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Collect samples of products or materials

Work activity · O*NET

Collect samples of products or materials is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Handling and Moving Objects. 28 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.

  • Collect samples of materials or products for testing
  • Collect samples for analysis or testing
  • Collect samples of raw materials or finished products

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 91.7% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 8.3% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 50.0% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 21st 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
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 2
Biofuels Processing Technicians 1
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 1
Chemical Plant and System Operators 1
Chemical Technicians 1
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders 1
Conveyor Operators and Tenders 1
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders 1
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 1
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 1
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders 1
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators 1
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians 1
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 1
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders 1
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1
Petroleum Engineers 1
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers 1
Pourers and Casters, Metal 1
Power Plant Operators 1
Printing Press Operators 1
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 1
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1
Validation Engineers 1
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 1
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 1
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 28 occupations in occupations that perform Collect samples of products or materials.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Pourers and Casters, Metal Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders Biofuels Processing Technicians Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers Printing Press Operators Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Chemical Technicians Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Petroleum Engineers Validation Engineers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Collect samples of products or materials., 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. "Collect samples of products or materials." 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/collect-samples-of-products-or-materials

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Collect samples of products or materials. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/collect-samples-of-products-or-materials

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-collect-samples-of-products-or-materials,
  title  = {Collect samples of products or materials},
  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/collect-samples-of-products-or-materials}
}

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