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Gather data about operational or development activities

Work activity · O*NET

Gather data about operational or development activities is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Getting Information. 27 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.

  • Collect data about project sites
  • Gather physical survey data
  • Gather information about work conditions or locations
  • Gather organizational performance information

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 78.1% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 28.6% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 67.4% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 69th 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
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 5
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists 2
Electrical and Electronics Drafters 2
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 2
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 2
Aerospace Engineers 1
Architectural and Civil Drafters 1
Business Continuity Planners 1
Commercial Divers 1
Cost Estimators 1
Electrical Engineers 1
Environmental Compliance Inspectors 1
Financial Risk Specialists 1
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles 1
Geodetic Surveyors 1
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 1
Hydrologists 1
Lighting Technicians 1
Management Analysts 1
Mechanical Door Repairers 1
Models 1
Project Management Specialists 1
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists 1
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers 1
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 1
Solar Energy Systems Engineers 1
Surveyors 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 27 occupations in occupations that perform Gather data about operational or development activities.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors Commercial Divers Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers Models Lighting Technicians Geodetic Surveyors Electrical Engineers Environmental Compliance Inspectors Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Hydrologists Surveying and Mapping Technicians Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists Business Continuity Planners AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Gather data about operational or development activities., 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.

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Plain

Singulariki. "Gather data about operational or development activities." 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/gather-data-about-operational-or-development-activities

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Gather data about operational or development activities. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/gather-data-about-operational-or-development-activities

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-gather-data-about-operational-or-development-activities,
  title  = {Gather data about operational or development activities},
  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/gather-data-about-operational-or-development-activities}
}

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