Test air quality at work sites.

Test air quality at work sites. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 5 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Test sites or materials for environmental hazards. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials .

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 5 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 0 (0%) 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 0.004% 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.

• Perform tests to determine if methane gas is present. · Roof Bolters, Mining · importance 4.9 · no direct exposure
• Conduct methane gas checks to ensure breathing quality of air. · Continuous Mining Machine Operators · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Operate or maintain air monitoring or other sampling devices in confined or hazardous environments. · Construction Laborers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Test atmosphere for adequate oxygen or explosive conditions when working in confined spaces. · Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators · importance 3.2 · no direct exposure
• Sample and test air to identify gasses, such as bromine, ozone, or sulfur dioxide, or particulates, such as mold, dust, or allergens. · Construction and Building Inspectors · importance 2.3 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Roof Bolters, Mining
• Continuous Mining Machine Operators
• Construction Laborers
• Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
• Construction and Building Inspectors

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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