Food Batchmakers
The short answer
This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to shrink over the next decade, with about 921 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.
AI can help with or automate about 12% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Record production and test data for each food product batch, such as the ingredients used, temperature, test results, and time cycle.
AI could do much of this on its own
Determine mixing sequences, based on knowledge of temperature effects and of the solubility of specific ingredients.
AI could do much of this on its own
Formulate or modify recipes for specific kinds of food products.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Clean and sterilize vats and factory processing areas.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Test food product samples for moisture content, acidity level, specific gravity, or butter-fat content, and continue processing until desired levels are reached.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Set up, operate, and tend equipment that cooks, mixes, blends, or processes ingredients in the manufacturing of food products, according to formulas or recipes.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Mix or blend ingredients, according to recipes, using a paddle or an agitator, or by controlling vats that heat and mix ingredients.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Inspect vats after cleaning to ensure that fermentable residue has been removed.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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