Calibrate equipment to specifications.

Calibrate equipment to specifications. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 11 occupations and seen in 12 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance. in Handling and Moving Objects .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 12 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 2 (17%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 4 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.011% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Test or calibrate components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices. · Medical Equipment Repairers · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Make minor adjustments to equipment, such as turning setscrews to calibrate instruments to required tolerances. · Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Align, adjust, or calibrate equipment according to specifications. · Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Maintain, calibrate, or repair plant instrumentation, control, and electronic devices in geothermal plants. · Geothermal Technicians · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Calibrate and verify accuracy of light meters, shutter diaphragm operation, or lens carriers, using timing instruments. · Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Calibrate and test equipment, and locate circuit and component faults, using hand and power tools and measuring and testing instruments such as resistance meters and oscilloscopes. · Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Calibrate testing instruments and installed or repaired equipment to prescribed specifications. · Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Calibrate instrumentation, such as meters, gauges, and regulators, for pressure, temperature, flow, and level. · Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Perform quality assurance system checks, such as calibrations, on treatment planning computers. · Medical Dosimetrists · importance 3.9 · direct LLM exposure
• Calibrate testing instruments. · Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers · importance 3.2 · no direct exposure
• Calibrate and align components, using scales, gauges, and other measuring instruments. · Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers · no direct exposure
• Match light fixture settings, such as brightness and color, to lighting design plans. · Lighting Technicians · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Medical Equipment Repairers
• Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
• Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
• Geothermal Technicians
• Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
• Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
• Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
• Medical Dosimetrists
• Lighting Technicians
• Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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