Obtain, organize, or develop training procedure manuals, guides, or course materials, such as handouts or visual materials.

“Obtain, organize, or develop training procedure manuals, guides, or course materials, such as handouts or visual materials.” is a core task performed by Training and Development Specialists. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 19th by importance (#2 most important). About 100% 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.

• Prepare informational or instructional materials. in Documenting/Recording Information
• Manage human resources activities. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

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.

• 88% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: task iteration
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.6 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 92% 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

• Present information with a variety of instructional techniques or formats, such as role playing, simulations, team exercises, group discussions, videos, or lectures. · importance 4.7
• Evaluate modes of training delivery, such as in-person or virtual, to optimize training effectiveness, training costs, or environmental impacts. · importance 4.5
• Assess training needs through surveys, interviews with employees, focus groups, or consultation with managers, instructors, or customer representatives. · importance 4.4
• Offer specific training programs to help workers maintain or improve job skills. · importance 4.4
• Monitor, evaluate, or record training activities or program effectiveness. · importance 4.4
• Design, plan, organize, or direct orientation and training programs for employees or customers. · importance 4.3
• Develop alternative training methods if expected improvements are not seen. · importance 4.1
• Evaluate training materials prepared by instructors, such as outlines, text, or handouts. · importance 4.0
• Monitor training costs and prepare budget reports to justify expenditures. · importance 3.8
• Devise programs to develop executive potential among employees in lower-level positions. · importance 3.8
• Keep up with developments in area of expertise by reading current journals, books, or magazine articles. · importance 3.7
• Attend meetings or seminars to obtain information for use in training programs or to inform management of training program status. · importance 3.7
• Coordinate recruitment and placement of training program participants. · importance 3.6
• Select and assign instructors to conduct training. · importance 3.5

See all tasks on the Training and Development Specialists 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.

@misc{singulariki-task-20475,
  title  = {Obtain, organize, or develop training procedure manuals, guides, or course materials, such as handouts or visual materials.},
  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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-20475}
}