Contact security staff members when necessary, using radio-telephones.

“Contact security staff members when necessary, using radio-telephones.” is a supplemental task performed by Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service. Among the occupation's 19 rated tasks, workers place it 15th by importance (#5 most important). About 53% 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.

• Maintain safety or security. in Performing General Physical Activities

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: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Operate communication systems, such as telephone, switchboard, intercom, two-way radio, or public address. · importance 4.7
• Answer incoming calls, greeting callers, providing information, transferring calls or taking messages as necessary. · importance 4.7
• Greet visitors, log them in and out of the facility, assign them security badges, and contact employee escorts. · importance 4.7
• Monitor alarm systems to ensure that secure conditions are maintained. · importance 4.6
• Monitor emergency and code alarms, make emergency announcements, or route emergency calls to the appropriate location. · importance 4.5
• Record messages, suggesting rewording for clarity or conciseness. · importance 4.5
• Page individuals to inform them of telephone calls, using paging or interoffice communication equipment. · importance 4.4
• Complete forms for sales orders. · importance 4.4
• Relay or route written or verbal messages. · importance 4.3
• Perform various cash handling tasks, such as collecting payments, making bank deposits, or managing petty cash. · importance 4.2
• Place telephone calls or arrange conference calls as instructed. · importance 4.2
• Answer simple questions about clients' businesses, using reference files. · importance 4.2
• Stamp messages with time and date and file them appropriately. · importance 4.1
• Keep records of calls placed and charges incurred. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 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-4638,
  title  = {Contact security staff members when necessary, using radio-telephones.},
  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-4638}
}