Record and compile operational data by completing and maintaining forms, logs, or reports.

“Record and compile operational data by completing and maintaining forms, logs, or reports.” is a core task performed by Power Plant Operators. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 15th by importance (#16 most important). About 87% 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: T3.

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.

• 0.011% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 74% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 2.9 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 90% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

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.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Control generator output to match the phase, frequency, or voltage of electricity supplied to panels. · importance 4.7
• Control power generating equipment, including boilers, turbines, generators, or reactors, using control boards or semi-automatic equipment. · importance 4.6
• Take regulatory action, based on readings from charts, meters and gauges, at established intervals. · importance 4.6
• Monitor power plant equipment and indicators to detect evidence of operating problems. · importance 4.5
• Start or stop generators, auxiliary pumping equipment, turbines, or other power plant equipment as necessary. · importance 4.5
• Operate or maintain distributed power generation equipment, including fuel cells or microturbines, to produce energy on-site for manufacturing or other commercial purposes. · importance 4.5
• Adjust controls to generate specified electrical power or to regulate the flow of power between generating stations and substations. · importance 4.5
• Open and close valves and switches in sequence to start or shut down auxiliary units. · importance 4.4
• Control or maintain auxiliary equipment, such as pumps, fans, compressors, condensers, feedwater heaters, filters, or chlorinators, to supply water, fuel, lubricants, air, or auxiliary power. · importance 4.4
• Operate, control, or monitor equipment, such as acid or gas carbon dioxide removal units, carbon dioxide compressors, or pipelines, to capture, store, or transport carbon dioxide exhaust. · importance 4.4
• Regulate equipment operations and conditions, such as water levels, based on instrument data or from computers. · importance 4.4
• Operate, control, or monitor gasifiers or related equipment, such as coolers, water quenches, water gas shifts reactors, or sulfur recovery units, to produce syngas or electricity from coal. · importance 4.4
• Inspect records or log book entries or communicate with plant personnel to assess equipment operating status. · importance 4.4
• Clean, lubricate, or maintain equipment, such as generators, turbines, pumps, or compressors, to prevent failure or deterioration. · importance 4.3

See all tasks on the Power Plant Operators 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  = {Record and compile operational data by completing and maintaining forms, logs, or reports.},
  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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