Create diagrams or blueprints for workpieces or products.

Create diagrams or blueprints for workpieces or products. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 4 occupations and seen in 4 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Create visual designs or displays. in Thinking Creatively .

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 4 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 4 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

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.

• Add dimensional details to blueprints or drawings made by other workers. · Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Prepare working sketches for the illustration of product appearance. · Machinists · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Prepare geometric layouts from graphic displays, using computer-assisted drafting software or drafting instruments and graph paper. · Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Develop sketches of glass products into blueprint specifications, applying knowledge of glass technology and glass blowing. · Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
• Machinists
• Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
• Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers

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
• “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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  title  = {Create diagrams or blueprints for workpieces or products.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/create-diagrams-or-blueprints-for-workpieces-or-products}
}