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O*NET detailed work activityOperate computers or computerized equipment
AI-assistHandle the admin
14 jobs15 tasks
AI can prep the paperwork, extract details from documents and make checklists. Approving, paying and verifying stay with you.
Part of Operate computer systems or computerized equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Working with Computers. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (3 AI-ready, 10 AI-assist, 2 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
- Use computers for various applications, such as database management or word processing.
- Transmit work electronically to other locations.
- Use computers, computer-interfaced equipment, robotics or high-technology industrial applications to perform work duties.
- Use nondisciplinary tools and equipment, such as a computer.
- Import text and art elements, such as electronic clip art or electronic files from photographs that have been scanned or produced with a digital camera, using computer software.
- Operate various types of equipment, such as computer scanning equipment, addressographs, mimeographs, optical character readers, and bar-code sorters.
- Operate equipment such as computers or audio-visual aids to supplement presentations.
- Operate computer-controlled keyboards or voice recognition equipment to direct items according to established routing schemes.
- Operate scalehouse computers to obtain weight information about incoming shipments such as those from waste haulers.
- Load floppy disks or tapes containing information into system.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Operate office equipment, such as voice mail messaging systems, and use word processing, spreadsheet, or other software applications to prepare reports, invoices, financial statements, letters, case histories, or medical records.
- Program and use computers to store, process, and analyze data.
- Perform administrative support tasks, such as proofreading, transcribing handwritten information, or operating calculators or computers to work with pay records, invoices, balance sheets, or other documents.
- Design furniture, using computer-aided drawing programs.