Review technical documents to plan work.

Review technical documents to plan work. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 13 occupations and seen in 21 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 19 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 19 (100%) 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 3 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.005% 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.

• Study product characteristics or customer requirements to determine validation objectives and standards. · Validation Engineers · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, or computer-generated reports. · Mechanical Engineers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Read blueprints, schematics, diagrams, or technical orders to determine methods and sequences of assembly. · Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Read and interpret blueprints, schematics, work specifications, drawings, or charts. · Automotive Engineering Technicians · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Read blueprints, wiring diagrams, schematic drawings, or engineering instructions for assembling electronics units, applying knowledge of electronic theory and components. · Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Read and review project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure or system and material requirements. · Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Review work orders or procedural manuals and confer with vendors or design staff to resolve problems or modify design. · Electrical and Electronics Drafters · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Study design proposals and specifications to establish basic characteristics of craft, such as size, weight, speed, propulsion, displacement, and draft. · Marine Engineers and Naval Architects · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Examine electronic schematics and supporting documents to develop, compute, and verify specifications for drafting data, such as configuration of parts, dimensions, or tolerances. · Electrical and Electronics Drafters · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Review blueprints to determine customer requirements and consult with assembler regarding schematics, wiring procedures, or conductor paths. · Electrical and Electronics Drafters · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Study work order requests to determine type of service, such as lighting or power, demanded by installation. · Electrical and Electronics Drafters · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Examine maps, deposits, drilling locations, or mines to determine the location, size, accessibility, contents, value, and potential profitability of mineral, oil, and gas deposits. · Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Review project instructions and blueprints to ascertain test specifications, procedures, and objectives, and test nature of technical problems such as redesign. · Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Review and approve all systems charts and programs prior to their implementation. · Computer and Information Systems Managers · importance 3.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Locate and identify symbols on topographical surveys to denote geological and geophysical formations or oil field installations. · Architectural and Civil Drafters · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Review production schedules, engineering specifications, orders, and related information to obtain knowledge of manufacturing methods, procedures, and activities. · Industrial Engineers · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Review project instructions and specifications to identify, modify and plan requirements fabrication, assembly and testing. · Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Study operations sequence, material flow, functional statements, organization charts, and project information to determine worker functions and responsibilities. · Industrial Engineers · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Review work requests and compare them with previous work completed on ships to ensure that costs are economically sound. · Marine Engineers and Naval Architects · importance 3.0 · exposure with tools
• Review documents written by others. · 19-3011.00
• Review physicians' orders to confirm prescribed exams. · 29-2035.00

Occupations that perform this

• Validation Engineers
• Mechanical Engineers
• Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
• Automotive Engineering Technicians
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Electrical and Electronics Drafters
• Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
• Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
• Computer and Information Systems Managers
• Architectural and Civil Drafters
• 19-3011.00
• 29-2035.00

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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