Inspect facilities or sites to determine if they meet specifications or standards.

Inspect facilities or sites to determine if they meet specifications or standards. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 13 occupations and seen in 19 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Inspect facilities or equipment. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials .

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 19 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 16 (84%) 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.

• Inspect work sites to identify physical hazards. · Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Inspect construction work on site to ensure its adherence to the design plans. · Interior Designers · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Inspect landscape work to ensure compliance with specifications, evaluate quality of materials or work, or advise clients or construction personnel. · Landscape Architects · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Conduct periodic on-site observations of construction work to monitor compliance with plans. · Architects, Except Landscape and Naval · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Inspect buildings or building designs to determine fire protection system requirements and potential problems in areas such as water supplies, exit locations, and construction materials. · Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Inspect project site and evaluate contractor work to detect design malfunctions and ensure conformance to design specifications and applicable codes. · Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Inspect mining areas for unsafe structures, equipment, and working conditions. · Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Inspect proposed sites to identify structural elements of land areas or other important site information, such as soil condition, existing landscaping, or the proximity of water management facilities. · Landscape Architects · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Inspect project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications and safety or sanitation standards. · Civil Engineers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Inspect facilities to monitor compliance with regulations governing substances, such as asbestos, lead, or wastewater. · Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Inspect premises to assess the need for repairs and to ensure that climate and pest control issues are addressed. · Curators · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Inspect industrial or municipal facilities or programs to evaluate operational effectiveness or ensure compliance with environmental regulations. · Environmental Engineers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Inspect completed transportation projects to ensure safety or compliance with applicable standards or regulations. · Transportation Engineers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Provide assistance with planning, quality assurance, safety inspection protocols, or sampling as part of a team conducting multimedia inspections at complex facilities. · Environmental Engineers · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Inspect completed transportation projects to ensure compliance with environmental regulations. · Transportation Engineers · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Inspect installation sites. · Robotics Technicians · importance 3.2 · exposure with tools
• Identify possible sites for carbon sequestration projects. · Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Check floors of plants to ensure that they are strong enough to support heavy machinery. · Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors · importance 3.0 · no direct exposure
• Inspect proposed building sites to determine suitability for construction. · Architects, Except Landscape and Naval · importance 2.9 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists
• Interior Designers
• Landscape Architects
• Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
• Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers
• Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
• Civil Engineers
• Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Curators
• Environmental Engineers
• Robotics Technicians
• Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers

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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