Direct surveying activities.

Direct surveying activities. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 2 occupations and seen in 5 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Direct scientific or technical activities. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates .

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 5 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 5 (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.

• Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles. · Surveyors · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Plan or direct the work of geodetic surveying staff, providing technical consultation as needed. · Geodetic Surveyors · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Train assistants and helpers, and direct their work in such activities as performing surveys or drafting maps. · Surveyors · importance 4.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Direct aerial surveys of specified geographical areas. · Surveyors · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Direct the surveying, staking, or laying-out of construction projects. · Transportation Engineers · importance 3.2 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Surveyors
• Transportation Engineers

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.

@misc{singulariki-direct-surveying-activities,
  title  = {Direct surveying activities.},
  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/direct-surveying-activities}
}