Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
Detailed work activity
Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 26 occupations and seen in 26 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment. in Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information .
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 25 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).
The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.002% 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.
- Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements. · Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
- Select and measure or weigh ingredients, using English or metric measures and balance scales. · Food Batchmakers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
- Weigh materials to be charged into furnaces, using scales. · Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
- Measure or weigh ingredients, using scales or measuring containers. · Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
- Measure or weigh flour or other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, or icings, using scales or graduated containers. · Bakers · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
- Measure, weigh, and mix chemical ingredients, according to specifications. · Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
- Calculate, measure, load, or mix biomass feedstock for power generation. · Biomass Plant Technicians · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
- Measure and mix chemicals to prepare solutions for processing, according to formulas. · Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
- Measure or weigh specified amounts of ingredients or materials, and load them into tanks, vats, hoppers, or other equipment. · Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
- Calculate, measure, load, or mix refined feedstock used in biofuels production. · Biofuels Processing Technicians · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
- Measure or weigh materials, using rulers, calculators, and scales. · Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
- Weigh or measure chemicals, coatings, or paints before adding them to machines. · Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
- Measure, mix, cut, shape, soften, and join materials and ingredients, such as powder, cornmeal, or rubber to prepare them for machine processing. · Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
- Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products at specified intervals to ensure conformance to requirements. · Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
- Measure or weigh materials to be refined, mixed, transferred, stored, or otherwise processed. · Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
- Weigh and mix pelletized, granular, or powdered thermoplastic materials and coloring pigments. · Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
- Weigh or measure specified amounts of ingredients or materials for processing, using devices such as scales and calipers. · Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
- Weigh, measure, and record fuel used. · Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
- Measure ingredients and mix molding, casting material, or sealing compounds to prescribed consistencies, according to formulas. · Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
- Measure, weigh, or mix cleaning solutions, using measuring tanks, calibrated rods or suction tubes. · Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
- Measure or weigh compounds and solutions for use in testing or animal feed. · Biological Technicians · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
- Weigh materials, products, containers, or samples to verify packaging weights or ingredient quantities. · Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
- Measure and weigh amounts of crystal growing materials, mix and grind materials, load materials into container, and monitor processing procedures to help identify crystal growing problems. · Semiconductor Processing Technicians · importance 3.4 · no direct exposure
- Weigh, mix, and melt metal alloys or materials needed for jewelry models. · Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers · importance 3.2 · no direct exposure
- Measure and mix ingredients to prepare glue. · Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders · importance 3.0 · no direct exposure
- Weigh ingredients, such as dye, to be mixed together for use in textile processing. · 51-6061.00
Occupations that perform this
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Food Batchmakers
- Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
- Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
- Bakers
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Biomass Plant Technicians
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
- Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Biofuels Processing Technicians
- Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
- Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Biological Technicians
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- Semiconductor Processing Technicians
- Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
- Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
- 51-6061.00
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.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from 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. https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/measure-ingredients-or-substances-to-be-used-in-production-processes
Singulariki. (2026). Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/measure-ingredients-or-substances-to-be-used-in-production-processes
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