Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, gauge readings, and operating times, manually or using computers.

“Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, gauge readings, and operating times, manually or using computers.” is a core task performed by Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders. Among the occupation's 19 rated tasks, workers place it 7th by importance (#13 most important). About 91% 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.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Seal outlet valves on tank cars, barges, and trucks. · importance 4.7
• Verify tank car, barge, or truck load numbers to ensure car placement accuracy based on written or verbal instructions. · importance 4.6
• Connect ground cables to carry off static electricity when unloading tanker cars. · importance 4.6
• Check conditions and weights of vessels to ensure cleanliness and compliance with loading procedures. · importance 4.5
• Start pumps and adjust valves or cables to regulate the flow of products to vessels, using knowledge of loading procedures. · importance 4.5
• Observe positions of cars passing loading spouts, and swing spouts into the correct positions at the appropriate times. · importance 4.5
• Monitor product movement to and from storage tanks, coordinating activities with other workers to ensure constant product flow. · importance 4.5
• Copy and attach load specifications to loaded tanks. · importance 4.4
• Remove and replace tank car dome caps, or direct other workers in their removal and replacement. · importance 4.4
• Operate ship loading and unloading equipment, conveyors, hoists, and other specialized material handling equipment such as railroad tank car unloading equipment. · importance 4.3
• Test samples for specific gravity, using hydrometers, or send samples to laboratories for testing. · importance 4.3
• Test vessels for leaks, damage, and defects, and repair or replace defective parts as necessary. · importance 4.3
• Operate industrial trucks, tractors, loaders, and other equipment to transport materials to and from transportation vehicles and loading docks, and to store and retrieve materials in warehouses. · importance 4.2
• Unload cars containing liquids by connecting hoses to outlet plugs and pumping compressed air into cars to force liquids into storage tanks. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders 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-12796,
  title  = {Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, gauge readings, and operating times, manually or using computers.},
  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-12796}
}