Conduct field work at outdoor sites.

“Conduct field work at outdoor sites.” is a core task performed by Geographers. Among the occupation's 12 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#11 most important). About 95% 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.

• Collect environmental or biological samples. in Handling and Moving Objects

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.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Create and modify maps, graphs, or diagrams, using geographical information software and related equipment, and principles of cartography, such as coordinate systems, longitude, latitude, elevation, topography, and map scales. · importance 4.4
• Gather and compile geographic data from sources such as censuses, field observations, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and existing maps. · importance 4.2
• Teach geography. · importance 4.2
• Write and present reports of research findings. · importance 4.1
• Provide geographical information systems support to the private and public sectors. · importance 3.9
• Analyze geographic distributions of physical and cultural phenomena on local, regional, continental, or global scales. · importance 3.8
• Study the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of a specific region's population. · importance 3.8
• Develop, operate, and maintain geographical information computer systems, including hardware, software, plotters, digitizers, printers, and video cameras. · importance 3.8
• Locate and obtain existing geographic information databases. · importance 3.8
• Collect data on physical characteristics of specified areas, such as geological formations, climates, and vegetation, using surveying or meteorological equipment. · importance 3.7
• Provide consulting services in fields such as resource development and management, business location and market area analysis, environmental hazards, regional cultural history, and urban social planning. · importance 3.2

See all tasks on the Geographers 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-5510,
  title  = {Conduct field work at outdoor sites.},
  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-5510}
}