Clean food service areas.

Clean food service areas. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 8 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas. in Performing General Physical Activities .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 8 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 0 (0%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Clean bars, work areas, and tables. · Bartenders · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Clean tables or counters after patrons have finished dining. · Waiters and Waitresses · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Clean or sanitize work areas, utensils, or equipment. · Baristas · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Wipe tables or seats with dampened cloths or replace dirty tablecloths. · Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Clean service or seating areas. · Baristas · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Vacuum dining area and sweep and mop kitchen floor. · Food Preparation Workers · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Clean and organize eating, service, and kitchen areas. · Fast Food and Counter Workers · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Clean and polish counters, shelves, walls, furniture, or equipment in food service areas or other areas of restaurants and mop or vacuum floors. · Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Bartenders
• Waiters and Waitresses
• Baristas
• Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers
• Food Preparation Workers

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-clean-food-service-areas,
  title  = {Clean food service areas.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/clean-food-service-areas}
}