Will AI replace First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers?
Estimated risk score: 41 out of 100
Lower replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (22 to 60).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 26 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 37-1011.00 · Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 5 of its 26 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Maintain required records of work hours, budgets, payrolls, and other information.
- Plan and prepare employee work schedules.
- Prepare reports on activity, personnel, and information, such as occupancy, hours worked, facility usage, work performed, and departmental expenses.
- Advise managers, desk clerks, or admitting personnel of rooms ready for occupancy.
- Establish and implement operational standards and procedures for the departments supervised.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 15 of its 26 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Check and maintain equipment to ensure that it is in working order.
- Issue supplies and equipment to workers.
- Perform or assist with cleaning duties as necessary.
- Confer with staff to resolve performance and personnel problems, and to discuss company policies.
- Coordinate activities with other departments to ensure that services are provided in an efficient and timely manner.
- Direct activities for stopping the spread of infections in facilities, such as hospitals.
What the job is
Directly supervise and coordinate work activities of cleaning personnel in hotels, hospitals, offices, and other establishments.
Also called: Executive Housekeeper, Environmental Services Supervisor (EVS), EVS, Maid Supervisor, Linen Supervisor, Janitor Supervisor, Janitorial Manager, Custodial Supervisor.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate