Will AI replace Garage managers and proprietors?

Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 41 official task statements scored for Garage managers and proprietors (United Kingdom, SOC 1252), 26% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 38 out of 100 (range 33–44, band: low). That is a statement about tasks, not about headcount: this measures what AI could do, not whether any employer adopts it, whether the law allows it, or whether doing the routine parts faster creates more demand for the human parts. Figures are from release 2026-q4.1.

Which tasks in “Garage managers and proprietors” can AI already do?

The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Order parts” (93/100, very high); “Compile operational records, including time and production records, stock data, and test results” (93/100, very high); “Calculate the cost of materials, transport, labour and equipment hire” (93/100, very high). Each score comes from five published 0–4 ratings turned into a number by a published formula, and each carries the model's one-sentence reason on the page.

Which tasks in “Garage managers and proprietors” stay human?

About 58% of this job's task weight sits in work that scores low for AI exposure. The lowest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Operate hydraulic presses or shears for maintenance tasks” (0/100, minimal); “Carry out minor welding work” (0/100, minimal); “Repair, maintain, and adjust equipment using hand tools” (0/100, minimal). Low scores usually mean the task needs a body in a room, a legally accountable human, or trust built in real time. Those are the three things the scoring rubric treats as gates rather than obstacles.

What should someone working in “Garage managers and proprietors” do about AI?

Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 26% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 58% is not. The practical move is to spend more of your week on the tasks that score low, the ones above, and to get fluent at directing AI through the tasks that score high, because those are the parts that change whether or not you are ready for them. This page does not predict your job, and nothing here is career advice tailored to you: the score describes the occupation, not the person.

How is the AI exposure score for Garage managers and proprietors calculated?

Each official task statement for the occupation is rated on five published 0–4 dimensions (output replicability, physical embodiment, licensed accountability, real-time human trust, and data availability) by claude-opus-5 using scoring prompt task_scoring_v1.0. The model never writes the score; a published formula turns the five ratings into a 0–100 number, so every score can be recomputed by hand. The occupation figure is the importance-weighted mean across 41 scored tasks. The prompt, the rubric, the formula and the full dataset are published at https://futureproof.collab365.com/method and https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1 under CC BY 4.0.

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Garage managers and proprietors

allocating work to staff to maximise productivity and resource, checking the safety of equipment and devices and training workers in job-specific tasks to ensure effective performance. If that's your week, this page is about your job.

The honest answer

AI is already taking a real slice of the routine work here: ordering parts. That is a slice of tasks, not of you.

Your move: what you can actually do about this ↓

Where the work sits, by task weight

shifting to AI: 26%
changing shape: 15%
staying human: 58%

These bars are tasks changing hands, not people being counted out. The ledger below shows which.

Whole-job exposure score 38 out of 100 (33–44 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, across 41 scored tasks. The number is the support for the sentence above it, not a headline about anyone’s future.

How we know this

What is measured: Every published task statement for garage managers and proprietors is rated on five dimensions: can a model produce the output, does the work need a body in a room, does it need a legally accountable person, does it depend on a person being trusted in the moment, and how much data exists. A published formula turns those five ratings into the score; the model never writes the number.

How the bar is built: Each task’s share of the bar is its published importance weight, so a task you do all day counts for more than one you do twice a year.

Release: 2026-q4.1, scores computed 2026-08-04. Read the full method.

That slice is not coming back; the core of the job, conducting regular safety checks and maintenance on workshop tools and equipment, stays yours. The tools change, the responsibility doesn't.

Your week, as this page understands it

Garage managers and proprietors plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the day-to-day running of garages and specialist vehicle maintenance and repair establishments. The job title says “garage managers” or “proprietors”: officially one job, two names. The real job is the part underneath: conducting regular safety checks and maintenance on workshop tools and equipment. That is the thing someone has to be right about.

The exposed part of this job is specific, and we won’t pretend it is coming back. But garage managers and proprietors is not one task. It is 41 scored ones, and they are nowhere near equally exposed. The most durable of them, on this evidence, is conducting regular safety checks and maintenance on workshop tools and equipment, and the ledger below shows exactly why.

