Review work orders or schedules to determine operations or procedures.

Review work orders or schedules to determine operations or procedures. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 14 occupations and seen in 16 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 15 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 12 (80%) 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.

• Obtain and review data such as load weights, fuel supplies, weather conditions, and flight schedules to determine flight plans and identify needed changes. · Commercial Pilots · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Read bills of lading to determine assignment details. · Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · importance 4.6 · direct LLM exposure
• Collect delivery instructions from appropriate sources, verifying instructions and routes. · Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Read switching instructions and daily car schedules to determine work to be performed, or receive orders from yard conductors. · Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers · importance 4.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Read production and delivery schedules, and confer with supervisors, to determine sorting and transfer procedures, arrangement of packages on pallets, and destinations of loaded pallets. · Conveyor Operators and Tenders · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments or material or equipment needs. · Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders to determine amounts to be pumped. · Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Review orders, production schedules, blueprints, or shipping or receiving notices to determine work sequences and material shipping dates, types, volumes, or destinations. · First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Review schedules, switching orders, way bills, and shipping records to obtain cargo loading and unloading information and to plan work. · Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Determine cargo transportation capabilities by reading documents that set forth cargo loading and securing procedures, capacities, and stability factors. · Transportation Inspectors · importance 3.9 · direct LLM exposure
• Read written instructions or confer with supervisors about schedules and materials to be moved. · Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Confirm routes and destination information for freight cars. · Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Review traffic control or barricade plans to issue permits for parades or other special events or for construction work that affects rights of way, providing assistance with plan preparation or revision, as necessary. · Traffic Technicians · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Review daily work or delivery schedules to determine orders, sequences of deliveries, or special loading instructions. · Crane and Tower Operators · importance 3.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Check military flight plans with civilian agencies. · Airfield Operations Specialists · importance 2.8 · exposure with tools
• Review physicians' orders to confirm prescribed exams. · 29-2035.00

Occupations that perform this

• Commercial Pilots
• Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
• Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
• Conveyor Operators and Tenders
• Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
• Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
• First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
• Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
• Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining
• Transportation Inspectors
• Traffic Technicians
• Crane and Tower Operators
• Airfield Operations Specialists
• 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
• “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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  title  = {Review work orders or schedules to determine operations or procedures.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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