Measure parts, using precision measuring instruments, to determine whether similar parts may be machined to required sizes.

“Measure parts, using precision measuring instruments, to determine whether similar parts may be machined to required sizes.” is a supplemental task performed by Parts Salespersons. Among the occupation's 19 rated tasks, workers place it 3rd by importance (#17 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.

• Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment. in Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

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 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

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

• Receive payment or obtain credit authorization. · importance 4.7
• Assist customers, such as responding to customer complaints and updating them about back-ordered parts. · importance 4.6
• Fill customer orders from stock, and place orders when requested items are out of stock. · importance 4.6
• Receive and fill telephone orders for parts. · importance 4.6
• Locate and label parts, and maintain inventory of stock. · importance 4.5
• Prepare sales slips or sales contracts. · importance 4.5
• Read catalogs, microfiche viewers, or computer displays to determine replacement part stock numbers and prices. · importance 4.4
• Determine replacement parts required, according to inspections of old parts, customer requests, or customers' descriptions of malfunctions. · importance 4.4
• Examine returned parts for defects, and exchange defective parts or refund money. · importance 4.3
• Manage shipments by researching shipping methods or costs and tracking packages. · importance 4.3
• Mark and store parts in stockrooms, according to prearranged systems. · importance 4.2
• Maintain and clean work and inventory areas. · importance 4.1
• Place new merchandise on display. · importance 4.1
• Advise customers on substitution or modification of parts when identical replacements are not available. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Parts Salespersons 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-2438,
  title  = {Measure parts, using precision measuring instruments, to determine whether similar parts may be machined to required sizes.},
  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-2438}
}