Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.

“Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.” is a core task performed by First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers. Among the occupation's 22 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#9 most important). About 95% 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.

• Purchase goods or services. in Monitoring and Controlling Resources

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: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements. · importance 3.9
• Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules. · importance 3.9
• Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance. · importance 3.9
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers. · importance 3.9
• Perform skilled repair or maintenance operations, using equipment such as hand or power tools, hydraulic presses or shears, or welding equipment. · importance 3.8
• Participate in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation and monitoring departmental expenditures. · importance 3.8
• Compute estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, or outside contractors. · importance 3.8
• Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions. · importance 3.7
• Confer with personnel, such as management, engineering, quality control, customer, or union workers' representatives, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, or identify and review resource needs. · importance 3.7
• Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel. · importance 3.7
• Examine objects, systems, or facilities and analyze information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs. · importance 3.6
• Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies. · importance 3.6
• Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as hires, promotions, transfers, discharges, or disciplinary measures. · importance 3.6
• Review, evaluate, accept, and coordinate completion of work bid from contractors. · importance 3.6

See all tasks on the First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 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-2918,
  title  = {Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.},
  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-2918}
}