Evaluate characteristics of equipment or systems.

Evaluate characteristics of equipment or systems. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 12 occupations and seen in 18 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Evaluate the characteristics, usefulness, or performance of products or technologies. in Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People .

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 18 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 14 (78%) 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 0.002% 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.

• Evaluate the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of biomedical equipment. · Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Research, design, evaluate, install, operate, or maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems or processes to meet requirements. · Mechanical Engineers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate chemical equipment and processes to identify ways to optimize performance or to ensure compliance with safety and environmental regulations. · Chemical Engineers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate the operation and maintenance of water or wastewater systems to identify ways to improve their efficiency. · Water/Wastewater Engineers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate project work to ensure effectiveness, technical adequacy, or compatibility in the resolution of complex electronics engineering problems. · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Conduct analyses of ships, such as stability, structural, weight, and vibration analyses. · Marine Engineers and Naval Architects · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Design or analyze automobile systems in areas such as aerodynamics, alternate fuels, ergonomics, hybrid power, brakes, transmissions, steering, calibration, safety, or diagnostics. · Automotive Engineers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate the efficiency and reliability of industrial robotic systems, reprogramming or calibrating to achieve maximum quantity and quality. · Robotics Technicians · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate traffic control devices or lighting systems to determine need for modification or expansion. · Transportation Engineers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Determine whether selected electromechanical components comply with environmental standards and regulations. · Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate robotic systems or prototypes. · Robotics Engineers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate transportation systems or traffic control devices or lighting systems to determine need for modification or expansion. · Transportation Engineers · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate performance of craft during dock and sea trials to determine design changes and conformance with national and international standards. · Marine Engineers and Naval Architects · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate operation of marine equipment during acceptance testing and shakedown cruises. · Marine Engineers and Naval Architects · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Evaluate remote sensing project requirements to determine the types of equipment or computer software necessary to meet project requirements, such as specific image types or output resolutions. · Remote Sensing Technicians · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Assess the physical security of servers, systems, or network devices to identify vulnerability to temperature, vandalism, or natural disasters. · Penetration Testers · no direct exposure
• Construct and evaluate electrical components for consumer electronics applications such as fuel cells for consumer electronic devices, power saving devices for computers or televisions, or energy efficient power chargers. · Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians · no direct exposure
• Trace electrical circuitry to ensure compliance of electrical systems with applicable codes or laws. · Power Plant Operators · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
• Mechanical Engineers
• Chemical Engineers
• Water/Wastewater Engineers
• Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
• Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
• Robotics Technicians
• Robotics Engineers
• Remote Sensing Technicians
• Penetration Testers
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Power Plant Operators

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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  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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