Monitor instruments, gauges, or recording devices under direction of nuclear experimenters.

“Monitor instruments, gauges, or recording devices under direction of nuclear experimenters.” is a supplemental task performed by Nuclear Technicians. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 15th by importance (#7 most important). About 64% 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.

• Monitor operations to ensure adequate performance. in Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

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

• Follow nuclear equipment operational policies and procedures that ensure environmental safety. · importance 4.8
• Conduct surveillance testing to determine safety of nuclear equipment. · importance 4.8
• Monitor nuclear reactor equipment performance to identify operational inefficiencies, hazards, or needs for maintenance or repair. · importance 4.7
• Test plant equipment to ensure it is operating properly. · importance 4.6
• Apply safety tags to equipment needing maintenance. · importance 4.6
• Follow policies and procedures for radiation workers to ensure personnel safety. · importance 4.6
• Modify, devise, or maintain nuclear equipment used in operations. · importance 4.4
• Perform testing, maintenance, repair, or upgrading of accelerator systems. · importance 4.3
• Warn maintenance workers of radiation hazards and direct workers to vacate hazardous areas. · importance 4.1
• Calculate equipment operating factors, such as radiation times, dosages, temperatures, gamma intensities, or pressures, using standard formulas and conversion tables. · importance 4.0
• Measure the intensity and identify the types of radiation in work areas, equipment, or materials, using radiation detectors or other instruments. · importance 4.0
• Communicate with accelerator maintenance personnel to ensure readiness of support systems, such as vacuum, water cooling, or radio frequency power sources. · importance 3.9
• Identify and implement appropriate decontamination procedures, based on equipment and the size, nature, and type of contamination. · importance 3.8
• Decontaminate objects by cleaning them using soap or solvents or by abrading using brushes, buffing machines, or sandblasting machines. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Nuclear 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-22315,
  title  = {Monitor instruments, gauges, or recording devices under direction of nuclear experimenters.},
  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-22315}
}