Where the work sits, by task weight

shifting to AI: 26%
changing shape: 15%
staying human: 58%

These bars are tasks changing hands, not people being counted out. The ledger below shows which.

How we know this

How the bar is built: Each task’s share of the bar is its published importance weight, so a task you do all day counts for more than one you do twice a year.

Release: 2026-q4.1, scores computed 2026-08-04. Read the full method.

Your job, task by task

These are the official task statements for this occupation, in plain English, sorted by what the evidence says is happening to each one. The official wording sits under every line so you can check the rewrite against it.

27 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
ASHE suppresses or does not publish a median for this unit group. We leave it empty rather than interpolating one from sibling groups, which would be a fabricated number.
Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.

Shifting to AI

11 tasks

Tasks today’s tools can already do most of. This is the part we will not soften: where these rows are the bulk of your week, the week changes.

Informing customers and colleagues about service or repairing progress and any follow-up work
This is reading one thing and writing another: customers in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 90 · 1252/00
Source: “Inform customers and colleagues about service or repair progress and any follow-up work needed.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 79 out of 100 (75–83 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Progress updates to customers are short, repeatable messages that systems already send automatically.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Determining schedules, sequences and assignments for work activities based on priority, equipment quantity and personnel skill
This is reading one thing and writing another: schedules, sequences and assignments in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 85 · 1252/00
Source: “Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities based on priority, equipment quantity, and personnel skill.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (71–79 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Matching jobs to people, kit and priorities is a scheduling problem software is good at.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Ordering parts
This is reading one thing and writing another: parts in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 80 · 1252/00
Source: “Order parts.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Ordering parts against a stock list is routine purchasing that systems handle.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Ordering materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment or replacement parts
This is reading one thing and writing another: materials in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 80 · 1252/00
Source: “Order materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (68–82 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Ordering parts and supplies is routine purchasing that ordering systems already largely handle.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.

Changing shape

6 tasks

Tasks where the machine takes the producing and a person keeps the checking, the deciding, or the answering-for-it. For most jobs this is the biggest group, and it is where "transformation, not termination" is literally visible.

Allocating work to staff to maximise productivity and resource
The software now makes the first pass at work, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 95 · 1252/00
Source: “Allocate work to staff to maximise productivity and resource use.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 53 out of 100 (46–60 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Allocating work against skills and capacity is scheduling that software handles well, though people need to accept it.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Identifying required repair methods based on analysis
The software now makes the first pass at required repair methods, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 85 · 1252/00
Source: “Identify required repair methods based on analysis.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (49–63 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Choosing a repair method from test results follows documented practice that software can work through.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Managing maintenance programmes for automotive equipment to ensure service readiness
The software now makes the first pass at maintenance programmes, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 85 · 1252/00
Source: “Manage maintenance programmes for automotive equipment to ensure service readiness.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (49–63 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Planning equipment servicing schedules is exactly the kind of scheduling software handles well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.

Staying human

24 tasks

Tasks that stay with a person, because they happen in the physical world, because the rules need someone accountable, or because the value is that a specific person does them.

Discussing with customers the repairs
The value here is that a specific person handles customers the repairs and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 90 · 1252/00
Source: “Discuss with customers the repairs needed.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 31 out of 100 (24–38 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Customers need to trust the person telling them what their car needs, though the estimate itself can be prepared.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Maintaining a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment
This work happens in the physical world: a safe working environment, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 90 · 1252/00
Source: “Maintain a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 29 out of 100 (22–36 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Monitoring schedules and incident data can be handled automatically, but noticing unsafe practice in the workshop needs someone watching.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Adhering to health and safety requirements in the workplace
This work happens in the physical world: health, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 90 · 1252/00
Source: “Adhere to health and safety requirements in the workplace.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 20 out of 100 (13–27 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Policies and records can be drafted automatically, but keeping to safe practice in a working garage depends on the people there.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.

