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Monitor resources or inventories

Work activity · O*NET

Monitor resources or inventories is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Monitoring and Controlling Resources. 43 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.

  • Monitor inventories of products or materials
  • Inventory medical supplies or equipment
  • Monitor availability of equipment or supplies
  • Inventory materials or equipment
  • Monitor resources

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 93.3% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 22.2% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 64.1% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 36th 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
Logistics Analysts 3
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 3
Pharmacy Aides 3
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 3
Costume Attendants 2
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 2
Flight Attendants 2
Gambling Managers 2
Locomotive Engineers 2
Medical Equipment Preparers 2
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 1
Customs Brokers 1
Dental Assistants 1
Endoscopy Technicians 1
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 1
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 1
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 1
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants 1
Medical Assistants 1
Medical and Health Services Managers 1
Occupational Therapy Aides 1
Occupational Therapy Assistants 1
Office Clerks, General 1
Order Clerks 1
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 1
Parts Salespersons 1
Pharmacy Technicians 1
Physical Therapist Aides 1
Physical Therapist Assistants 1
Procurement Clerks 1
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers 1
Retail Salespersons 1
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 1
Ship Engineers 1
Stockers and Order Fillers 1
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders 1
Tour Guides and Escorts 1
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 1

Showing 40 of 43 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 Monitor resources or inventories.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Medical Equipment Preparers Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers Occupational Therapy Aides Ship Engineers Occupational Therapy Assistants Locomotive Engineers Costume Attendants Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants Medical Assistants First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers Parts Salespersons Paralegals and Legal Assistants Retail Salespersons Gambling Managers Medical and Health Services Managers Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Customs Brokers Librarians and Media Collections Specialists Order Clerks AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Monitor resources or inventories., 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. "Monitor resources or inventories." 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/monitor-resources-or-inventories

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Monitor resources or inventories. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/monitor-resources-or-inventories

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-monitor-resources-or-inventories,
  title  = {Monitor resources or inventories},
  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/monitor-resources-or-inventories}
}

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