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Develop operational or technical procedures or standards

Work activity · O*NET

Develop operational or technical procedures or standards is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment. 102 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 technical methods or processes
  • Develop testing routines or procedures
  • Develop business or financial information systems
  • Develop procedures to evaluate organizational activities
  • Develop procedures for data management
  • Develop agricultural methods
  • Develop computer or information security policies or procedures
  • Establish standards for products, processes, or 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 92.2% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 38.1% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 66.0% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 80th 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
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers 7
Document Management Specialists 6
Financial Quantitative Analysts 6
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 5
Clinical Nurse Specialists 4
Data Warehousing Specialists 4
Database Architects 4
Penetration Testers 4
Soil and Plant Scientists 4
Clinical Data Managers 3
Computer Network Architects 3
Financial Risk Specialists 3
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians 3
Logistics Analysts 3
Web Administrators 3
Archivists 2
Bioinformatics Technicians 2
Blockchain Engineers 2
Business Intelligence Analysts 2
Chemical Technicians 2
Chemists 2
Civil Engineers 2
Commercial and Industrial Designers 2
File Clerks 2
Foresters 2
Health Informatics Specialists 2
Information Technology Project Managers 2
Management Analysts 2
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 2
Microbiologists 2
Molecular and Cellular Biologists 2
Nanosystems Engineers 2
Quality Control Analysts 2
Range Managers 2
Search Marketing Strategists 2
Supply Chain Managers 2
Accountants and Auditors 1
Acute Care Nurses 1
Administrative Services Managers 1
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses 1

Showing 40 of 102 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 Develop operational or technical procedures or standards.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Administrative Services Managers Foresters Acute Care Nurses Chemical Technicians Range Managers Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers Microbiologists Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians Quality Control Analysts File Clerks Nanosystems Engineers Civil Engineers Commercial and Industrial Designers Supply Chain Managers Search Marketing Strategists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Develop operational or technical procedures or standards., 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 operational or technical procedures or standards." 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-operational-or-technical-procedures-or-standards

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Develop operational or technical procedures or standards. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/develop-operational-or-technical-procedures-or-standards

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-develop-operational-or-technical-procedures-or-standards,
  title  = {Develop operational or technical procedures or standards},
  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-operational-or-technical-procedures-or-standards}
}

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