Show the other 31 tasks

Compiling operational records, including time and production records, stock data and testing results
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: operational records, including time and production records in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 75 · 1252/00
Source: “Compile operational records, including time and production records, stock data, and test results.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Pulling together time, production and stock records is routine compilation work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Calculating the cost of materials
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: the cost of materials in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 70 · 1252/00
Source: “Calculate the cost of materials, transport, labour and equipment hire.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Costing materials, transport, labour and hire is arithmetic against price lists, which software handles accurately.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Monitoring departmental spending
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: departmental in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 70 · 1252/00
Source: “Monitor departmental spending.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Watching departmental spending against budget is standard finance reporting that software does automatically.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Monitoring production rates to assess productivity
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: production rates in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 70 · 1252/00
Source: “Monitor production rates to assess productivity.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (71–79 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Production rates come straight from machine data, so measuring output is well suited to automatic reporting.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Providing input into budget planning and preparation
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: input in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 70 · 1252/00
Source: “Provide input into budget planning and preparation.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 75 out of 100 (71–79 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Budget input is number work on costs and workloads already recorded.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Planning work activities in consultation with supervisors or engineers
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: work activities in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 75 · 1252/00
Source: “Plan work activities in consultation with supervisors or engineers.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 64 out of 100 (57–71 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Drawing up a work plan from known jobs and resources is scheduling software does quickly.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Providing quotations and cost estimates for required work
shifting to AI
This is reading one thing and writing another: quotations in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 75 · 1252/00
Source: “Provide quotations and cost estimates for required work.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 64 out of 100 (57–71 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Pricing from a specification and a rate card is calculation and document work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Compiling or maintaining records of system operation
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at records of system operation, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 75 · 1252/00
Source: “Compile or maintain records of system operation, performance, and maintenance.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (52–60 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Compiling operation and maintenance records is routine record-keeping software handles reliably.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Coordinating the processing of purchased products
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at the processing of purchased products, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 65 · 1252/00
Source: “Coordinate the processing of purchased products.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (49–63 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Ordering parts, matching deliveries and booking them in runs on the garage system, so software can handle most of it.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Identifying and reviewing resource needs with personnel
changing shape
The software now makes the first pass at resource needs, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 80 · 1252/00
Source: “Identify and review resource needs with personnel.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 53 out of 100 (46–60 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Working out resource needs is planning work, though agreeing them happens in conversation with managers.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Recruiting new employees to maintain vehicle service standards
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles new employees and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 85 · 1252/00
Source: “Recruit new employees to maintain vehicle service standards.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 39 out of 100 (32–46 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Adverts, shortlisting and offers can be drafted, but hiring decisions rest on meeting people.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Recommending personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers and dismissals
staying human
The ratings behind this row put personnel actions well outside what today's tools can do on their own.
importance 80 · 1252/00
Source: “Recommend personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, and dismissals.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 37 out of 100 (30–44 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: A recommendation can be drafted from performance records, but the judgement about a particular person stays with the manager who knows them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Inspecting installation sites and reviewing work orders
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: installation sites, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 70 · 1252/00
Source: “Inspect installation sites and review work orders, building plans, and manuals to determine material requirements and procedures.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 29 out of 100 (22–36 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: The drawings and work orders can be read on a screen, but the site itself has to be visited.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Reviewing employees' work performance for quality assurance
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles employees' work performance and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 85 · 1252/00
Source: “Review employees' work performance for quality assurance.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 26 out of 100 (19–33 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Judging someone work quality fairly relies on watching them and knowing the person.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Addressing employee grievances
staying human
The value here is that a specific person handles employee grievances and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 80 · 1252/00
Source: “Address employee grievances.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 24 out of 100 (17–31 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Letters and process notes can be drafted, but a grievance is resolved through a real conversation with the person raising it.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Advising employees on technical work-related issues to improve performance and safety
