Read work orders to determine production specifications and information.

“Read work orders to determine production specifications and information.” is a core task performed by Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders. Among the occupation's 22 rated tasks, workers place it 3rd by importance (#20 most important). About 81% 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.

• Read documents or materials to inform work processes. in Getting 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.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Observe operation of equipment to ensure continuity of flow, safety, and efficient operation, and to detect malfunctions. · importance 4.3
• Clean, adjust, and maintain equipment, using hand tools. · importance 4.1
• Tend accessory equipment, such as pumps and conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production processes. · importance 4.1
• Move controls to start, stop, or adjust machinery and equipment that crushes, grinds, polishes, or blends materials. · importance 4.0
• Notify supervisors of needed repairs. · importance 4.0
• Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products at specified intervals to ensure conformance to requirements. · importance 4.0
• Test samples of materials or products to ensure compliance with specifications, using test equipment. · importance 3.9
• Mark bins as to types of mixtures stored. · importance 3.9
• Transfer materials, supplies, and products between work areas, using moving equipment and hand tools. · importance 3.8
• Add or mix chemicals and ingredients for processing, using hand tools or other devices. · importance 3.8
• Record data from operations, testing, and production on specified forms. · importance 3.8
• Collect samples of materials or products for laboratory testing. · importance 3.8
• Reject defective products and readjust equipment to eliminate problems. · importance 3.8
• Clean work areas. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 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-12375,
  title  = {Read work orders to determine production specifications and information.},
  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-12375}
}