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Advise others on the design or use of technologies

Work activity · O*NET

Advise others on the design or use of technologies is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Providing Consultation and Advice to Others. 42 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Recommend changes to improve computer or information systems
  • Provide technical guidance to other personnel
  • Provide technical support for software maintenance or use
  • Provide recommendations to others about computer hardware
  • Provide technical support for computer network issues
  • Advise others on the development or use of new technologies

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 91.2% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 43.3% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 66.1% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 94th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 5
Web Administrators 5
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 4
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 4
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 4
Computer User Support Specialists 3
Digital Forensics Analysts 3
Web Developers 3
Computer Network Architects 2
Computer Systems Analysts 2
Database Administrators 2
Database Architects 2
Document Management Specialists 2
Health Informatics Specialists 2
Information Security Engineers 2
Precision Agriculture Technicians 2
Architectural and Civil Drafters 1
Automotive Engineers 1
Bioinformatics Scientists 1
Business Intelligence Analysts 1
Clinical Data Managers 1
Computer Hardware Engineers 1
Computer Network Support Specialists 1
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Fuel Cell Engineers 1
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars 1
Manufacturing Engineers 1
Materials Scientists 1
Mathematicians 1
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Mechatronics Engineers 1
Nanosystems Engineers 1
Quality Control Analysts 1
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists 1
Search Marketing Strategists 1
Software Developers 1
Solar Energy Systems Engineers 1
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists 1
Water/Wastewater Engineers 1

Showing 40 of 42 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that perform Advise others on the design or use of technologies.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians Precision Agriculture Technicians Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians Solar Energy Systems Engineers Fuel Cell Engineers Architectural and Civil Drafters Computer Network Support Specialists Water/Wastewater Engineers Computer Hardware Engineers Web Developers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Advise others on the design or use of technologies., by AI task-overlap and median pay

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.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Advise others on the design or use of technologies." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/advise-others-on-the-design-or-use-of-technologies

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Advise others on the design or use of technologies. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/advise-others-on-the-design-or-use-of-technologies

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-advise-others-on-the-design-or-use-of-technologies,
  title  = {Advise others on the design or use of technologies},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/advise-others-on-the-design-or-use-of-technologies}
}

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