AI at work · AI-in-the-loop studio · 65 min
Tasking a tool on real sector work
AI tools are already in use across this sector's occupations. This session is about getting a usable first pass, not a magic one.
Target level: Proficient — Has functional knowledge of the skill and can apply it properly in specific on-the-job settings.
Why this design
Do a real sector task with an AI tool: task it, check it, decide what a person still owns. The AI work already happening in this sector's occupations.
What this evidences
- prompting-tasking×1 at Proficient
- tool-workflow-integration×0.6 at Proficient
By the end, the learner can
- Switching-sequence planning: directs an AI assistant to draft de-energization and grounding sequences for a planned repair, then reviews every step against local operating procedures before executing on live infrastructure.
- Equipment operation planning: queries an AI assistant to generate a sanding sequence (coarse-to-fine grit progression, pass direction, machine speed settings) tailored to floor species and condition, then applies professional judgment to adjust on-site.
- Installation procedure drafting: prompts an AI tool to draft step-by-step staging and scaffolding plans from blueprint data, then edits the output against physical site conditions and safety regulations.
Session plan
- 10 minWhat the tool is doing hereWhere this shows up: construction sites and outdoor job sites, working with supervisors, crew members, other trades. Conditions to expect: safety-sensitive, physically demanding, variable site conditions. Entry roles this maps to: Boilermakers, Brickmasons and Blockmasons, Carpenters.
- presents symptom patterns from pressure tests or visual inspections to an AI assistant to generate a ranked list of probable failure causes, then validates each hypothesis through hands-on examination before committing to a repair path.
- 15 minA good pass and a bad passDemonstrate troubleshooting decision support as a boilermaker would do it. The technique is yours to teach — this plan covers the judgment around it, so narrate the decision points out loud and name which parts were judgment and which were procedure.
- Do it once at working pace so the shape is visible.
- Do it again, stopping at each point where a different call was possible.
- Name the one mistake that costs the most here, and why it's tempting.
- 25 minYour turn, with the checksDo the task with the tool in front of you, on the sector's own material. Every output gets checked against something outside the tool before it moves.
- Tools in play: Spreadsheet software, Office suite software, Computer aided design CAD software.
- 15 minWhat stayed humanClose the loop: what changed between the first attempt and the last, and what would have to be true for prompting & tasking to hold up on a bad day.
Assessment (15 items)
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