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Distribute materials, supplies, or resources

Work activity · O*NET

Distribute materials, supplies, or resources is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Monitoring and Controlling Resources. 59 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.

  • Distribute instructional or library materials
  • Distribute materials to employees or customers
  • Distribute incoming mail
  • Distribute resources to patrons or employees
  • Allocate physical resources within organizations
  • Assign resources or facilities to patrons or employees
  • Distribute supplies to workers
  • Provide educational materials to community members

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 87.8% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 48.5% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 58.4% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 81st 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
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants 3
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 3
Community Health Workers 2
Costume Attendants 2
Farm Labor Contractors 2
Health Education Specialists 2
Library Assistants, Clerical 2
Logisticians 2
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 2
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 2
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education 2
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 1
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 1
Brokerage Clerks 1
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 1
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 1
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 1
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 1
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 1
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers 1
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 1
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 1
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 1
Facilities Managers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 1
Food Preparation Workers 1
Fundraising Managers 1
Funeral Attendants 1
Histotechnologists 1
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 1
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 1
Library Technicians 1
Lodging Managers 1
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 1
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 1
Model Makers, Wood 1
New Accounts Clerks 1
Office Clerks, General 1
Online Merchants 1

Showing 40 of 59 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 37 occupations in occupations that perform Distribute materials, supplies, or resources.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors Food Preparation Workers Farm Labor Contractors Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Model Makers, Wood Facilities Managers Amusement and Recreation Attendants Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Library Assistants, Clerical Substitute Teachers, Short-Term Community Health Workers Lodging Managers Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary Fundraising Managers Logisticians New Accounts Clerks Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Court, Municipal, and License Clerks AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Distribute materials, supplies, or resources., 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. "Distribute materials, supplies, or resources." 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/distribute-materials-supplies-or-resources

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Distribute materials, supplies, or resources. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/distribute-materials-supplies-or-resources

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-distribute-materials-supplies-or-resources,
  title  = {Distribute materials, supplies, or resources},
  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/distribute-materials-supplies-or-resources}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.