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Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas

Work activity · O*NET

Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Performing General Physical Activities. 232 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Clean production equipment
  • Clean equipment, parts, or tools to repair or maintain them in good working order
  • Clean work areas
  • Clean equipment or facilities
  • Clean facilities or work areas
  • Clean vehicles or vehicle components
  • Clean surfaces in preparation for work activities
  • Clean food preparation areas, facilities, or equipment

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 99.2% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 18.9% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 77.9% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 53rd pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 12
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 11
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 8
Aircraft Service Attendants 5
Helpers--Production Workers 5
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 5
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 4
Construction Laborers 4
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 4
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers 4
Fast Food and Counter Workers 4
Helpers--Roofers 4
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers 4
Animal Caretakers 3
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 3
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 3
Childcare Workers 3
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 3
Commercial Divers 3
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 3
Dishwashers 3
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 3
Food Preparation Workers 3
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 3
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 3
Home Appliance Repairers 3
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 3
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 3
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 3
Recycling and Reclamation Workers 3
Sailors and Marine Oilers 3
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 3
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians 2
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 2
Athletic Trainers 2
Barbers 2
Baristas 2
Bridge and Lock Tenders 2
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 2
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary 2

Showing 40 of 232 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that perform Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Helpers--Roofers Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers Dishwashers Construction Laborers Helpers--Production Workers Sailors and Marine Oilers Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Commercial Divers Food Preparation Workers Bridge and Lock Tenders Aircraft Service Attendants Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Animal Caretakers Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/clean-tools-equipment-facilities-or-work-areas

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/clean-tools-equipment-facilities-or-work-areas

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-clean-tools-equipment-facilities-or-work-areas,
  title  = {Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/clean-tools-equipment-facilities-or-work-areas}
}

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