Read work orders or descriptions of problems to determine repairs or modifications needed.

Read work orders or descriptions of problems to determine repairs or modifications needed. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 11 occupations and seen in 12 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Read documents or materials to inform work processes. in Getting Information .

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 12 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 5 (42%) 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.

• Examine and listen to equipment, read inspection reports, and confer with customers to locate and diagnose malfunctions. · Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Inspect and test equipment to locate damage or worn parts and diagnose malfunctions, or read work orders or schematic drawings to determine required repairs. · Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Talk to customers or refer to work orders to establish the nature of appliance malfunctions. · Home Appliance Repairers · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Review work orders and discuss work with supervisors. · Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Confer with customers, read work orders, or examine vehicles needing repair to determine the nature and extent of damage. · Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Read work orders, blueprints, plans, datasheets or site drawings to determine work to be done. · Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Review damage reports, prepare or review repair cost estimates, and plan work to be performed. · Automotive Body and Related Repairers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Read work orders and specifications to determine machines and equipment requiring repair or maintenance. · Maintenance Workers, Machinery · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Read and interpret pilots' descriptions of problems to diagnose causes. · Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Examine work orders and converse with equipment operators to detect equipment problems and to ascertain whether mechanical or human errors contributed to the problems. · Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Confer with customers or read work orders to determine the nature and extent of damage to units. · Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Read specifications or confer with customers to determine the desired custom modifications for altering the appearance of vehicles. · Automotive Body and Related Repairers · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
• Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
• Home Appliance Repairers
• Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
• Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
• Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers
• Automotive Body and Related Repairers
• Maintenance Workers, Machinery
• Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
• Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

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.

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  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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