Develop technical specifications for systems or equipment.

Develop technical specifications for systems or equipment. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 6 occupations and seen in 8 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 8 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 8 (100%) 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 2 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.003% 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.

• Write and review product specifications, maintaining a working technical knowledge of the goods or services to be purchased. · Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products · importance 4.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Prepare job specification sheets for home energy improvements, such as attic insulation, window retrofits, or heating system upgrades. · Energy Auditors · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Design, implement, or establish requirements for security systems, video surveillance, motion detection, or closed-circuit television systems to ensure proper installation and operation. · Security Management Specialists · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Develop or review specifications for design or construction of security systems. · Security Management Specialists · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Develop specifications for equipment, tools, facility layouts, or material-handling systems. · Logistics Engineers · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Develop new analytical techniques or sensor systems. · Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Outline system security criteria for pre-bid meetings with clients and companies to ensure comprehensiveness and appropriateness for implementation. · Security Management Specialists · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Prepare requirements documentation for use by software developers. · Financial Quantitative Analysts · importance 2.8 · direct LLM exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
• Energy Auditors
• Security Management Specialists
• Logistics Engineers
• Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists
• Financial Quantitative Analysts

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  = {Develop technical specifications for systems or equipment.},
  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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