Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.

“Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.” is a core task performed by Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals. Among the occupation's 22 rated tasks, workers place it 11th by importance (#12 most important). About 74% 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 agricultural or forestry 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

• Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. · importance 4.5
• Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures. · importance 4.4
• Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain. · importance 4.3
• Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment. · importance 4.2
• Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions. · importance 4.2
• Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food. · importance 4.2
• Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. · importance 4.1
• Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs. · importance 4.1
• Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery. · importance 4.1
• Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births. · importance 4.1
• Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles. · importance 4.0
• Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences. · importance 4.0
• Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition. · importance 4.0
• Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 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.

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  title  = {Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.},
  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-13411}
}