Sort clothing and other articles, load washing machines, and iron and fold dried items.

“Sort clothing and other articles, load washing machines, and iron and fold dried items.” is a supplemental task performed by Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners. Among the occupation's 25 rated tasks, workers place it 15th by importance (#11 most important). About 42% 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.

• Sort materials or products. in Processing Information
• Clean workpieces, finished products, or other objects. in Performing General Physical Activities

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

• Keep storage areas and carts well-stocked, clean, and tidy. · importance 4.4
• Carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies, using wheeled carts. · importance 4.4
• Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met. · importance 4.3
• Disinfect equipment and supplies, using germicides or steam-operated sterilizers. · importance 4.3
• Empty wastebaskets, empty and clean ashtrays, and transport other trash and waste to disposal areas. · importance 4.2
• Sweep, scrub, wax, or polish floors, using brooms, mops, or powered scrubbing and waxing machines. · importance 4.2
• Observe precautions required to protect hotel and guest property and report damage, theft, and found articles to supervisors. · importance 4.2
• Replenish supplies, such as drinking glasses, linens, writing supplies, and bathroom items. · importance 4.2
• Sort, count, and mark clean linens and store them in linen closets. · importance 4.1
• Clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and draperies, using vacuum cleaners and shampooers. · importance 4.1
• Wash windows, walls, ceilings, and woodwork, waxing and polishing as necessary. · importance 4.0
• Dust and polish furniture and equipment. · importance 4.0
• Move and arrange furniture and turn mattresses. · importance 3.9
• Replace light bulbs. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 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-9575,
  title  = {Sort clothing and other articles, load washing machines, and iron and fold dried items.},
  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-9575}
}