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Evaluate designs, specifications, or other technical data

Work activity · O*NET

Evaluate designs, specifications, or other technical data is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Analyzing Data or Information. 50 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.

  • Analyze costs and benefits of proposed designs or projects
  • Evaluate designs or specifications to ensure quality
  • Analyze project data to determine specifications or requirements
  • Analyze design requirements for computer or electronics systems
  • Analyze design or requirements information for mechanical equipment or systems
  • Evaluate environmental or sustainability projects
  • Evaluate technical data to determine effect on designs or plans
  • Analyze green technology design requirements

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 87.8% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 35.5% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 61.5% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 70th 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
Computer Hardware Engineers 4
Architectural and Civil Drafters 3
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 3
Industrial Engineers 3
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians 3
Software Developers 3
Aerospace Engineers 2
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers 2
Chief Sustainability Officers 2
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians 2
Fuel Cell Engineers 2
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians 2
Manufacturing Engineers 2
Mechanical Drafters 2
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 2
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists 2
Solar Energy Systems Engineers 2
Transportation Engineers 2
Water/Wastewater Engineers 2
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 1
Atmospheric and Space Scientists 1
Automotive Engineers 1
Calibration Technologists and Technicians 1
Civil Engineers 1
Computer Systems Analysts 1
Craft Artists 1
Document Management Specialists 1
Electrical and Electronics Drafters 1
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Geodetic Surveyors 1
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors 1
Hydrologic Technicians 1
Industrial Ecologists 1
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects 1
Materials Engineers 1
Mechanical Engineers 1
Mechatronics Engineers 1
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 1
Operations Research Analysts 1

Showing 40 of 50 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 Evaluate designs, specifications, or other technical data.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Craft Artists Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians Marine Engineers and Naval Architects Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Solar Energy Systems Engineers Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Civil Engineers Industrial Ecologists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Evaluate designs, specifications, or other technical data., 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. "Evaluate designs, specifications, or other technical data." 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/evaluate-designs-specifications-or-other-technical-data

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Evaluate designs, specifications, or other technical data. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/evaluate-designs-specifications-or-other-technical-data

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-evaluate-designs-specifications-or-other-technical-data,
  title  = {Evaluate designs, specifications, or other technical data},
  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/evaluate-designs-specifications-or-other-technical-data}
}

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