Determine whether emergency or auxiliary systems will be needed to keep properties heated or cooled in extreme weather conditions.

“Determine whether emergency or auxiliary systems will be needed to keep properties heated or cooled in extreme weather conditions.” is a core task performed by Geothermal Technicians. Among the occupation's 24 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#11 most important). About 70% 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.

• Determine resource needs of projects or operations. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems

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: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Adjust power production systems to meet load and distribution demands. · importance 4.5
• Monitor and adjust operations of geothermal power plant equipment or systems. · importance 4.3
• Prepare and maintain logs, reports, or other documentation of work performed. · importance 4.3
• Identify and correct malfunctions of geothermal plant equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation, or controls. · importance 4.3
• Collect and record data associated with operating geothermal power plants or well fields. · importance 4.2
• Calculate heat loss and heat gain factors for residential properties to determine heating and cooling required by installed geothermal systems. · importance 4.2
• Maintain electrical switchgear, process controls, transmitters, gauges, and control equipment in accordance with geothermal plant procedures. · importance 4.2
• Maintain, calibrate, or repair plant instrumentation, control, and electronic devices in geothermal plants. · importance 4.2
• Install and maintain geothermal plant electrical protection equipment. · importance 3.9
• Design and lay out geothermal heat systems according to property characteristics, heating and cooling requirements, piping and equipment requirements, applicable regulations, or other factors. · importance 3.9
• Install and maintain geothermal system instrumentation or controls. · importance 3.9
• Perform pre- and post-installation pressure, flow, and related tests of vertical and horizontal geothermal loop piping. · importance 3.8
• Prepare newly installed geothermal heat systems for operation by flushing, purging, or other actions. · importance 3.7
• Identify equipment options, such as compressors, and make appropriate selections. · importance 3.6

See all tasks on the Geothermal Technicians 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-17951,
  title  = {Determine whether emergency or auxiliary systems will be needed to keep properties heated or cooled in extreme weather conditions.},
  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-17951}
}