Inspect mining areas for unsafe structures, equipment, and working conditions.

“Inspect mining areas for unsafe structures, equipment, and working conditions.” is a core task performed by Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers. Among the occupation's 18 rated tasks, workers place it 17th by importance (#2 most important). About 78% 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.

• Inspect facilities or equipment. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials

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

• Prepare technical reports for use by mining, engineering, and management personnel. · importance 4.4
• Test air to detect toxic gases and recommend measures to remove them, such as installation of ventilation shafts. · importance 4.1
• Select or develop mineral location, extraction, and production methods, based on factors such as safety, cost, and deposit characteristics. · importance 4.0
• Select locations and plan underground or surface mining operations, specifying processes, labor usage, and equipment that will result in safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction of minerals and ores. · importance 4.0
• Implement and coordinate mine safety programs, including the design and maintenance of protective and rescue equipment and safety devices. · importance 3.9
• Devise solutions to problems of land reclamation and water and air pollution, such as methods of storing excavated soil and returning exhausted mine sites to natural states. · importance 3.8
• Prepare schedules, reports, and estimates of the costs involved in developing and operating mines. · importance 3.8
• Lay out, direct, and supervise mine construction operations, such as the construction of shafts and tunnels. · importance 3.8
• Monitor mine production rates to assess operational effectiveness. · importance 3.8
• Supervise, train, and evaluate technicians, technologists, survey personnel, engineers, scientists or other mine personnel. · importance 3.8
• Examine maps, deposits, drilling locations, or mines to determine the location, size, accessibility, contents, value, and potential profitability of mineral, oil, and gas deposits. · importance 3.7
• Design, develop, and implement computer applications for use in mining operations such as mine design, modeling, or mapping or for monitoring mine conditions. · importance 3.7
• Design, implement, and monitor the development of mines, facilities, systems, or equipment. · importance 3.7
• Select or devise materials-handling methods and equipment to transport ore, waste materials, and mineral products efficiently and economically. · importance 3.6

See all tasks on the Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 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.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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