Provide quotes for refuse collection contracts.

“Provide quotes for refuse collection contracts.” is a supplemental task performed by Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors. Among the occupation's 16 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#15 most important).

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.

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task 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 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Inspect trucks prior to beginning routes to ensure safe operating condition. · importance 4.5
• Drive trucks, following established routes, through residential streets or alleys or through business or industrial areas. · importance 4.3
• Refuel trucks or add other fluids, such as oil or brake fluid. · importance 4.3
• Dump refuse or recyclable materials at disposal sites. · importance 4.3
• Fill out defective equipment reports. · importance 4.3
• Operate automated or semi-automated hoisting devices that raise refuse bins and dump contents into openings in truck bodies. · importance 4.0
• Dismount garbage trucks to collect garbage and remount trucks to ride to the next collection point. · importance 4.0
• Operate equipment that compresses collected refuse. · importance 4.0
• Communicate with dispatchers concerning delays, unsafe sites, accidents, equipment breakdowns, or other maintenance problems. · importance 4.0
• Check road or weather conditions to determine how routes will be affected. · importance 3.8
• Tag garbage or recycling containers to inform customers of problems, such as excess garbage or inclusion of items that are not permitted. · importance 3.8
• Clean trucks or compactor bodies after routes have been completed. · importance 3.6
• Make special pickups of recyclable materials, such as food scraps, used oil, discarded computers, or other electronic items. · importance 3.4
• Organize schedules for refuse collection. · importance 3.3

See all tasks on the Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 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-7184,
  title  = {Provide quotes for refuse collection contracts.},
  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-7184}
}