Print Binding and Finishing Workers
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 90 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the 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 a small part of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the 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 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
Examine stitched, collated, bound, or unbound product samples for defects, such as imperfect bindings, ink spots, torn pages, loose pages, or loose or uncut threads.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Maintain records, such as daily production records, using specified forms.
AI could do much of this on its own
Design original or special bindings for limited editions or other custom binding projects.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Read work orders to determine instructions and specifications for machine set-up.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Install or adjust bindery machine devices, such as knives, guides, rollers, rounding forms, creasing rams, or clamps, to accommodate sheets, signatures, or books of specified sizes.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Trim edges of books to size, using cutting machines, book trimming machines, or hand cutters.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Stitch or glue endpapers, bindings, backings, or signatures, using sewing machines, glue machines, or glue and brushes.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions or to determine whether adjustments are needed.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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