Load materials into equipment for processing.

Load materials into equipment for processing. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 7 occupations and seen in 9 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing. 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 9 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.

• Assist with cremations and the processing and packaging of cremated remains. · Funeral Attendants · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Load, unload, or adjust materials or products on conveyors by hand, by using lifts, hoists, and scoops, or by opening gates, chutes, or hoppers. · Conveyor Operators and Tenders · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. · Agricultural Equipment Operators · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Load materials and products into machines and equipment, or onto conveyors, using hand tools and moving devices. · Machine Feeders and Offbearers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Place or pour products or materials into containers, using hand tools and equipment, or fill containers from spouts or chutes. · Packers and Packagers, Hand · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Load materials and products into package processing equipment. · Packers and Packagers, Hand · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Add chemicals and solutions to tanks to ensure that specifications are met. · Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Add chemicals, solutions, or ingredients to machines or equipment as required by the manufacturing process. · Machine Feeders and Offbearers · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
• Place corpses into crematory machines to reduce remains to bone fragments using flame, heat, or alkaline hydrolysis. · Crematory Operators · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Funeral Attendants
• Conveyor Operators and Tenders
• Agricultural Equipment Operators
• Machine Feeders and Offbearers
• Packers and Packagers, Hand
• Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
• Crematory Operators

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.

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  title  = {Load materials into equipment for processing.},
  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/load-materials-into-equipment-for-processing}
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