Clean facilities or equipment
Little of this can be handed to software today.
This happens in the physical world, so software agents do not touch it. Automation here means robotics and machinery, which is a different market from the one mapped on this site, on a much slower clock.
| How automatable | Barely automatable |
|---|---|
| Kind of work | Physical, manual and inspection work |
| Jobs that do it | 14 occupations |
| Tool categories that apply | None |
| O*NET activity | Performing General Physical Activities (4.A.3.a.1) |
What this looks like on the job
Not our paraphrase. These are real task statements recorded against this activity, spread across the 14 occupations that perform it.
- Clean and sanitize athletic training rooms.
- Maintain massage areas by restocking supplies or sanitizing equipment.
- Clean facilities and equipment such as dog pens and animal control trucks.
- Clean and maintain slot machines and surrounding areas.
- Clean and disinfect areas in which bodies are prepared and embalmed.
- Sweep or vacuum the cremation chamber to retrieve remains for storage in an urn or other container.
- Clean casino areas.
- Clean and maintain lobby and common areas, such as restocking supplies and watering plants.
- Perform duties, such as taking care of plants or straightening magazines to maintain lobby or reception area.
- Keep information facilities clean during operation.
- Maintain, monitor, and clean work areas, such as recycling collection sites, drop boxes, counters and windows, and areas around scale houses.
- Clean machines, perform minor repairs, and report major repair needs.
- Empty aircraft lavatory systems or refill them with sanitizer fluid.
- Clean display cases, shelves, and aisles.
- Clean and file master copies or plates.
- Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
What we would actually use
Nothing in our landscape addresses this work. That is the honest answer rather than a padded list: this activity needs a person present, or a machine rather than a software agent.
Nothing on this site applies. Automation here is robotics and machinery, a different market on a much slower clock, and no software subscription moves it.
Chosen for the cheapest thing that does the job, not the best funded. Nothing on this site is sponsored, and the full landscape is there when you want to disagree with us.
How people actually do it
No workflow names this activity yet, but these automate the same kind of work, with the prompts to paste and what to keep for yourself.
Who does this work
14 occupations in the O*NET database perform this activity. Each one has a full breakdown of its other tasks.
- Aircraft Service Attendants
- Animal Control Workers
- Athletic Trainers
- Crematory Operators
- Embalmers
- First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers
- Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
- Massage Therapists
- Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
- Receptionists and Information Clerks
- Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
- Stockers and Order Fillers
- Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
Work that goes with it
O*NET groups these under “Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas”. In practice they tend to be done by the same person, in the same sitting.
Method. The activity, its taxonomy placement and the occupations that perform it come straight from the public-domain O*NET 30.3 database. The automatability band is ours: we map each of O*NET’s 41 generalized work activities to how much of its output current software can produce, assuming a person still reviews and owns the result. It is a coarse three-way judgment on purpose. A precise-looking percentage here would be invented.