Determine operational criteria or specifications.

Determine operational criteria or specifications. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 9 occupations and seen in 11 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Develop technical specifications for products or operations. in Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment .

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 11 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 10 (91%) 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 0.006% 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.

• Establish system operating or training requirements to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces. · Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Develop proposed project objectives and targets and report to management on progress in attaining them. · Environmental Engineers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Determine repair limits for engine hot section parts. · Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures. · Surveyors · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Establish production or quality control standards. · Automotive Engineers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Prepare project budgets, schedules, or specifications for labor or materials. · Transportation Engineers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Prepare necessary criteria, procedures, reports, or plans for successful conduct of the project with consideration given to site preparation, facility validation, installation, quality assurance, or testing. · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Specify power supply requirements and configuration, drawing on system performance expectations and design specifications. · Computer Hardware Engineers · importance 3.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Determine specifications for equipment to be used for aerial photography, as well as altitudes from which to photograph terrain. · Surveyors · importance 2.9 · exposure with tools
• Develop criteria for the design and modification of survey instruments. · Surveyors · importance 2.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Review, develop, or prepare maintenance standards. · Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists
• Environmental Engineers
• Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
• Surveyors
• Automotive Engineers
• Transportation Engineers
• Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
• Computer Hardware Engineers
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

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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  title  = {Determine operational criteria or specifications.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  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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