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O*NET detailed work activityEdit written materials
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Give AI your rough notes, numbers or last version and it will turn them into a clean, well-structured first draft. You check every fact and figure before it goes anywhere.
Part of Edit written materials or documents, under the O*NET work activity group Making Decisions and Solving Problems. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (14 AI-ready, 11 AI-assist, 0 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Organize material and complete writing assignment according to set standards regarding order, clarity, conciseness, style, and terminology.
- Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
- Prepare, rewrite and edit copy to improve readability, or supervise others who do this work.
- Edit, standardize, or make changes to material prepared by other writers or establishment personnel.
- Edit or rewrite existing written material as necessary, and submit written material for approval by supervisor, editor, or publisher.
- Revise work to meet editorial approval or to fit time or space requirements.
- Revise written material to meet personal standards and to satisfy needs of clients, publishers, directors, or producers.
- Revise written material to meet personal standards and to satisfy needs of clients, publishers, directors, or producers.
- Review written, audio, or video copy, and correct errors in content, grammar, or punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines.
- Review published materials and recommend revisions or changes in scope, format, content, and methods of reproduction and binding.
- Read, evaluate and edit manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication, and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publication.
- Review and approve proofs submitted by composing room prior to publication production.
- Prepare or edit organizational publications, such as employee newsletters or stockholders' reports, for internal or external audiences.
- Compose and edit scripts or provide screenwriters with story outlines from which scripts can be written.
- Proofread, edit, and revise translated materials.
- Read material to determine index items and arrange them alphabetically or topically, indicating page or chapter location.
- Make manuscript acceptance or revision recommendations to the publisher.
- Design, evaluate, recommend, and approve changes of forms and reports.
- Adapt text to accommodate musical requirements of composers and singers.
- Edit historical society publications.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Prepare and deliver news, sports, or weather reports, gathering and rewriting material so that it will convey required information and fit specific time slots.
- Write and edit news stories from information collected by reporters and other sources.
- Write or edit copy for clients.
- Review manuscripts for professional journals.
- Review manuscripts for publication in professional journals.