Distribute supplies to workers.

Distribute supplies to workers. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 6 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Distribute materials, supplies, or resources. in Monitoring and Controlling Resources .

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 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 1 (17%) 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.

• Compile materials for distribution to pathologists, such as surgical working drafts, requisitions, and slides. · Histotechnologists · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Issue supplies and equipment to workers. · First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Obtain and distribute specified meat or carcass. · Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Distribute materials, supplies, or subassemblies to work areas. · Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Issue patterns to designated machine operators. · Model Makers, Wood · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
• Issue patterns to designated machine operators. · Patternmakers, Wood · importance 3.3 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Histotechnologists
• First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
• Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
• Model Makers, Wood
• Patternmakers, Wood

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-distribute-supplies-to-workers,
  title  = {Distribute supplies to workers.},
  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/distribute-supplies-to-workers}
}