Assess nutritional needs of patients, plan special menus, supervise the assembly of regular and special diet trays, and oversee the delivery of food trolleys to hospital patients.

“Assess nutritional needs of patients, plan special menus, supervise the assembly of regular and special diet trays, and oversee the delivery of food trolleys to hospital patients.” is a supplemental task performed by First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. Among the occupation's 26 rated tasks, workers place it 24th by importance (#3 most important). About 29% 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.

• Develop recipes or menus. in Thinking Creatively

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

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 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.002% share of AI-use records mapped to this task

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Compile and balance cash receipts at the end of the day or shift. · importance 4.5
• Forecast staff, equipment, and supply requirements, based on a master menu. · importance 4.4
• Perform personnel actions, such as hiring and firing staff, providing employee orientation and training, and conducting supervisory activities, such as creating work schedules or organizing employee time sheets. · importance 4.2
• Record production, operational, and personnel data on specified forms. · importance 4.2
• Resolve customer complaints regarding food service. · importance 4.2
• Estimate ingredients and supplies required to prepare a recipe. · importance 4.2
• Train workers in food preparation, and in service, sanitation, and safety procedures. · importance 4.2
• Assign duties, responsibilities, and work stations to employees in accordance with work requirements. · importance 4.1
• Present bills and accept payments. · importance 4.1
• Perform food preparation and serving duties, such as carving meat, preparing flambe dishes, or serving wine and liquor. · importance 4.1
• Purchase or requisition supplies and equipment needed to ensure quality and timely delivery of services. · importance 4.1
• Perform various financial activities, such as cash handling, deposit preparation, and payroll. · importance 4.0
• Supervise and participate in kitchen and dining area cleaning activities. · importance 4.0
• Control inventories of food, equipment, smallware, and liquor, and report shortages to designated personnel. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving 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
• 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.

@misc{singulariki-task-18721,
  title  = {Assess nutritional needs of patients, plan special menus, supervise the assembly of regular and special diet trays, and oversee the delivery of food trolleys to hospital patients.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  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},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-18721}
}