Provide personal items to patrons or customers in locker rooms, dressing rooms, or coatrooms.
U.S. Workers
14,960
Median Salary
$34,800
10-Year Growth
+6.4%
Annual Openings
4,200
Typical entry: High school diploma or equivalent
22 of 23 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Assign dressing room facilities, locker space, or clothing containers to patrons of athletic or bathing establishments.
AI: Fully automatable - With integrated access-control, booking systems, and digital keys, AI/software can fully assign dressing rooms, locker space, or containers to patrons automatically.
Check supplies to ensure adequate availability, and order new supplies when necessary.
AI: Fully automatable - AI-driven inventory systems can check stock levels, predict demand, and automatically place orders and manage suppliers end-to-end when integrated with procurement systems.
Procure beverages, food, and other items as requested.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can place orders, manage inventory, and coordinate deliveries through existing delivery and procurement services, fully automating procurement processes.
Answer customer inquiries or explain cost, availability, policies, and procedures of facilities.
AI: Fully automatable - AI virtual agents connected to facility knowledge bases can fully answer routine customer inquiries and explain costs, availability, policies, and procedures.
Refer guest problems or complaints to supervisors.
AI: Fully automatable - AI systems can capture guest complaints, categorize them, and automatically notify or escalate to supervisors via messaging and ticketing workflows.
Store personal possessions for patrons, issue claim checks for articles stored, and return articles on receipt of checks.
AI: Fully automatable - Automated locker systems and attendant-management software let AI log items, issue claim checks, and control retrieval end-to-end without human intervention.
Maintain inventories of clothing or uniforms, accessories, equipment, or linens.
AI: Fully automatable - Inventory tracking, forecasting, and automatic reordering of clothing, uniforms, and linens can be fully automated using RFID/barcode systems and AI analytics.
Operate controls that regulate temperatures or room environments.
AI: Fully automatable - Building automation systems and smart thermostats already autonomously monitor and adjust temperatures and environmental controls in many real-world settings.
Issue gym clothes, uniforms, towels, athletic equipment, and special athletic apparel.
AI: Fully automatable - Automated dispensing lockers, inventory management software, and kiosk systems can issue gym clothes, towels, and equipment without human intervention in typical facilities.
Report and document safety hazards, potentially hazardous conditions, and unsafe practices and procedures.
AI: Fully automatable - Cameras, sensors, computer vision, and automated reporting systems can detect, log, and document many safety hazards and generate reports automatically.
Stencil identifying information on equipment.
AI: Fully automatable - Stencil and labeling tasks are routinely automated with printers, stencil machines, and robotic applicators that can mark identifying information on equipment.
Provide towels and sheets to clients in public baths, steam rooms, and restrooms.
AI: Partial - AI can automate requests, scheduling, and logistics for towels and sheets, but cannot physically deliver, replace, or handle linens in bath/steam room environments.
Activate emergency action plans and administer first aid, as necessary.
AI: Partial - AI can detect emergencies, guide responders, and operate devices like AEDs, but hands-on first aid and complex on-scene decision-making still require human responders.
Monitor patrons' facility use to ensure that rules and regulations are followed, and safety and order are maintained.
AI: Partial - AI can monitor camera and sensor feeds to detect rule violations and safety risks and alert staff, but cannot reliably enforce rules or resolve complex interpersonal incidents on its own.
Clean facilities such as floors or locker rooms.
AI: Partial - Robotic cleaners and automation can handle many floor and basic cleaning tasks, but full sanitation, detailed cleaning, and occasional manual interventions still require human workers.
Collect soiled linen or clothing for laundering.
AI: Partial - AI can schedule, route, and track collection of soiled linen but cannot generally perform the physical collection without specialized robotics.
Operate washing machines and dryers to clean soiled apparel and towels.
AI: Partial - AI can control machine cycles, monitor performance, and schedule laundry but loading, unloading, and handling soiled apparel remain largely manual tasks.
Attend to needs of athletic teams in clubhouses.
AI: Partial - AI can coordinate logistics, schedules, and supply needs for athletic teams but cannot perform many in-person support, interpersonal, and hands-on tasks required in clubhouses.
Provide assistance to patrons by performing duties such as opening doors or carrying bags.
AI: Partial - Service robots can perform door-opening and carry tasks in controlled settings, but they lack the reliability, dexterity, and contextual judgment to fully replace human attendants across all patron interactions as of 2025.
Provide or arrange for services such as clothes pressing, cleaning, or repair.
AI: Partial - AI can schedule, coordinate, and operate many cleaning/pressing machines and arrange repair services, but it cannot perform complex tailoring or nuanced repair work end-to-end.
Maintain a lost-and-found collection.
AI: Partial - AI can manage lost-and-found records, tagging, and searchability but cannot physically collect or store items without robotic hardware not broadly deployed.
Set up various apparatus or athletic equipment.
AI: Partial - Some apparatus set-up can be automated, but the variety, on-site adjustments, and safety considerations for many athletic setups still require human labor and judgment.
Clean and polish footwear, using brushes, sponges, cleaning fluid, polishes, waxes, liquid or sole dressing, and daubers.
AI: Not automatable - Cleaning and polishing footwear require fine manual manipulation, tactile judgment, and variable material handling that AI/robots do not reliably perform in general settings as of 2025.