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Develop contingency or emergency response plans

Work activity · O*NET

Develop contingency or emergency response plans is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Thinking Creatively. 16 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.

  • Develop emergency response plans or procedures
  • Develop contingency plans to deal with organizational emergencies
  • Maintain contingency plans for disaster recovery
  • Develop emergency procedures

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 97.1% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 23.2% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 76.0% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 43rd 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
Business Continuity Planners 6
Emergency Management Directors 5
Web Administrators 2
Compliance Managers 1
Computer Network Architects 1
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 1
Financial Risk Specialists 1
Loss Prevention Managers 1
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 1
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 1
Public Relations Managers 1
Public Relations Specialists 1
Security Managers 1
Sports Medicine Physicians 1
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists 1
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 1
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 15 occupations in occupations that perform Develop contingency or emergency response plans.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Occupational Health and Safety Technicians Security Managers Loss Prevention Managers Emergency Management Directors Public Relations Specialists Web Administrators AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Develop contingency or emergency response plans., 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. "Develop contingency or emergency response plans." 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/develop-contingency-or-emergency-response-plans

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Develop contingency or emergency response plans. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/develop-contingency-or-emergency-response-plans

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-develop-contingency-or-emergency-response-plans,
  title  = {Develop contingency or emergency response plans},
  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/develop-contingency-or-emergency-response-plans}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.