AI at work · AI-in-the-loop studio · 70 min
Checking it before anyone relies on it
Fluent output is the failure mode. Whatever time a tool saves evaporates the first time an unchecked output reaches a customer or a record.
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
- output-verification×1 at Proficient
- escalation-oversight×0.6 at Proficient
By the end, the learner can
- Quality control documentation: directs an AI tool to draft inspection records and non-conformance notes from verbal descriptions of fit or dimension failures, then reviews and signs off each entry before shop records are filed.
- Tree appraisal cross-referencing: directs an AI tool to analyze described structural cues (twist, butt swell, lean measurement) and return a ranked set of felling strategies, retaining final control over the cut sequence based on direct sensory observation.
- Prescribed burn planning assistance: directs an AI tool to synthesize burn unit data, weather windows, and regulatory requirements into a preliminary burn plan checklist, then validates each item against on-the-ground conditions and crew capacity.
Session plan
- 15 minWhat the tool is doing hereWhere this shows up: manufacturing plants and production floors, working with supervisors, production coworkers, quality staff. Conditions to expect: process-driven, quality-controlled, repetitive. Entry roles this maps to: Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters, Continuous Mining Machine Operators, Fallers.
- directs an AI tool to draft inspection records and non-conformance notes from verbal descriptions of fit or dimension failures, then reviews and signs off each entry before shop records are filed.
- 15 minA good pass and a bad passDemonstrate quality control documentation as a cabinetmakers and bench carpenter 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 output verification to hold up on a bad day.
Assessment (11 items)
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