Select equipment, materials, or supplies for cleaning or maintenance activities.

Select equipment, materials, or supplies for cleaning or maintenance activities. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 3 occupations and seen in 4 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Select materials or equipment for operations or projects. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems .

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 4 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 2 (50%) 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 0.029% 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.

• Select the most suitable cleaning materials for different types of linens, furniture, flooring, and surfaces. · First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Determine spotting procedures and proper solvents, based on fabric and stain types. · Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers · importance 4.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Select and order or purchase new equipment, supplies, or furnishings. · First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Requisition supplies or equipment needed for cleaning and maintenance duties. · Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
• Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
• Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

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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  title  = {Select equipment, materials, or supplies for cleaning or maintenance activities.},
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  year   = {2026},
  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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