Inspect, weigh, and measure mounted or unmounted lenses after completion to verify alignment and conformance to specifications, using precision instruments.

“Inspect, weigh, and measure mounted or unmounted lenses after completion to verify alignment and conformance to specifications, using precision instruments.” is a core task performed by Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians. Among the occupation's 18 rated tasks, workers place it 15th by importance (#4 most important). About 82% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment. in Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T0.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.006% share of AI-use records mapped to this task

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Mount and secure lens blanks or optical lenses in holding tools or chucks of cutting, polishing, grinding, or coating machines. · importance 4.8
• Inspect lens blanks to detect flaws, verify smoothness of surface, and ensure thickness of coating on lenses. · importance 4.7
• Set up machines to polish, bevel, edge, or grind lenses, flats, blanks, or other precision optical elements. · importance 4.7
• Shape lenses appropriately so that they can be inserted into frames. · importance 4.7
• Clean finished lenses and eyeglasses, using cloths and solvents. · importance 4.6
• Mount, secure, and align finished lenses in frames or optical assemblies, using precision hand tools. · importance 4.6
• Examine prescriptions, work orders, or broken or used eyeglasses to determine specifications for lenses, contact lenses, or other optical elements. · importance 4.6
• Adjust lenses and frames to correct alignment. · importance 4.5
• Select lens blanks, molds, tools, and polishing or grinding wheels, according to production specifications. · importance 4.5
• Position and adjust cutting tools to specified curvature, dimensions, and depth of cut. · importance 4.5
• Assemble eyeglass frames and attach shields, nose pads, and temple pieces, using pliers, screwdrivers, and drills. · importance 4.4
• Immerse eyeglass frames in solutions to harden, soften, or dye frames. · importance 4.3
• Set dials and start machines to polish lenses or hold lenses against rotating wheels to polish them manually. · importance 4.3
• Lay out lenses and trace lens outlines on glass, using templates. · importance 4.3

See all tasks on the Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians page.

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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  title  = {Inspect, weigh, and measure mounted or unmounted lenses after completion to verify alignment and conformance to specifications, using precision instruments.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  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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