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Signal others to coordinate work activities

Work activity · O*NET

Signal others to coordinate work activities is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others. 35 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.

  • Signal others to coordinate work activities
  • Signal others to coordinate vehicle movement
  • Signal equipment operators to indicate proper equipment positioning

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 97.9% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 6.4% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 73.4% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 46th 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
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers 4
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 2
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining 2
Pourers and Casters, Metal 2
Aircraft Service Attendants 1
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 1
Boilermakers 1
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 1
Construction Laborers 1
Crane and Tower Operators 1
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas 1
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 1
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters 1
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers 1
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 1
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders 1
Foundry Mold and Coremakers 1
Gambling Managers 1
Gas Plant Operators 1
Helpers--Extraction Workers 1
Helpers--Production Workers 1
Locomotive Engineers 1
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders 1
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 1
Passenger Attendants 1
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers 1
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers 1
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters 1
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1
Sailors and Marine Oilers 1
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 1
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers 1
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 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 35 occupations in occupations that perform Signal others to coordinate work 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 Foundry Mold and Coremakers Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers Helpers--Extraction Workers Structural Iron and Steel Workers Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining Helpers--Production Workers Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters Sailors and Marine Oilers Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers Gas Plant Operators Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers Locomotive Engineers Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping Passenger Attendants Gambling Managers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Signal others to coordinate work 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. "Signal others to coordinate work 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/signal-others-to-coordinate-work-activities

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Signal others to coordinate work activities. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/signal-others-to-coordinate-work-activities

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-signal-others-to-coordinate-work-activities,
  title  = {Signal others to coordinate work 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/signal-others-to-coordinate-work-activities}
}

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