Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 19-5012.00
Collect data on work environments for analysis by occupational health and safety specialists. Implement and conduct evaluation of programs designed to limit chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic risks to workers.
AI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Moderate· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.24
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
AI exposure (OpenAI rubric)
26 rated tasks · 18 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (69.2%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
Tasks
Task statements from the O*NET® 31.0 Database, core tasks first.
| Task | Type | β (OpenAI) |
|---|---|---|
| Maintain all required environmental records and documentation. | Core | 1 |
| Supply, operate, or maintain personal protective equipment. | Core | 0 |
| Prepare or calibrate equipment used to collect or analyze samples. | Core | 0 |
| Test workplaces for environmental hazards, such as exposure to radiation, chemical or biological hazards, or excessive noise. | Core | 0 |
| Prepare or review specifications or orders for the purchase of safety equipment, ensuring that proper features are present and that items conform to health and safety standards. | Core | 0.5 |
| Examine credentials, licenses, or permits to ensure compliance with licensing requirements. | Core | 1 |
| Educate the public about health issues or enforce health legislation to prevent disease, to promote health, or to help people understand health protection procedures and regulations. | Core | 0.5 |
| Review records or reports concerning laboratory results, staffing, floor plans, fire inspections, or sanitation to gather information for the development or enforcement of safety activities. | Core | 0.5 |
| Prepare documents to be used in legal proceedings, testifying in such proceedings when necessary. | Core | 0.5 |
| Plan emergency response drills. | Core | 0.5 |
| Maintain logbooks of daily activities, including areas visited or activities performed. | Core | 1 |
| Collect data regarding potential hazards from new equipment or products linked to green practices. | Core | 0.5 |
| Train workers in safety procedures related to green jobs, such as the use of fall protection devices or maintenance of proper ventilation during wind turbine construction. | Core | 0 |
| Verify availability or monitor use of safety equipment, such as hearing protection or respirators. | Core | 0 |
| Evaluate situations or make determinations when a worker has refused to work on the grounds that danger or potential harm exists. | Core | 0.5 |
| Recommend corrective measures to be applied based on results of environmental contaminant analyses. | Core | 0.5 |
| Conduct worker studies to determine whether specific instances of disease or illness are job-related. | Core | 0.5 |
| Inspect fire suppression systems or portable fire systems to ensure proper working order. | Core | 0 |
| Provide consultation to organizations or agencies on the workplace application of safety principles, practices, or techniques. | Core | 0.5 |
| Conduct interviews to obtain information or evidence regarding communicable diseases or violations of health or sanitation regulations. | Supplemental | 0.5 |
| Help direct rescue or firefighting operations in the event of a fire or an explosion. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Confer with schools, state authorities, or community groups to develop health standards or programs. | Supplemental | 0.5 |
| Collect data related to ecological or human health risks at brownfield sites. | Supplemental | 0.5 |
| Examine practices at green building sites to determine whether adherence to green building standards alters risks to workers. | Supplemental | 0.5 |
| Perform tests to identify any potential hazards related to recycled products used at green building sites. | Supplemental | 0.5 |
| Test or balance newly installed HVAC systems to determine whether indoor air quality standards are met. | Supplemental | 0 |
Occupation information
Sources and attribution
This page includes information from the O*NET® 31.0 Database (https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. AI Changing Work has modified all or some of this information: the O*NET-SOC code, title and task statements are reproduced in English without change; task-type labels are shown in the page's language and tasks are listed core first; any Korean occupation title shown on the Korean-language page is AI Changing Work's translation; any KSCO-8 unit groups linked to this occupation were paired with it by AI Changing Work's judgment, and the relation labels and statuses are AI Changing Work's additions. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Any AI exposure figures on this page are published by third parties, not by AI Changing Work, and none is part of the O*NET information. OpenAI publishes task-level scores (MIT License) for O*NET 27.2 task statements; each is shown next to the O*NET 31.0 task statement with the same task ID, whose wording can differ from the 27.2 statement that was scored. OpenAI also publishes occupation-level scores for O*NET-SOC codes in the same release, and any such score is shown on the O*NET occupation with the same code. Anthropic publishes an observed exposure index in the Anthropic Economic Index (CC-BY), and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes relative AI exposure categories (public domain); both are published per SOC code, and each value is shown on every O*NET occupation with that code. The International Labour Organization publishes a generative AI exposure index in ILO Working Paper 140 (CC BY 4.0) for ISCO-08 unit groups; AI Changing Work links those groups to O*NET occupations by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC and 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC crosswalks as published, without case-by-case selection, and these crosswalks match many groups only in part. Where several unit groups are linked, each group's published value is listed, and any summary shows only the lowest and highest of those values with the number of groups; no exposure figure is averaged or recalculated. Any employment figures are published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the SOC group containing this occupation. Each source is credited where its figures are shown.
O*NET OnLine: 19-5012.00 Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
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