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: employees, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 85 · 1252/00
Source: “Advise employees on technical work-related issues to improve performance and safety.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 20 out of 100 (13–27 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Technical coaching happens beside the vehicle, though reference guidance can be written.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Investigating accidents in the workplace
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: accidents, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 80 · 1252/00
Source: “Investigate accidents in the workplace.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 19 out of 100 (12–26 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: A report can be largely drafted, but gathering what actually happened means looking at the scene and talking to the people involved.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Inspecting the quality of work to ensure standards are met
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: the quality of work, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 85 · 1252/00
Source: “Inspect the quality of work to ensure standards are met.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 14 out of 100 (7–21 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Judging whether work meets standard means looking at it where it was done.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Monitoring machine operations and observing lights and gauges to detect malfunctions
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: machine operations, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 65 · 1252/00
Source: “Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 14 out of 100 (7–21 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Sensors can flag many faults, but watching the machine run and reacting still happens on the floor.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Interpreting specifications, blueprints or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: specifications, blueprints or job orders, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 60 · 1252/00
Source: “Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 13 out of 100 (6–20 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Reading the drawings is something software does well; making templates and marking out reference points is hands-on.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Training employees in equipment operations to ensure vehicle maintenance quality
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: employees, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 80 · 1252/00
Source: “Train employees in equipment operations to ensure vehicle maintenance quality.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 10 out of 100 (3–17 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Training staff on equipment means showing them on the equipment.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Checking the safety of equipment and devices
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: the safety of equipment, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 85 · 1252/00
Source: “Check the safety of equipment and devices.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 9 out of 100 (2–16 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Checking lifts and workshop tools means examining them in the workshop, though the paperwork side can be prepared automatically.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Supervising a team of engineers and technicians
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: a team of engineers, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 60 · 1252/00
Source: “Supervise a team of engineers and technicians.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 9 out of 100 (5–13 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Supervising a team depends on trust and judgement built with those people.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Training workers in job-specific tasks to ensure effective performance
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: workers, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 85 · 1252/00
Source: “Train workers in job-specific tasks to ensure effective performance.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 6 out of 100 (2–10 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Teaching someone a practical job means showing them at the bench or machine.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Conducting training sessions on repair techniques and tools for new repairers
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: sessions, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 80 · 1252/00
Source: “Conduct training sessions on repair techniques and tools for new repairers.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 6 out of 100 (2–10 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Teaching repair techniques means demonstrating with the tools in front of trainees.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Conducting regular safety checks and maintenance on workshop tools and equipment
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: regular safety checks, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 90 · 1252/00
Source: “Conduct regular safety checks and maintenance on workshop tools and equipment.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Checking and servicing tools is hands-on workshop work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Inspecting and testing completed units to verify they meet specifications and customer requirements
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: completed units, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 75 · 1252/00
Source: “Inspect and test completed units to verify they meet specifications and customer requirements.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–7 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Checking a finished repair means looking over and testing the actual vehicle before it goes back to the customer.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Measuring completed work to verify conformance to repair requirements
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: completed work, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 75 · 1252/00
Source: “Measure completed work to verify conformance to repair requirements.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Measuring finished work means physically checking it with instruments.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Repairing, maintaining and adjusting equipment using hand tools
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: equipment, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 70 · 1252/00
Source: “Repair, maintain, and adjust equipment using hand tools.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Repairing and adjusting equipment with hand tools is physical work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Carrying out minor welding work
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: minor welding work, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 60 · 1252/00
Source: “Carry out minor welding work.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Welding is physical work with a torch in your hands.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.
Operating hydraulic presses or shears for maintenance tasks
staying human
This work happens in the physical world: hydraulic presses, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 50 · 1252/00
Source: “Operate hydraulic presses or shears for maintenance tasks.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Operating hydraulic presses or shears is hands-on workshop work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.

