Maintain logs of activities and completed work.

“Maintain logs of activities and completed work.” is a supplemental task performed by Data Entry Keyers. Among the occupation's 9 rated tasks, workers place it 3rd by importance (#7 most important). About 66% 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.

• Maintain operational records. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task 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 1.00. Automation potential label: T4.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Locate and correct data entry errors, or report them to supervisors. · importance 4.8
• Compile, sort, and verify the accuracy of data before it is entered. · importance 4.7
• Compare data with source documents, or re-enter data in verification format to detect errors. · importance 4.5
• Read source documents such as canceled checks, sales reports, or bills, and enter data in specific data fields or onto tapes or disks for subsequent entry, using keyboards or scanners. · importance 4.5
• Store completed documents in appropriate locations. · importance 4.4
• Select materials needed to complete work assignments. · importance 4.4
• Load machines with required input or output media, such as paper, cards, disks, tape, or Braille media. · importance 3.5
• Resolve garbled or indecipherable messages, using cryptographic procedures and equipment. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Data Entry Keyers 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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-11406,
  title  = {Maintain logs of activities and completed work.},
  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/tasks/task-11406}
}