Instruct workers to use equipment or perform technical procedures.

Instruct workers to use equipment or perform technical procedures. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 9 occupations and seen in 10 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Train others to use equipment or products. in Training and Teaching Others .

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 10 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 2 (20%) 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.

• Train or supervise other dental technicians or dental laboratory bench workers. · Dental Laboratory Technicians · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers. · First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Train workers to set up, operate, and use automatic bindery machines. · Print Binding and Finishing Workers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Explain assembly procedures or techniques to other workers. · Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Conduct employee training in equipment operations or work and safety procedures, or assign employee training to experienced workers. · First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Interpret legal requirements, provide safety information, or recommend compliance procedures to contractors, craft workers, engineers, or property owners. · Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Instruct new workers in machine operation. · Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Supervise assemblers and train employees on job procedures. · Team Assemblers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Direct and train other workers to change rolls, operate mill equipment, remove coils and cobbles, and band and load material. · Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Instruct other workers in machine set-up and operation. · Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Dental Laboratory Technicians
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
• Print Binding and Finishing Workers
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
• Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
• Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Team Assemblers
• Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

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-instruct-workers-to-use-equipment-or-perform-technical-procedures,
  title  = {Instruct workers to use equipment or perform technical procedures.},
  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/instruct-workers-to-use-equipment-or-perform-technical-procedures}
}