Evaluate quality of materials or products.

Evaluate quality of materials or products. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 20 occupations and seen in 29 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Evaluate production inputs or outputs. in Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People .

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 29 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 20 (69%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 2 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.004% per task.

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.

• Collect biofuels samples and perform routine laboratory tests or analyses to assess biofuels quality. · Biofuels Processing Technicians · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Discard or reject products, materials, or equipment not meeting specifications. · Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Taste or smell foods or beverages to ensure that flavors meet specifications or to select samples with specific characteristics. · Food Science Technicians · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Assign polish, symmetry, and clarity grades to stones, according to established grading systems. · Gem and Diamond Workers · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Perform quality checks on products and parts. · Team Assemblers · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Verify that paper and ink meet the specifications for a given job. · Printing Press Operators · importance 4.6 · exposure with tools
• Check the texture, color, and strength of leather to ensure that it is adequate for a particular purpose. · Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Monitor product quality to ensure compliance with standards and specifications. · Chemical Technicians · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Schedule and receive food and beverage deliveries, checking delivery contents to verify product quality and quantity. · Food Service Managers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Grade stones based on their color, perfection, and quality of cut. · Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Verify that raw materials, purchased parts or components, in-process samples, and finished products meet established testing and inspection standards. · Quality Control Systems Managers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Perform visual inspections of finished products. · Quality Control Analysts · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Check raw ingredients for maturity or stability for processing, and finished products for safety, quality, and nutritional value. · Food Scientists and Technologists · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Test cooked food by tasting and smelling it to ensure palatability and flavor conformity. · Food Service Managers · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Evaluate feasibility of design ideas, based on factors such as appearance, safety, function, serviceability, budget, production costs/methods, and market characteristics. · Commercial and Industrial Designers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Assess the quality of biofuels additives for reprocessing. · Biofuels Processing Technicians · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Collect and analyze production samples to evaluate quality. · Quality Control Systems Managers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality. · Industrial Production Managers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Examine costume fit on cast members and sketch or write notes for alterations. · Costume Attendants · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Draw samples of biofuels products or secondary by-products for quality control testing. · Biofuels Production Managers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Receive and inspect raw materials. · Quality Control Analysts · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Compute usable amounts of items in shipments. · Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Check adhesives to ensure that they will work and will remain durable. · Tapers · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Reject defective products and readjust equipment to eliminate problems. · Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Assess quality of biomass feedstock. · Biomass Plant Technicians · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Grade, classify, or sort products according to sizes, weights, colors, or other specifications. · Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate new products for usefulness and suitability. · First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Conduct, or oversee the conduct of, chemical, physical, and biological water quality monitoring or sampling to ensure compliance with water quality standards. · Water Resource Specialists · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Evaluate and select information or other technology solutions to improve tracking and reporting of materials or products distribution, storage, or inventory. · Supply Chain Managers · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Biofuels Processing Technicians
• Food Science Technicians
• Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
• Team Assemblers
• Gem and Diamond Workers
• Printing Press Operators
• Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
• Chemical Technicians
• Food Service Managers
• Quality Control Systems Managers
• Quality Control Analysts
• Food Scientists and Technologists
• Commercial and Industrial Designers
• Costume Attendants
• Tapers
• Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
• Biomass Plant Technicians
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
• Water Resource Specialists
• Supply Chain Managers

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
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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