database perform this activity, including Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers, Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators, Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders, Hydroelectric Plant Technicians, Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.

What kind of work is this?

It is physical, manual and inspection work. O*NET files it under the work activity "Handling and Moving Objects" (element 4.A.3.a.2).

Install mechanical components in production equipment

Little of this can be handed to software today.

This happens in the physical world, so software agents do not touch it. Automation here means robotics and machinery, which is a different market from the one mapped on this site, on a much slower clock.

Key facts about this work activity
How automatable	Barely automatable
Kind of work	Physical, manual and inspection work
Jobs that do it	14 occupations
Tool categories that apply	None
O*NET activity	Handling and Moving Objects (4.A.3.a.2)

What this looks like on the job

Not our paraphrase. These are real task statements recorded against this activity, spread across the 14 occupations that perform it.

Align, fit, assemble, connect, or install system components, using jigs, fixtures, measuring instruments, hand tools, or power tools.
Install equipment such as guides, guards, gears, cooling equipment, and rolls, using hand tools.
Install holding fixtures, cams, gears, and stops to control stock and tool movement, using hand tools, power tools, and measuring instruments.
Install repaired parts into equipment or install new equipment.
Change press plates, blankets, or cylinders, as required.
Select, install, and adjust machine components, including pressing forms, rollers, and guides, using hoists and hand tools.
Install, level, and align components such as gears, chains, dies, cutters, and needles.
Install, level, and align components, such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, or needles, to set up machinery for operation.
Install, level, and align machine components such as gears, chains, guides, dies, cutters, or needles to set up machinery for operation.
Install or calibrate electrical or mechanical equipment, such as motors, engines, switchboards, relays, switch gears, meters, pumps, hydraulics, or flood channels.
Install, maintain, or repair hoses, pumps, filters, or screens to maintain processing equipment, using hand tools.
Mount, install, align, and secure tools, attachments, fixtures, and workpieces on machines, using hand tools and precision measuring instruments.
Assemble equipment, and attach pipes, fittings, or valves, using hand tools.

What we would actually use

Nothing in our landscape addresses this work. That is the honest answer rather than a padded list: this activity needs a person present, or a machine rather than a software agent.

Our pickBuy nothing

Nothing on this site applies. Automation here is robotics and machinery, a different market on a much slower clock, and no software subscription moves it.

Chosen for the cheapest thing that does the job, not the best funded. Nothing on this site is sponsored, and the full landscape is there when you want to disagree with us.

How people actually do it

No workflow names this activity yet, but these automate the same kind of work, with the prompts to paste and what to keep for yourself.

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Who does this work

14 occupations in the O*NET database perform this activity. Each one has a full breakdown of its other tasks.

Work that goes with it

O*NET groups these under “Set up equipment”. In practice they tend to be done by the same person, in the same sitting.

Related work activities
Activity	Jobs
Set equipment guides, stops, spacers, or other fixtures	14
Set up laboratory or field equipment	10
Install equipment attachments or components	7
Set up still or video cameras or related equipment	5
Attach equipment extensions or accessories	4
Set up material handling gear or equipment, such as rigging, packaging, or temporary structures	3
Prepare film for distribution or use	3
Attach rigging to objects so they can be moved	2

Method. The activity, its taxonomy placement and the occupations that perform it come straight from the public-domain O*NET 30.3 database. The automatability band is ours: we map each of O*NET’s 41 generalized work activities to how much of its output current software can produce, assuming a person still reviews and owns the result. It is a coarse three-way judgment on purpose. A precise-looking percentage here would be invented.