Load machines with required input or output media, such as paper, cards, disks, tape, or Braille media.

“Load machines with required input or output media, such as paper, cards, disks, tape, or Braille media.” is a supplemental task performed by Data Entry Keyers. Among the occupation's 9 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#8 most important). About 66% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Operate office equipment. in Controlling Machines and Processes

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Locate and correct data entry errors, or report them to supervisors. · importance 4.8
• Compile, sort, and verify the accuracy of data before it is entered. · importance 4.7
• Compare data with source documents, or re-enter data in verification format to detect errors. · importance 4.5
• Read source documents such as canceled checks, sales reports, or bills, and enter data in specific data fields or onto tapes or disks for subsequent entry, using keyboards or scanners. · importance 4.5
• Store completed documents in appropriate locations. · importance 4.4
• Select materials needed to complete work assignments. · importance 4.4
• Maintain logs of activities and completed work. · importance 4.2
• Resolve garbled or indecipherable messages, using cryptographic procedures and equipment. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Data Entry Keyers page.

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-task-11408,
  title  = {Load machines with required input or output media, such as paper, cards, disks, tape, or Braille media.},
  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/tasks/task-11408}
}