Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.

“Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.” is a core task performed by Occupational Therapists. Among the occupation's 17 rated tasks, workers place it 10th by importance (#8 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.

• Clean medical equipment or facilities. in Performing General Physical Activities
• Prepare medical equipment or work areas for use. 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

• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients. · importance 4.8
• Complete and maintain necessary records. · importance 4.7
• Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems. · importance 4.6
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps. · importance 4.5
• Train caregivers in providing for the needs of a patient during and after therapy. · importance 4.5
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress. · importance 4.5
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities. · importance 4.5
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities. · importance 4.3
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment. · importance 4.2
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities. · importance 4.1
• Develop and participate in health promotion programs, group activities, or discussions to promote client health, facilitate social adjustment, alleviate stress, and prevent physical or mental disability. · importance 3.9
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff. · importance 3.9
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs. · importance 3.9
• Conduct research in occupational therapy. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Occupational Therapists 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  = {Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.},
  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-359}
}