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Mark materials or objects for identification

Work activity · O*NET

Mark materials or objects for identification is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events. 57 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.

  • Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information
  • Mark materials or objects for identification
  • Mark agricultural or forestry products for identification
  • Attach identification information to products, items or containers
  • Apply identification labels or tags
  • Label production materials

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 83.8% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 16.2% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 56.3% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 48th 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
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand 2
Fallers 2
Log Graders and Scalers 2
Stockers and Order Fillers 2
Agricultural Inspectors 1
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 1
Animal Breeders 1
Anthropologists and Archeologists 1
Butchers and Meat Cutters 1
Cargo and Freight Agents 1
Conveyor Operators and Tenders 1
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers 1
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers 1
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers 1
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers 1
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 1
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 1
File Clerks 1
Film and Video Editors 1
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 1
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 1
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1
Helpers--Production Workers 1
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 1
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 1
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 1
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 1
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants 1
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 1
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 1
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 1
Model Makers, Wood 1
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1
Museum Technicians and Conservators 1
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer 1
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 1

Showing 40 of 57 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 38 occupations in occupations that perform Mark materials or objects for identification.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products Fallers Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Model Makers, Wood Butchers and Meat Cutters Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers Anthropologists and Archeologists File Clerks AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Mark materials or objects for identification., 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. "Mark materials or objects for identification." 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/mark-materials-or-objects-for-identification

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Mark materials or objects for identification. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/mark-materials-or-objects-for-identification

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-mark-materials-or-objects-for-identification,
  title  = {Mark materials or objects for identification},
  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/mark-materials-or-objects-for-identification}
}

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