What this job pays, and how many people do it

Median pay: No median pay figure is published for this exact group, so there is none here. We would rather show you the gap than a number borrowed from somewhere else.The ONS doesn't publish a reliable pay figure for this exact job (too few people in its survey sample), so none is shown here.
People doing this job: 17,700in the UK, 2026.nomis-aps · Apr 2025-Mar 2026 (latest APS 12-month period)This headcount comes from a survey, not a census, so treat it as a good estimate rather than an exact count.

What is deliberately not here: a forecast of how many of these jobs exist in ten years. Where an official projection exists for a market we publish it with its vintage; where it does not, we leave the space empty rather than borrow the other country’s number.

Why this is shifting

The reason is boringly specific. Most of what is shifting here is reading one thing and writing another: schedules, sequences and assignments in, a record out. The rows above are exactly that shape: ordering parts and informing customers and colleagues about service or repairing progress and any follow-up work. What it cannot do is be there in the room, and that is still where regular safety checks get done. Which is why this page talks about your tasks changing, not your job ending.

Your move

Over a pint: what I’d tell you if you were my friend

Your week is splitting in two, and which half fills it is the whole question. Ordering parts is going; conducting regular safety checks and maintenance on workshop tools and equipment is not.

So, given all that: 26% of this job's task weight sits in rows the software is already learning, 15% in rows that change shape rather than disappear, and 58% in rows it is nowhere near. That is the position, measured across 41 scored tasks. It is not a forecast about you.

The occupation is an average and you are not, so the first job below is finding out where your own week actually sits.

This week: one thing

Print the task ledger above and put your own hours next to each row. Roughly, in pen, in one sitting. Then look at which group your hours actually pile up in. Twenty minutes, this week.

What you end up holding: your own week, on one page, sorted into what is shifting and what is not
How long it takes: about twenty minutes

If printing it isn’t practical: Read the rows off this page and write the same list on the back of an envelope. Same twenty minutes, same page, and it works just as well said out loud to someone who knows the job. The point is your hours next to the rows, not the paper it is on.

Over the next 90 days

Volunteer toward the durable end, visibly. Over the next ninety days put your hand up for the work in the bottom group (conducting regular safety checks and maintenance on workshop tools and equipment) and let people see you doing it. Not a new project: the same job, with your mix deliberately tilted. The point is that when the rota or the reorganisation comes, the version of you people picture is the one doing the part that stays.

Over the next 12 months

Claim a specialism at the durable end and let the other end go. Over a year, deliberately become the person who handles conducting regular safety checks and maintenance on workshop tools and equipment, and deliberately stop being the first choice for the rows in the top group. That trade costs something, because the exposed work is often the comfortable work. Decide it on purpose rather than by drift. Before you pay for anything, spend an hour with National Careers Service. It is free and government-funded, and it is listed below with the rest of the free routes.

The roads out of here, and why I am not sending you down them

I looked at the obvious moves out of this job, and here is what I found.

I checked the 12 nearest UK occupations to garage managers and proprietors (nearest by the work that AI is not taking, not by job title), and none of them survived. The closest was skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors. This release publishes no median pay for that job, so I cannot show you what the move costs or pays. And on the numbers you do not need one. This job scores 38/100 here, with only 26% of the task list in the top band, and “allocate work to staff to maximise productivity and resource use” is not work that hands over cleanly. None of them beats deepening what you already have.

How that was checked: this job was compared against all 412 UK occupations in this release on their official task statements, and the 12 nearest were examined one by one. A move that turns on an industry, an employer or a qualification rather than on the work itself will not show up in a check like that. And this release carries no licence register, so anything you are weighing needs that looked up separately.

3 moves I checked and rejected

These are the obvious-looking jumps. They are here with their reasons rather than quietly dropped, because the ones that fail are worth knowing about. It is one less thing to turn over at night.

Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour because one of your tasks is on their list in the same words: “conduct regular safety checks and maintenance on workshop tools and equipment”. Across the whole of both lists that adds up to about 58% of the work in that job the software is not taking.
Why I am not recommending it: This release publishes no median pay for that job, so I cannot show you what the move costs or pays. I do not recommend a move I cannot price.
Look at that job’s page anyway →
Planning, process and production technicians
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour because one of your tasks is on their list in the same words: “investigate accidents in the workplace”. Across the whole of both lists that adds up to about 8% of the work in that job the software is not taking.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 8% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. This release publishes no median pay for that job, so I cannot show you what the move costs or pays. I do not recommend a move I cannot price.
Look at that job’s page anyway →
Cleaning and housekeeping managers and supervisors
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already recruit new employees to maintain vehicle service standards, and their equivalent is to recruit new employees to maintain cleanliness and service standards. Across both published task lists that is about 7% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 7% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. This release publishes no median pay for that job, so I cannot show you what the move costs or pays. I do not recommend a move I cannot price.
Look at that job’s page anyway →

What I’d stop worrying about

A friend tells you what not to spend fear on. This is that list.

