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Evaluate production inputs or outputs

Work activity · O*NET

Evaluate production inputs or outputs is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People. 33 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.

  • Evaluate quality of materials or products
  • Evaluate quality of plants or crops
  • Evaluate log quality
  • Evaluate quality of food ingredients or prepared foods

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 93.7% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 24.1% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 59.5% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 49th 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
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 3
Log Graders and Scalers 3
Bakers 2
Biofuels Processing Technicians 2
Fallers 2
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 2
Food Batchmakers 2
Food Service Managers 2
Quality Control Analysts 2
Quality Control Systems Managers 2
Biofuels Production Managers 1
Biomass Plant Technicians 1
Chemical Technicians 1
Commercial and Industrial Designers 1
Costume Attendants 1
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 1
Food Science Technicians 1
Food Scientists and Technologists 1
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders 1
Forest and Conservation Workers 1
Gem and Diamond Workers 1
Industrial Production Managers 1
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers 1
Logging Equipment Operators 1
Printing Press Operators 1
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 1
Supply Chain Managers 1
Tapers 1
Team Assemblers 1
Water Resource Specialists 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 32 occupations in occupations that perform Evaluate production inputs or outputs.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Tapers Fallers Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Forest and Conservation Workers Logging Equipment Operators Biofuels Processing Technicians Food Batchmakers Biomass Plant Technicians First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers Costume Attendants Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Gem and Diamond Workers Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Food Service Managers First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers Biofuels Production Managers Quality Control Analysts Food Scientists and Technologists Water Resource Specialists Commercial and Industrial Designers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Evaluate production inputs or outputs., 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. "Evaluate production inputs or outputs." 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/evaluate-production-inputs-or-outputs

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Evaluate production inputs or outputs. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/evaluate-production-inputs-or-outputs

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-evaluate-production-inputs-or-outputs,
  title  = {Evaluate production inputs or outputs},
  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/evaluate-production-inputs-or-outputs}
}

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