Test patient vision.

Test patient vision. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 24 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient health. 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 24 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 21 (88%) 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 eyes, using observation, instruments, and pharmaceutical agents, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus, and coordination and to diagnose diseases and other abnormalities, such as glaucoma or color blindness. · Optometrists · importance 5.0 · no direct exposure
• Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus. · Orthoptists · importance 5.0 · exposure with tools
• Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 5.0 · no direct exposure
• Perform diagnostic tests or measurements, such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing. · Orthoptists · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Conduct tonometry or tonography tests to measure intraocular pressure. · Ophthalmic Medical Technicians · importance 4.9 · no direct exposure
• Operate ophthalmic equipment, such as autorefractors, phoropters, tomographs, or retinoscopes. · Ophthalmic Medical Technicians · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests. · Ophthalmic Medical Technicians · importance 4.9 · exposure with tools
• Perform comprehensive examinations of the visual system to determine the nature or extent of ocular disorders. · Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric · importance 4.8 · exposure with tools
• Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision. · Ophthalmic Medical Technicians · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Measure visual acuity, including near, distance, pinhole, or dynamic visual acuity, using appropriate tests. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Conduct ocular motility tests to measure function of eye muscles. · Ophthalmic Medical Technicians · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Perform slit lamp biomicroscopy procedures to diagnose disorders of the eye, such as retinitis, presbyopia, cataracts, or retinal detachment. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Collect ophthalmic measurements or other diagnostic information, using ultrasound equipment, such as A-scan ultrasound biometry or B-scan ultrasonography equipment. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Conduct ocular motility tests to measure function of eye muscles. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Assess refractive condition of eyes, using retinoscope. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Conduct visual field tests to measure field of vision. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Assess refractive conditions of eyes, using retinoscopes. · Ophthalmic Medical Technicians · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Perform fluorescein angiography of the eye. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Conduct tests, such as the Amsler Grid test, to measure central visual field used in the early diagnosis of macular degeneration, glaucoma, or diseases of the eye. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Assess abnormalities of color vision, such as amblyopia. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Conduct binocular disparity tests to assess depth perception. · Ophthalmic Medical Technicians · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Perform vision screening of children in schools or community health centers. · Orthoptists · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Conduct low vision blindness tests. · Ophthalmic Medical Technologists · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Optometrists
• Orthoptists
• Ophthalmic Medical Technologists
• Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
• Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric

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.

@misc{singulariki-test-patient-vision,
  title  = {Test patient vision.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/test-patient-vision}
}