Food Safety Specialists
Food Preparation & ServiceAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
High· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.204
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.26
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 76% score at or above this value.
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only| Task | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Respond to general inquiries or requests from the public.19-4011 | 0.061939.1 | 0.023514.9 |
Compute moisture or salt content, percentages of ingredients, formulas, or other product factors, using mathematical and chemical procedures.19-4011 | 0.055335.0 | 0.01288.1 |
Examine chemical or biological samples to identify cell structures or to locate bacteria or extraneous material, using a microscope.19-4011 | 0.031219.7 | 0.116273.9 |
Provide assistance to food scientists or technologists in research and development, production technology, or quality control.19-4011 | 0.00634.0 | 0.00483.0 |
Supervise pest or weed control operations, including locating and identifying pests or weeds, selecting chemicals and application methods, or scheduling application.19-4011 | 0.00181.1 | —0 |
Examine animals or crop specimens to determine the presence of diseases or other problems.19-4011 | 0.00171.0 | —0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 35 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | ||
Record data pertaining to experimentation, research, or animal care. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare data summaries, reports, or analyses that include results, charts, or graphs to document research findings and results. | —0 | —0 |
Supervise or train agricultural technicians or farm laborers. | —0 | —0 |
Measure or weigh ingredients used in laboratory testing. | —0 | —0 |
Set up laboratory or field equipment as required for site testing. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare laboratory samples for analysis, following proper protocols to ensure that they will be stored, prepared, and disposed of efficiently and effectively. | —0 | —0 |
Collect animal or crop samples. | —0 | —0 |
Conduct insect or plant disease surveys. | —0 | —0 |
Perform general nursery duties, such as propagating standard varieties of plant materials, collecting and germinating seeds, maintaining cuttings of plants, or controlling environmental conditions. | —0 | —0 |
Operate farm machinery, including tractors, plows, mowers, combines, balers, sprayers, earthmoving equipment, or trucks. | —0 | —0 |
Perform crop production duties, such as tilling, hoeing, pruning, weeding, or harvesting crops. | —0 | —0 |
Devise cultural methods or environmental controls for plants for which guidelines are sketchy or nonexistent. | —0 | —0 |
Maintain or repair agricultural facilities, equipment, or tools to ensure operational readiness, safety, and cleanliness. | —0 | —0 |
Transplant trees, vegetables, or horticultural plants. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare or present agricultural demonstrations. | —0 | —0 |
Assess comparative soil erosion from various planting or tillage systems, such as conservation tillage with mulch or ridge till systems, no-till systems, or conventional tillage systems with or without moldboard plows. | —0 | —0 |
Conduct studies of nitrogen or alternative fertilizer application methods, quantities, or timing to ensure satisfaction of crop needs and minimization of leaching, runoff, or denitrification. | —0 | —0 |
Record environmental data from field samples of soil, air, water, or pests to monitor the effectiveness of integrated pest management (IPM) practices. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare land for cultivated crops, orchards, or vineyards by plowing, discing, leveling, or contouring. | —0 | —0 |
Perform laboratory or field testing, using spectrometers, nitrogen determination apparatus, air samplers, centrifuges, or potential hydrogen (pH) meters to perform tests. | —0 | —0 |
Perform tests on seeds to evaluate seed viability. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare culture media, following standard procedures. | —0 | —0 |
Determine the germination rates of seeds planted in specified areas. | —0 | —0 |
Conduct standardized tests on food, beverages, additives, or preservatives to ensure compliance with standards and regulations regarding factors such as color, texture, or nutrients. | —0 | —0 |
Record or compile test results or prepare graphs, charts, or reports. | —0 | —0 |
Analyze test results to classify products or compare results with standard tables. | —0 | —0 |
Taste or smell foods or beverages to ensure that flavors meet specifications or to select samples with specific characteristics. | —0 | —0 |
Mix, blend, or cultivate ingredients to make reagents or to manufacture food or beverage products. | —0 | —0 |
Measure, test, or weigh bottles, cans, or other containers to ensure that hardness, strength, or dimensions meet specifications. | —0 | —0 |
Maintain records of testing results or other documents as required by state or other governing agencies. | —0 | —0 |
Monitor and control temperature of products. | —0 | —0 |
Perform regular maintenance of laboratory equipment by inspecting, calibrating, cleaning, or sterilizing. | —0 | —0 |
Train newly hired laboratory personnel. | —0 | —0 |
Order supplies needed to maintain inventories in laboratories or in storage facilities of food or beverage processing plants. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare or incubate slides with cell cultures. | —0 | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Compute moisture or salt content, percentages of ingredients, formulas, or other product factors, using mathematical and chemical procedures.O*NET Task ID 7578 | 1.0 |
Record or compile test results or prepare graphs, charts, or reports.O*NET Task ID 7579 | 1.0 |
Analyze test results to classify products or compare results with standard tables.O*NET Task ID 7581 | 1.0 |
Maintain records of testing results or other documents as required by state or other governing agencies.O*NET Task ID 20394 | 1.0 |
Provide assistance to food scientists or technologists in research and development, production technology, or quality control.O*NET Task ID 7577 | 0.5 |
Examine chemical or biological samples to identify cell structures or to locate bacteria or extraneous material, using a microscope.O*NET Task ID 7583 | 0.5 |
Order supplies needed to maintain inventories in laboratories or in storage facilities of food or beverage processing plants.O*NET Task ID 7587 | 0.5 |
Conduct standardized tests on food, beverages, additives, or preservatives to ensure compliance with standards and regulations regarding factors such as color, texture, or nutrients.O*NET Task ID 7576 | 0.0 |
Taste or smell foods or beverages to ensure that flavors meet specifications or to select samples with specific characteristics.O*NET Task ID 7582 | 0.0 |
Mix, blend, or cultivate ingredients to make reagents or to manufacture food or beverage products.O*NET Task ID 7584 | 0.0 |
Measure, test, or weigh bottles, cans, or other containers to ensure that hardness, strength, or dimensions meet specifications.O*NET Task ID 7585 | 0.0 |
Monitor and control temperature of products.O*NET Task ID 20395 | 0.0 |
Perform regular maintenance of laboratory equipment by inspecting, calibrating, cleaning, or sterilizing.O*NET Task ID 20396 | 0.0 |
Train newly hired laboratory personnel.O*NET Task ID 20397 | 0.0 |
Prepare or incubate slides with cell cultures.O*NET Task ID 20398 | 0.0 |
Supervise other food science technicians.O*NET Task ID 22261 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
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