Turn valves or disconnect hoses to eliminate water, cleaning solutions, or vapors from machinery or tanks.

“Turn valves or disconnect hoses to eliminate water, cleaning solutions, or vapors from machinery or tanks.” is a core task performed by Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 10th by importance (#12 most important). About 79% 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.

• Operate pumping systems or equipment. in Controlling Machines and Processes

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

• Rinse objects and place them on drying racks or use cloth, squeegees, or air compressors to dry surfaces. · importance 4.0
• Apply paints, dyes, polishes, reconditioners, waxes, or masking materials to vehicles to preserve, protect, or restore color or condition. · importance 4.0
• Clean and polish vehicle windows. · importance 3.9
• Drive vehicles to or from workshops or customers' workplaces or homes. · importance 3.9
• Scrub, scrape, or spray machine parts, equipment, or vehicles, using scrapers, brushes, clothes, cleaners, disinfectants, insecticides, acid, abrasives, vacuums, or hoses. · importance 3.9
• Clean the plastic work inside cars, using paintbrushes. · importance 3.9
• Inspect parts, equipment, or vehicles for cleanliness, damage, and compliance with standards or regulations. · importance 3.9
• Mix cleaning solutions, abrasive compositions, or other compounds, according to formulas. · importance 3.7
• Disassemble and reassemble machines or equipment or remove and reattach vehicle parts or trim, using hand tools. · importance 3.7
• Maintain inventories of supplies. · importance 3.7
• Pre-soak or rinse machine parts, equipment, or vehicles by immersing objects in cleaning solutions or water, manually or using hoists. · importance 3.7
• Turn valves or handles on equipment to regulate pressure or flow of water, air, steam, or abrasives from sprayer nozzles. · importance 3.6
• Monitor operation of cleaning machines and stop machines or notify supervisors when malfunctions occur. · importance 3.6
• Sweep, shovel, or vacuum loose debris or salvageable scrap into containers and remove containers from work areas. · importance 3.6

See all tasks on the Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 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  = {Turn valves or disconnect hoses to eliminate water, cleaning solutions, or vapors from machinery or tanks.},
  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-5007}
}