Separate products according to weight, grade, size, or composition of materials used to produce them.

“Separate products according to weight, grade, size, or composition of materials used to produce them.” is a supplemental task performed by Helpers--Production Workers. Among the occupation's 34 rated tasks, workers place it 28th by importance (#7 most important). About 40% 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.

• Sort materials or products. in Processing Information

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

• Count finished products to determine if product orders are complete. · importance 4.2
• Load and unload items from machines, conveyors, and conveyances. · importance 4.2
• Operate machinery used in the production process, or assist machine operators. · importance 4.2
• Place products in equipment or on work surfaces for further processing, inspecting, or wrapping. · importance 4.1
• Examine products to verify conformance to quality standards. · importance 4.0
• Measure amounts of products, lengths of extruded articles, or weights of filled containers to ensure conformance to specifications. · importance 4.0
• Mark or tag identification on parts. · importance 3.9
• Turn valves to regulate flow of liquids or air, to reverse machines, to start pumps, or to regulate equipment. · importance 3.9
• Start machines or equipment to begin production processes. · importance 3.9
• Mix ingredients according to specified procedures or formulas. · importance 3.8
• Observe equipment operations so that malfunctions can be detected, and notify operators of any malfunctions. · importance 3.8
• Remove products, machine attachments, or waste material from machines. · importance 3.8
• Tie products in bundles for further processing or shipment, following prescribed procedures. · importance 3.8
• Lift raw materials, finished products, and packed items, manually or using hoists. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Helpers--Production Workers 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-12704,
  title  = {Separate products according to weight, grade, size, or composition of materials used to produce them.},
  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-12704}
}