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
- Real-time monitoring augmentation: operates AI-powered video analytics dashboards to extend perimeter awareness across multiple entry points simultaneously, while retaining personal judgment on whether to respond or request backup.
- Safety-critical gate keeping: evaluates every AI-generated recommendation against physical inspection results and certified maintenance data, rejecting or escalating any output that conflicts with observed aircraft condition.
- Penetration test report generation: delegates the narrative write-up of test findings to an AI assistant, retaining authorship of risk ratings and recommended countermeasures.
Session plan
- 10 minWhat the tool is doing hereWhere this shows up: military installations and field operations, working with technical teams, commanders, unit members. Conditions to expect: high-consequence, mission-driven, protocol-heavy. Entry roles this maps to: Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers, Security Guards, Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians.
- directs an AI tool to draft inspection records and discrepancy reports from structured field notes, reviewing and correcting the output before formal submission.
- 15 minA good pass and a bad passDemonstrate compliance documentation drafting as a aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assembler 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, Electronic mail 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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