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Prepare project budgets

AI can do the arithmetic, build the spreadsheet formula and suggest what to look at. Deciding what the numbers mean for your situation is still you.

Part of Manage budgets or finances, under the O*NET work activity group Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (1 AI-ready, 7 AI-assist, 0 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Prepare project budgets, schedules, or specifications for labor or materials.AI-assist Transportation Engineers
• Perform managerial functions, such as preparing proposals and budgets, analyzing labor costs, and writing reports.AI-assist Materials Engineers
• Assist in budget implementation, forecasts, or administration.AI-assist Environmental Engineers
• Develop project budgets by estimating the cost of project activities.AI-assist Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Prepare budget or cost estimates for equipment, construction, or installation projects or control expenditures.AI-assist Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Estimate labor, material, or construction costs for budget preparation purposes.AI-assist Electrical Engineers
• Calculate design specifications or cost, material, and resource estimates, and prepare project schedules and budgets.AI-ready Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Develop budgets.AI-assist Broadcast Technicians