Pack, seal, label, or affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using hand tools, power tools, or postage meter.

“Pack, seal, label, or affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using hand tools, power tools, or postage meter.” is a core task performed by Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. Among the occupation's 11 rated tasks, workers place it 8th by importance (#4 most important). About 73% 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.

• Package objects. in Handling and Moving Objects

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

• Examine shipment contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy. · importance 4.2
• Prepare documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, or shipping orders, to route materials. · importance 4.0
• Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock. · importance 4.0
• Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, damages, or discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, or recordkeeping purposes. · importance 4.0
• Confer or correspond with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, or nonconformance to specifications. · importance 4.0
• Deliver or route materials to departments using handtruck, conveyor, or sorting bins. · importance 3.9
• Contact carrier representatives to make arrangements or to issue instructions for shipping and delivery of materials. · importance 3.8
• Determine shipping methods, routes, or rates for materials to be shipped. · importance 3.8
• Compute amounts, such as space available, shipping, storage, or demurrage charges, using computer or price list. · importance 3.7
• Compare shipping routes or methods to determine which have the least environmental impact. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 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-20277,
  title  = {Pack, seal, label, or affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using hand tools, power tools, or postage meter.},
  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-20277}
}