Inform supervisors when equipment is not working properly and when food and supplies are getting low, and order needed items.

“Inform supervisors when equipment is not working properly and when food and supplies are getting low, and order needed items.” is a core task performed by Food Preparation Workers. Among the occupation's 31 rated tasks, workers place it 21st by importance (#11 most important). About 100% 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.

• Communicate with others about operational plans or activities. in Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

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.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment, utensils, dishes, or silverware. · importance 4.7
• Assist cooks and kitchen staff with various tasks as needed, and provide cooks with needed items. · importance 4.6
• Distribute food to waiters and waitresses to serve to customers. · importance 4.6
• Take and record temperature of food and food storage areas, such as refrigerators and freezers. · importance 4.5
• Carry food supplies, equipment, and utensils to and from storage and work areas. · importance 4.5
• Remove trash and clean kitchen garbage containers. · importance 4.4
• Store food in designated containers and storage areas to prevent spoilage. · importance 4.4
• Weigh or measure ingredients. · importance 4.4
• Operate cash register, handle money, and give correct change. · importance 4.4
• Vacuum dining area and sweep and mop kitchen floor. · importance 4.3
• Prepare a variety of foods, such as meats, vegetables, or desserts, according to customers' orders or supervisors' instructions, following approved procedures. · importance 4.3
• Wash, peel, and cut various foods, such as fruits and vegetables, to prepare for cooking or serving. · importance 4.3
• Distribute menus to hospital patients, collect diet sheets, and deliver food trays and snacks to nursing units or directly to patients. · importance 4.3
• Package take-out foods or serve food to customers. · importance 4.2

See all tasks on the Food Preparation 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-18732,
  title  = {Inform supervisors when equipment is not working properly and when food and supplies are getting low, and order needed items.},
  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-18732}
}