Home / Tasks / Maintain operational records or records systems
In 1 of the 17 jobs that do this, AI or robots already show up on it, most often as work people hand to AI. In the other 16, there's no evidence yet. Jobs spend a median of 24m of an 8-hour shift on it, and about 1.6 million U.S. workers hold these jobs.
Every job that does this
Each job words the task its own way. Minutes are that job's estimate for a typical shift; the label is the evidence for that job's version.
| Job and its version of the task | Per shift | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental EngineersPrepare, review, or update environmental investigation or recommendation reports. | 56m | No evidence yet |
| Validation EngineersPrepare, maintain, or review validation and compliance documentation, such as engineering change notices, schematics, or protocols. | 47m | No evidence yet |
| Health and Safety EngineersReport or review findings from accident investigations, facilities inspections, or environmental testing. | 35m | No evidence yet |
| Geodetic SurveyorsMaintain databases of geodetic and related information, including coordinate, descriptive, or quality assurance data. | 35m | No evidence yet |
| Automotive EngineersWrite, review, or maintain engineering documentation. | 28m | Often handed to AI |
| Petroleum EngineersMaintain records of drilling and production operations. | 28m | No evidence yet |
| Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and TechniciansMaintain accurate record or batch-record documentation of nanoproduction. | 25m | No evidence yet |
| Environmental Engineering Technologists and TechniciansMaintain project logbook records or computer program files. | 25m | No evidence yet |
| Robotics TechniciansMaintain service records of robotic equipment or automated production systems. | 24m | No evidence yet |
| Mechatronics EngineersMaintain technical project files. | 19m | No evidence yet |
| Aerospace EngineersMaintain records of performance reports for future reference. | 18m | No evidence yet |
| Marine Engineers and Naval ArchitectsMaintain records of engineering department activities, including expense records and details of equipment maintenance and repairs. | 17m | No evidence yet |
| Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and TechniciansEstablish and maintain inventory, records, or documentation systems. | 13m | No evidence yet |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and TechniciansMaintain system logs or manuals to document testing or operation of equipment. | 12m | No evidence yet |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical EngineersMaintain databases of experiment characteristics or results. | 12m | No evidence yet |
| Robotics EngineersCreate back-ups of robot programs or parameters. | 6m | No evidence yet |
| Photonics EngineersCreate or maintain photonic design histories. | 6m | No evidence yet |
How to read this
This task type comes from O*NET's detailed work activities, which link similar tasks across jobs. A label applies to one job's version of the task: AI use comes from real AI conversations (Anthropic Economic Index) and robot evidence from deployments in real workplaces. "No evidence yet" may just mean the task is rare in the data. How we keep time.
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