Position instructions and comments onto drawings.

“Position instructions and comments onto drawings.” is a core task performed by Mechanical Drafters. Among the occupation's 15 rated tasks, workers place it 5th by importance (#11 most important). About 96% 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.

• Create visual designs or displays. in Thinking Creatively

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: 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.

• 0.002% 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

• Develop detailed design drawings and specifications for mechanical equipment, dies, tools, and controls, using computer-assisted drafting (CAD) equipment. · importance 4.7
• Produce three-dimensional models, using computer-aided design (CAD) software. · importance 4.4
• Lay out and draw schematic, orthographic, or angle views to depict functional relationships of components, assemblies, systems, and machines. · importance 4.3
• Modify and revise designs to correct operating deficiencies or to reduce production problems. · importance 4.2
• Review and analyze specifications, sketches, drawings, ideas, and related data to assess factors affecting component designs and the procedures and instructions to be followed. · importance 4.2
• Check dimensions of materials to be used and assign numbers to the materials. · importance 4.2
• Design scale or full-size blueprints of specialty items, such as furniture and automobile body or chassis components. · importance 4.0
• Compute mathematical formulas to develop and design detailed specifications for components or machinery, using computer-assisted equipment. · importance 3.9
• Coordinate with and consult other workers to design, lay out, or detail components and systems and to resolve design or other problems. · importance 3.9
• Confer with customer representatives to review schematics and answer questions pertaining to installation of systems. · importance 3.7
• Supervise and train other drafters, technologists, and technicians. · importance 3.5
• Lay out, draw, and reproduce illustrations for reference manuals and technical publications to describe operation and maintenance of mechanical systems. · importance 3.5
• Draw freehand sketches of designs, trace finished drawings onto designated paper for the reproduction of blueprints, and reproduce working drawings on copy machines. · importance 3.3
• Shade or color drawings to clarify and emphasize details and dimensions or eliminate background, using ink, crayon, airbrush, and overlays. · importance 2.9

See all tasks on the Mechanical Drafters 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  = {Position instructions and comments onto drawings.},
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  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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