The headline number you read somewhere
The big “X% of jobs” figures are about the whole economy, not about you. The number that describes your job is on this page: 26% of its task weight, across 41 scored tasks. Every row behind it is printed above with the source. Check ours; ignore theirs.
The whole-job doom story
Nothing on this page says this job ends. It says the mix inside it moves. Half the rows above are unchanged or changing shape, and the plan is about which half your week sits in. That is a very different problem, and a solvable one.
Panic-buying a course
Do the twenty-minute sorting exercise first. Most people who buy a course before they have done it buy the wrong one, and the free services listed below will tell you the same thing without charging for it.
The “obvious” next job everyone suggests
I checked the obvious moves and most of them did not survive. The reasons are printed with the routes above, including the pay and the gate. A move that fails on the numbers is worth knowing about so you can stop turning it over at night.

If you run a team doing this job

If you run a team doing this job, the conversation you owe them is the one on this page, and sooner than feels comfortable. Show them the ledger rather than a reassurance: the rows moving toward the software are ordering parts, and the rows that are not are where you want your people visible. Ask each of them to do the this-week move and bring the list to your next one-to-one. It turns a rumour into a piece of work, and it tells you which parts of your team's week are actually at stake. And say the thing out loud that a team lead usually leaves unsaid: a shrinking team is your exposure too, so do the move yourself as well.

You are reading the United Kingdom figures

The United States splits this work across more than one official group, of which Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling is the closest. The pay and employment figures are not directly comparable, and we do not average them together.

Switch to the United States page →partial match

The other groups this work is counted across:

In US official statistics this job is counted as Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling, Personal Service Managers, All Other, Managers, All Other and Project Management Specialists. Pay is shown separately for each of those groups (medians cannot be averaged together), while the task list and the scores on this page are for this group only.

Your route through this

Where to go next, and what it costs

Free, and complete

The moves above cost nothing. These are the real services that go with them: public, government-funded, and free at the point of use. Nothing on this page is behind an email address or a payment.

In England:
National Careers Service
A free hour with a government-funded careers adviser is worth more than another evening of reading. In England that's the National Careers Service.
Free, government-funded
- Discover your skills and careers (the skills assessment)
In England:
National Careers Service - Find a course
Search what's actually running near you before you spend anything.
Free to search; individual courses vary
In England:
Free courses for jobs (Level 3 qualifications)
A free Level 3 qualification you already qualify for beats a paid course you don't need.
Free for eligible adults
In England:
Skills Bootcamps
Free, up to 16 weeks, and you get a job interview at the end. In England these are Skills Bootcamps - search what's running near you.
Free for eligible adults in England
- Skills Bootcamps - what they are and who can do them (DfE, Skills for Careers)
- Skills Bootcamps - JobHelp (DWP)
In Scotland:
My World of Work (Skills Development Scotland)
In Scotland it's My World of Work, from Skills Development Scotland.
Free, publicly funded
- Skills Development Scotland
In Wales:
Careers Wales
In Wales it's Careers Wales.
Free, Welsh Government-funded
In Northern Ireland:
Careers Service Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland it's the Careers Service on nidirect.
Free, Department for the Economy-funded

No Space for this job, but one for what is happening to it

Nothing Collab365 runs is built for garage managers / proprietors, and we are not going to point you at the nearest one and call it a fit.

There is one that is not about a job title at all. The AI Authority is about being the person who directs these tools at work rather than the person they get compared to. That is worth saying here, because 26% of the work on this page is already inside what they can do.

Try The AI Authority free →

7 days free, no card needed. Explore up to 2 Spaces before you choose a plan: you pick a plan later, not now.

The AI Authority is a general community about working with AI, not a course for garage managers / proprietors. You do not need it to act on anything here: the moves above cost nothing and stand on their own. The data on this page is the same either way.

