ISA95 job control (OPC 10031-4) defines mechanisms to add job order information using the 3:ISA95JobOrderDataType and mechanisms for getting the result or status of the job order using the 3:ISA95JobResponseDataType. Both DataTypes define arrays of properties of a job order: general, personnel, equipment, physical assets, and material. The 3:ISA95JobOrderDataType uses the general properties to describe the job order and the other properties to define the requirements, whereas the 3:ISA95JobResponseDataType uses the general properties to describe the output and the other properties to provide information on what has been used.

OPC 40001-3 (Machinery Job Mgmt) standardizes some of these parameters, which are application-specific from the perspective of OPC 10031-4. This specification gives recommendations for using these parameters and defines additional parameters.