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Manage control systems or activities

Work activity · O*NET

Manage control systems or activities is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates. 20 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.

  • Direct quality control activities
  • Manage control system activities in organizations
  • Coordinate flight control or management activities

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 84.2% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 30.3% 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 44th 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
Airfield Operations Specialists 4
Regulatory Affairs Managers 3
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 2
Quality Control Systems Managers 2
Validation Engineers 2
Aerospace Engineers 1
Air Traffic Controllers 1
Chief Sustainability Officers 1
Commercial Pilots 1
Compliance Managers 1
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians 1
Hospitalists 1
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Industrial Engineers 1
Industrial Production Managers 1
Materials Engineers 1
Occupational Therapy Aides 1
Petroleum Engineers 1
Treasurers and Controllers 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 19 occupations in occupations that perform Manage control systems or 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 Occupational Therapy Aides Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Commercial Pilots Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians Airfield Operations Specialists Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians Materials Engineers Compliance Managers Validation Engineers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Manage control systems or 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.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Manage control systems or 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/manage-control-systems-or-activities

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Manage control systems or activities. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/manage-control-systems-or-activities

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-manage-control-systems-or-activities,
  title  = {Manage control systems or 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/manage-control-systems-or-activities}
}

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