Confer with or interview officials, technical or professional specialists, or applicants to obtain information or to clarify facts relevant to licensing decisions.

“Confer with or interview officials, technical or professional specialists, or applicants to obtain information or to clarify facts relevant to licensing decisions.” is a core task performed by Compliance Officers. Among the occupation's 16 rated tasks, workers place it 5th by importance (#12 most important). About 74% 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

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• Perform recruiting or hiring activities. in Staffing Organizational Units

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

• Issue licenses to individuals meeting standards. · importance 4.5
• Collect fees for licenses. · importance 4.5
• Warn violators of infractions or penalties. · importance 4.4
• Administer oral, written, road, or flight tests to license applicants. · importance 4.4
• Evaluate applications, records, or documents to gather information about eligibility or liability issues. · importance 4.4
• Visit establishments to verify that valid licenses or permits are displayed and that licensing standards are being upheld. · importance 4.4
• Advise licensees or other individuals or groups concerning licensing, permit, or passport regulations. · importance 4.4
• Prepare reports of activities, evaluations, recommendations, or decisions. · importance 4.3
• Score tests and observe equipment operation and control to rate ability of applicants. · importance 4.3
• Report law or regulation violations to appropriate boards or agencies. · importance 4.2
• Prepare correspondence to inform concerned parties of licensing decisions or appeals processes. · importance 4.1
• Identify compliance issues that require follow-up or investigation.
• Keep informed regarding pending industry changes, trends, or best practices.
• Provide assistance to internal or external auditors in compliance reviews.

See all tasks on the Compliance Officers 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-21451,
  title  = {Confer with or interview officials, technical or professional specialists, or applicants to obtain information or to clarify facts relevant to licensing decisions.},
  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-21451}
}