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Transport patients or clients

Work activity · O*NET

Transport patients or clients is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Performing General Physical Activities. 14 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.

  • Move patients to or from treatment areas
  • Transport clients to appointments

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.

Positive user feedback 50.0% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 1st 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
Community Health Workers 1
Endoscopy Technicians 1
Medical Assistants 1
Nursing Assistants 1
Occupational Therapy Aides 1
Occupational Therapy Assistants 1
Orderlies 1
Physical Therapist Aides 1
Physical Therapist Assistants 1
Psychiatric Technicians 1
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 1
Respiratory Therapists 1
Social and Human Service Assistants 1
Surgical Assistants 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 14 occupations in occupations that perform Transport patients or clients.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Orderlies Surgical Assistants Physical Therapist Aides Occupational Therapy Aides Physical Therapist Assistants Endoscopy Technicians Psychiatric Technicians Respiratory Therapists Occupational Therapy Assistants Radiologic Technologists and Technicians Community Health Workers Social and Human Service Assistants AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Transport patients or clients., 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. "Transport patients or clients." 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/transport-patients-or-clients

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Transport patients or clients. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/transport-patients-or-clients

BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-transport-patients-or-clients,
  title  = {Transport patients or clients},
  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/transport-patients-or-clients}
}

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