Monitor the productivity or efficiency of industrial operations.

Monitor the productivity or efficiency of industrial operations. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 9 occupations and seen in 11 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Monitor operations to ensure adequate performance. in Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings .

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 11 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 10 (91%) 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 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.006% 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.

• Monitor material performance, and evaluate its deterioration. · Materials Engineers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Monitor computer-controlled test equipment, according to written or verbal instructions. · Automotive Engineering Technicians · importance 4.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Monitor production rates, and plan rework processes to improve production. · Petroleum Engineers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Monitor mine production rates to assess operational effectiveness. · Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Collect data relating to commercial or residential development, population, or power system interconnection to determine operating efficiency of electrical systems. · Electrical Engineers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Design, implement, and monitor the development of mines, facilities, systems, or equipment. · Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Perform tests and monitor performance of processes throughout stages of production to determine degree of control over variables such as temperature, density, specific gravity, and pressure. · Chemical Engineers · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Monitor or calibrate automated systems, industrial control systems, or system components to maximize efficiency of production. · Mechatronics Engineers · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Read dials and meters to determine amperage, voltage, electrical output and input at specific operating temperature to analyze parts performance. · Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Develop manufacturing procedures and monitor the manufacture of their designs in a factory to improve operations and product quality. · Commercial and Industrial Designers · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Monitor and adjust production processes or equipment for quality and productivity. · Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Materials Engineers
• Automotive Engineering Technicians
• Petroleum Engineers
• Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
• Electrical Engineers
• Chemical Engineers
• Mechatronics Engineers
• Commercial and Industrial Designers
• Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians

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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  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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