Record work activities performed.

“Record work activities performed.” is a core task performed by Pest Control Workers. Among the occupation's 15 rated tasks, workers place it 15th by importance (#1 most important). About 100% 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 operational records. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task 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 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

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.

• 100% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

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

• Inspect premises to identify infestation source and extent of damage to property, wall, or roof porosity and access to infested locations. · importance 4.4
• Recommend treatment and prevention methods for pest problems to clients. · importance 4.3
• Post warning signs and lock building doors to secure area to be fumigated. · importance 4.2
• Spray or dust chemical solutions, powders, or gases into rooms, onto clothing, furnishings, or wood, or over marshlands, ditches, or catch basins. · importance 4.0
• Clean work site after completion of job. · importance 3.9
• Drive truck equipped with power spraying equipment. · importance 3.9
• Measure area dimensions requiring treatment, calculate fumigant requirements, and estimate cost for service. · importance 3.7
• Study preliminary reports or diagrams of infested area and determine treatment type required to eliminate and prevent recurrence of infestation. · importance 3.7
• Set mechanical traps, or place poisonous paste or bait in sewers, burrows, or ditches. · importance 3.6
• Direct, or assist other workers in, treatment or extermination processes to eliminate or control rodents, insects, or weeds. · importance 3.6
• Cut or bore openings in building or surrounding concrete, access infested areas, insert nozzle, and inject pesticide to impregnate ground. · importance 3.5
• Clean and remove blockages from infested areas to facilitate spraying procedures and provide drainage, using brooms, mops, shovels, or rakes. · importance 3.4
• Dig up and burn weeds, or spray them with herbicides.
• Position and fasten edges of tarpaulins over building, and tape vents to ensure air-tight environment and to check for leaks.

See all tasks on the Pest Control Workers 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-7974,
  title  = {Record work activities performed.},
  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-7974}
}