Noted, and thank you. We’ll email you if a Space for garage managers / proprietors launches. Nothing else.

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No Space for garage managers / proprietors yet. Should there be one?

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What a Space actually is, in full

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Questions people ask about this job

Will AI replace Garage managers and proprietors?: Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 41 official task statements scored for Garage managers and proprietors (United Kingdom, SOC 1252), 26% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 38 out of 100 (range 33–44, band: low). That is a statement about tasks, not about headcount: this measures what AI could do, not whether any employer adopts it, whether the law allows it, or whether doing the routine parts faster creates more demand for the human parts. Figures are from release 2026-q4.1.
Which tasks in “Garage managers and proprietors” can AI already do?: The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Order parts” (93/100, very high); “Compile operational records, including time and production records, stock data, and test results” (93/100, very high); “Calculate the cost of materials, transport, labour and equipment hire” (93/100, very high). Each score comes from five published 0–4 ratings turned into a number by a published formula, and each carries the model's one-sentence reason on the page.
Which tasks in “Garage managers and proprietors” stay human?: About 58% of this job's task weight sits in work that scores low for AI exposure. The lowest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Operate hydraulic presses or shears for maintenance tasks” (0/100, minimal); “Carry out minor welding work” (0/100, minimal); “Repair, maintain, and adjust equipment using hand tools” (0/100, minimal). Low scores usually mean the task needs a body in a room, a legally accountable human, or trust built in real time. Those are the three things the scoring rubric treats as gates rather than obstacles.
What should someone working in “Garage managers and proprietors” do about AI?: Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 26% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 58% is not. The practical move is to spend more of your week on the tasks that score low, the ones above, and to get fluent at directing AI through the tasks that score high, because those are the parts that change whether or not you are ready for them. This page does not predict your job, and nothing here is career advice tailored to you: the score describes the occupation, not the person.
How is the AI exposure score for Garage managers and proprietors calculated?: Each official task statement for the occupation is rated on five published 0–4 dimensions (output replicability, physical embodiment, licensed accountability, real-time human trust, and data availability) by claude-opus-5 using scoring prompt task_scoring_v1.0. The model never writes the score; a published formula turns the five ratings into a 0–100 number, so every score can be recomputed by hand. The occupation figure is the importance-weighted mean across 41 scored tasks. The prompt, the rubric, the formula and the full dataset are published at https://futureproof.collab365.com/method and https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1 under CC BY 4.0.

Where these numbers come from

About the data on this page

The ONS doesn't publish a reliable pay figure for this exact job (too few people in its survey sample), so none is shown here.
This headcount comes from a survey, not a census, so treat it as a good estimate rather than an exact count.
The match between this job and its counterpart in the other country is partial, so the two pages count slightly different groups of people.
27 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
ASHE suppresses or does not publish a median for this unit group. We leave it empty rather than interpolating one from sibling groups, which would be a fabricated number.
Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.

Task statements: gaisi-indexProcessing: catalogue-bridge → ssc-relatedness-weighting → task-scoring → score-aggregation
Task weights: gaisi-index (relatedness)
Scores: Rubric task_scoring_v1.0, model claude-opus-5, computed 2026-08-05.
Pay and employment: no pay figure published for this groupnomis-aps (Apr 2025-Mar 2026 (latest APS 12-month period))

Figures on this page come from release 2026-q4.1, published 2026-08-05. Every release keeps its own permanent address, so a figure you cite in March is still there, unchanged, in November.

The plain-English wording on this page is assembled directly from the task statements and the published ratings, not written by hand for this occupation. That is why it is specific, and it is also why we say so.

The routes and free resources further up are today’s, not the release’s (last reviewed 2026-08-05). A route is an offer, not a historical fact, so it moves on its own clock.

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Collab365 (2026). Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1 (methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0). https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Built with O*NET data (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); ONS data (Open Government Licence v3.0); GAISI task framework (arXiv:2507.22748, MIT); BLS data (public domain).

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@misc{collab365futureproof2026q41,
  title        = {Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1},
  author       = {{Collab365}},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1},
  note         = {Release 2026-q4.1, methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0, CC BY 4.0}
}

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