A task performed by Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Review project instructions and blueprints to ascertain test specifications, procedures, and objectives, and test nature of technical problems such as redesign.
Technically, much of it, experts rate AI capability 4/5, but workers don't want it automated (desire 2.75/5). It's an Automation Red Light: proceed with care.
Do you want this task automated?
How much the people who do this task want AI to take it over (avg of 4 workers).
How capable experts rate current AI at this task (avg of 2 experts).
How much human involvement should stay?
The Human Agency Scale (H1–H5) captures how much human direction workers think this task should keep.
Why workers feel the way they do
- Frees up time for higher-value work50%
- It's repetitive50%
- It's difficult50%
- It's stressful25%
- Reduces human error25%
- Helps handle larger scale25%
How to automate this
Doable with technology, but keep a person clearly in charge.
Finding & gathering information
Make the information come to you on a schedule.
- 1Set up saved searches and alerts for the sources you check to review project instructions and blueprints to ascertain test specifications (Google Alerts, feeds).
- 2Pull updates into one place with RSS or a no-code scraper.
- 3Use an AI search tool for the first pass, then verify the sources.
Tools that can help
Know a better way, or spot an error?
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This is 1 of 10 tasks studied for Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians, where workers want 60% of tasks automated.
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